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Short courses
Contribution Analysis for Impact Evaluation. Short course to equip individuals and organisations to more effectively design impact evaluations using a contribution analysis framing. 13 – 17 January 2025
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Inclusive Digital Transformation in International Development. This course will equip you with practical frameworks and approaches to promote inclusive digital transformation in your development work. 6 – 10 January 2025.
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Publications
IDS Annual Review 2024. Over the last year worsening crises continue to affect the lives and livelihoods of millions of people globally, meaning our vision of a more equitable and sustainable world feels more vital, relevant and urgent than ever.
The Digitalisation of Social Protection in Africa: The perspective of marginalised workers. This is the first study of digital social protection from the perspective of informal marginalised workers in Africa.
The 24-Hour Risk City: A framework for thinking about building infrastructures of climate repair in Nairobi and Karachi. 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 settlements in the urban global South.
Worst forms of child labour in the Bangladesh leather industry: a synthesis of five years of research by children, small business owners, NGOs, and academics. CLARISSA (Child Labour: Action-Research-Innovation in South and South‑Eastern Asia), a research programme on worst forms of child labour (WFCL), aims to identify, evidence, and promote effective multi-stakeholder action to tackle the drivers of WFCL in selected supply chains in Bangladesh and Nepal.
Social Protection and Conflict-Sensitivity Directions for Mozambique: Mozambique has high levels of poverty and is affected by climatic shocks and emergencies. Its northern region is relatively poorer and has been affected by a non-state armed group (NSAG) since 2017, which caused mass displacement and a humanitarian crisis.
Promoting Sustainable Waste Management in Mekelle, Ethiopia. Mekelle, the capital of the Tigray region in Ethiopia, is plagued by water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) challenges. A new policy brief.
Just and Resilient Infrastructures in Pakistan and Kenya: The relationship between infrastructure development and intensifying climate crisis is generating new cycles of 24-hour risks in the urban global South.