Publications

The Sustainability of Tunisia’s Water Resources

This K4DD rapid bibliography elaborates on four dimensions of Tunisia’s water sector. The first and second sections deal with sustainable water use and equality of access in Tunisia, outlining how certain sectors and government policies affect water supply and access. In the third section,...

Mahdi Zaidan

What Does a Good Digital Welfare State Look Like?

IDS Policy Briefing 217

The introduction of ‘digital-by-default’ welfare and social protection systems in the UK and beyond has delivered efficiencies and cost savings for governments and can be convenient for recipients. But, given the rapid pace of change, we need to understand the ethical, social, and political...

Becky Faith

Kevin Hernandez

Global Practices of Building Civic Culture

Research Report

Strong civic culture makes for inclusive, participatory, and adaptive democracies. This report presents the results of an appreciative inquiry with seven inspiring civic catalysts from Brazil, Haiti, India, Kenya, Papua New Guinea, Poland, and the United Kingdom, which explored the relevance of...

Niranjan J. Nampoothiri

Patta Scott-Villiers

Intersecting Exclusion in Digital Cash and Voucher Assistance in Nigeria

BASIC Research Policy Briefing 4

This Policy Briefing looks at the different drivers of digitisation from the perspectives of aid recipients, humanitarian, and government actors in North East Nigeria.

Becky Faith

‘A bridge to those in need’ Frontline Provider Perspectives on the Accountability of Social Assistance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

BASIC Research Working Paper 34

This paper explores the accountability of social assistance in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI), focusing on the roles of frontline staff of local and international organisations since government-led programmes became inactive in 2015.

Climate Related Fiscal Risk

This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review is the first in a series of three reports prepared in support of a Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) evidence and policy clinic on public financial management (PFM). The first part of the review addresses the proactive management of fiscal risks,...

Kathryn Cheeseman

Mahdi Zaidan

Civic Power in Just Transitions: Blocking the Way or Transforming the Future?

IDS Working Paper 614

This paper explores civil resistance to critical mineral mining with regards to environmental standards and ecological impacts. It reveals that opposition to mineral extraction is a pervasive global phenomenon, spanning diverse sociopolitical contexts and posing major challenges for the...

Anabel Marín

Gabriel Palazzo

The taxed informal economy: Fiscal burdens and inequality in Accra

We find that the majority of informal sector operators in this context pay a range of taxes and fees, which together amount to a significant burden, especially for low earners.

Cards Against Backlash: Forwards to a Feminist Future

This toolkit is produced by the IDS-hosted Countering Backlash programme. The programme carries out engaged research, generate new debates, and build capacity across networks and strategic partnerships with women’s, LGBTQ+ and other human rights organisations, activists, academics and...

Becky Faith & 3 others

CEDCA: An Overview of Impact Pathways

CEDCA Impact Pathways Report

The CEDCA Overview of Impact Pathways (Figure 1) presents a visual summary of key impact pathways from across the 12 projects of the Clean Energy for Development: A Call to Action (CEDCA) initiative, funded by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). It is the result of an analysis...

Laurie Spicer

Louise Clark

A Synthesis of Systemic Action Research Processes in the CLARISSA Programme on Worst Forms of Child Labour

CLARISSA Research and Evidence Paper 20

This paper describes, synthesises and analyses the work of 25 Action Research Groups that were the heartbeat of the CLARISSA Systemic Action Research programme.

Danny Burns

Marina Apgar

Building Solidarities: Gender Justice in a Time of Backlash

Significant progress on gender equality has been made in past decades, but in recent years gender and sexual rights are increasingly under threat from a global wave of gender backlash. This is not new. Feminists have long faced resistance while building strategic steps towards greater gender...