Publications

Key Considerations: Using Social and Behavioural Science to Inform the Use of Vaccines During Health Emergencies

SSHAP Briefing

This brief synthesises social and behavioural science (SBS) research on the use of vaccines during health emergencies in sub-Saharan Africa, including vaccines undergoing clinical trials (‘experimental vaccines’). There are outbreaks of mpox, Marburg virus disease and Ebola (Sudan virus...

Megan Schmidt-Sane & 3 others

Towards Transformative Change: Grass-roots Innovations for Food Security During Crises in Brighton & Hove, UK

IDS Working Paper 617

This Working Paper analyses the emergence and evolution of three community-led initiatives focused on food insecurity, with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis as the backdrop.

Pakistan’s Potential Value-Added Exports for Economic Transformation

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review synthesises the literature from academic sources and knowledge institutions on the evidence what sub-sectors have the best potential for value-added exports that can contribute to the structural economic transformation of Pakistan. The focus of the review is on...

Evert-jan Quak

An Inclusive Lens on Aid for Trade

IDS Policy Briefing 218

In a rapidly evolving global trade and development landscape, addressing trade-related challenges through aid for trade (AfT) remains highly relevant. This Policy Briefing provides a framing for an inclusive lens on AfT to enable more inclusive policy and programming.

Amrita Saha & 2 others

Poverty Dynamics and Social ‍Assistance Amidst Intersecting Crises in Nigeria

BASIC Research Working Paper 35

This paper investigates the role of crises (e.g. armed conflict, displacement, climate-related disasters, Covid‑19, and economic crises) in driving negative poverty trajectories in Nigeria, alongside the extent to which social assistance may be fit for purpose to respond to intersecting crises.

Vidya Diwakar & 4 others

Missing the forest for the trees: Ekiti State’s quest for forestry revenue and its impact on forest managers

Forest Policy and Economics 172

Many countries’ forests are over-exploited and mismanaged, including through ineffective taxation. This is the case across Nigeria, where forest management has been decentralised to individual states. In this paper we assess the forestry tax regime in Ekiti State, where forests represent...

Giovanni Occhiali

Michael Falade

The Handbook of Iraqi People’s Heritage

Book

Iraq is a land of rich and diverse cultural heritage, shaped by thousands of years of history. However, many groups and communities are marginalised on religious, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural grounds in Iraq. It is the heritage of such marginalised groups that is most at risk of disappearance.

Mariz Tadros & 6 others

The Welfare Effects of Trade Preferences Removal: Evidence for UK–India Trade

IDS Working Paper 616

This paper examines the welfare effects of the unilateral trade preferences scheme of the Generalized System of Preferences for UK–India trade on households in India. The design of unilateral trade preference schemes has been linked to significant uncertainty about preferential market access.

Amrita Saha

Labour Market Effects of India’s Termination from the United States’ GSP

IDS Working Paper 615

This paper investigates the sudden 2019 termination by the United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) of trade with India as a quasi-natural experiment. Given the re-election of Donald Trump and global concerns about the future of global trade, understanding the distributional...

Chris Heitzig

Amrita Saha

Humanitarian Learning Resource Guide 3rd Edition

This resource guide from the Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy programme (K4DD) is designed to provide the UK Government’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) staff and other interested parties with information about free online courses and materials they can use to develop...

Brigitte Rohwerder

Reading Pack: Humanitarian Action – 2nd Edition

The purpose of humanitarian action is to support people affected by armed conflicts and disasters by helping them to save their lives, alleviate their suffering, maintain their dignity, assist their recovery and increase their resilience. This reading pack from the Knowledge for Development and...

Brigitte Rohwerder & 2 others

The Role of Social and Humanitarian Assistance for Supporting Lives and Livelihoods During the 2021‒22 Tigray Crisis

BASIC Research Working Paper 33

This paper draws on a bespoke household panel dataset collected in Ethiopia’s Amhara region, just before and after the recent Tigray conflict reached the study area.

Rachel Sabates-Wheeler & 3 others