This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

This paper provides a synthesis of five case studies on the relationship between sexuality and law. These case studies were undertaken as part of the Sexuality, Poverty and Law theme of the ...

This review of the evidence on sexuality and poverty is undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as part of a larger Accountable Grant from the UK Government’s Department for ...

The relationships between energy and development are complex, compounded by increasingly differentiated situations amongst developing countries and within them. Moreover, the manner in which energy ...

The Bellagio Initiative was developed by The Rockefeller Foundation, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Resource Alliance to contribute to the development of a new framework for ...

There has been a growing interest in China’s rapid economic growth, particularly agriculture-led growth and poverty reduction. In fact, China and Africa have developed their agriculture under ...

African governments are spending over 1US$bn per year on digital surveillance technologies which are being used without adequate legal protections in ways that ...

This CDI Practice Paper makes the case for ‘bricolage’ in complexity-aware and qualitative evaluation methods. It provides a framework based on a review of 33 methods to support evaluators to be more ...

This seminar shares findings about gender, equity, and social inclusion (GESI) in social protection, in protracted crisis contexts from BASIC Research.

As every aspect of life – from job seeking to health care – moves online, digital connectivity is a daily necessity, not a luxury. Against the backdrop of the UK’s worst cost of living crisis in 40 ...

Extreme heat, altered precipitation patterns, and flooding events, exacerbated by climate change, are changing the nature of 24-hour risk cycles faced by low-income neighbourhoods and informal ...

This is one of three country case studies (the others being of Kenya and Sudan) that explore the interaction between social protection and conflict in the Horn of Africa. In a context of weak central ...