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Working Paper

Connecting Food Inequities Through Relational Territories

IDS Working Paper 583

This paper explores how food inequities manifest at a territorial level, and how food territories are experienced, understood, and navigated by stakeholders to address those inequities. We interpret ‘food territory’ as a relational and transcalar concept, connected through geography,...

Julian May & 6 others

19 December 2022

Working Paper

Challenging the Normalisation of Hunger in Highly Unequal Societies

IDS Working Paper 582

This paper starts from an empirical observation that levels of hunger or food insecurity in middle-income and high-income countries are often higher than might be expected, and in some cases are rising rather than falling in recent years. We document levels and trends in selected food security...

Stephen Devereux & 3 others

19 December 2022

Working Paper

Food Equity: A Pluralistic Framework

IDS Working Paper 581

Food systems are characterised by inequities in every component, from production through to consumption. This paper seeks to make sense of various perspectives and concepts that account for the multiple forms of inequity.

Lídia Cabral

Stephen Devereux

19 December 2022

Journal Article

Technological Lock-in in Action: Appraisal and Policy Commitment in Argentina’s Seed Sector

Research Policy 52.2

This paper uses novel empirical evidence to analyse critically the widely held view that genetic engineering technology played a pivotal role in explaining the rapid expansion and increase in productivity of soy production in Argentina over the period from 1995 to 2015. We estimate the relative...

16 December 2022

Working Paper

Translation as a Means for Preserving and Disseminating Oral Heritage

CREID Working Paper 17

The goal of the current paper is to explore how translation can be utilised as an effective tool for the preservation, survival, and dissemination of the oral heritage of marginalised communities within the Iraqi context.

Mahir Hussein Ali

16 December 2022

Working Paper

The Linguistic Heritage of the Maṣlāwī Dialect in Iraq

CREID Working Paper 18

This paper deals with the linguistic heritage of the Maṣlāwī dialect in Iraq spoken by the diverse communities in the city of Mosul, known for its very rich cultural heritage in northern Iraq.

Maha Ibrahim Jasim

16 December 2022

Report

Life Stories From Kathmandu’s Adult Entertainment Sector: Told and Analysed by Children and Young People

CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper 4

This paper is a record of the children and young people’s analysis of the life stories and the key themes they identified, which formed the basis of a series of eight child-led Participatory Action Research groups based in Kathmandu.

Elizabeth Hacker

Ranjana Sharma

15 December 2022

Working Paper

Financing in Fragile and Conflict Contexts: Evidence, Opportunities, and Barriers

BASIC Research Working Paper 15

This paper provides a summary of the main trends and issues regarding both regular and risk financing in FCAS.

Daniel Longhurst

Rachel Slater

14 December 2022

Brief

Nepali Women at Risk from Misguided Anti-Trafficking Strategies (accessible version)

IDS Policy Briefing 206

There are burgeoning hospitality, entertainment, and wellness industries in Nepal. The label ‘Adult Entertainment Sector’, used in anti-trafficking efforts, has resulted in stigmatisation of the owners and, mainly female, workers of some businesses in these industries.

Pauline Oosterhoff & 2 others

12 December 2022

Working Paper

Getting Work: The Role of Labour Intermediaries for Workers in Nepal and the International ‘Adult Entertainment Sector’

IDS Working Paper 580

This IDS Working Paper explores the role of labour intermediaries, their aspirations, and their perceptions about the benefits and costs of facilitating work in the ‘Adult Entertainment Sector’ (‘AES’) and other employment. Using a victim-centred participatory approach, we interviewed 33...

Pauline Oosterhoff & 2 others

12 December 2022

Brief

Nepali Women at Risk from Misguided Anti-Trafficking Strategies

IDS Policy Briefings 206 and 207

Pauline Oosterhoff & 2 others

12 December 2022

Working Paper

Labour Trajectories and Aspirations of Nepali ‘Adult Entertainment Sector’ Workers

IDS Working Paper 579

This IDS Working Paper explores the labour trajectories and aspirations, and the labour intermediaries of Nepali ‘Adult Entertainment Sector’ (‘AES’) workers. Our research objective was to understand these experiences to develop more effective policies and interventions to prevent human...

Karen Snyder & 2 others

12 December 2022

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Connecting Food Inequities Through Relational Territories

Challenging the Normalisation of Hunger in Highly Unequal Societies

Food Equity: A Pluralistic Framework

Technological Lock-in in Action: Appraisal and Policy Commitment in Argentina’s Seed Sector

Translation as a Means for Preserving and Disseminating Oral Heritage

The Linguistic Heritage of the Maṣlāwī Dialect in Iraq

Life Stories From Kathmandu’s Adult Entertainment Sector: Told and Analysed by Children and Young People

Financing in Fragile and Conflict Contexts: Evidence, Opportunities, and Barriers

Nepali Women at Risk from Misguided Anti-Trafficking Strategies (accessible version)

Getting Work: The Role of Labour Intermediaries for Workers in Nepal and the International ‘Adult Entertainment Sector’

Nepali Women at Risk from Misguided Anti-Trafficking Strategies

Labour Trajectories and Aspirations of Nepali ‘Adult Entertainment Sector’ Workers

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