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Left Behind: The Multiple Impacts of Covid-19 on Forcibly Displaced People IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Delphine Valette,Natalia Korobkova
To better understand vaccination barriers and the impacts of Covid-19 on forcibly displaced persons (FDPs, i.e. refugees, and internally displaced persons (IDPs)), World Vision International carried out a multi-country survey of refugee populations in Colombia, Peru, Brazil, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Jordan, and Turkey, and IDPs in Venezuela. The survey found that a combination
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The Health of People with Disabilities in Humanitarian Settings During the Covid-19 Pandemic IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Xanthe Hunt,Lena Morgon Banks
People with disabilities are at a higher risk of poor health outcomes and face barriers to accessing health services, which may be exacerbated in humanitarian settings and during the Covid-19 pandemic. This scoping review explores how best to protect the health of people with disabilities in humanitarian contexts during the Covid-19 response. Forty-eight articles across the peer-reviewed and grey literature
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Anti-Migrant Authoritarian Populism and the Global Vaccination Challenge IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Philip Proudfoot,Brigitte Rohwerder
This article explores the ways in which anti-migrant and refugee discourses and policies have flourished throughout the Covid-19 pandemic despite dominant global public health concerns, especially around vaccines. Our argument is that pre-crisis authoritarian, populist, and nativist political tendencies have proven remarkably resilient, interacting readily with the pandemic to further justify a rolling
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Covid-19’s Effects on Contraceptive Services Across the Humanitarian–Development Nexus IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Lily Jacobi,Sarah Rich
Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) services, including contraception, save lives in humanitarian emergencies. To document practitioners’ perceptions of the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on contraceptive programming in humanitarian settings and across the humanitarian–development nexus, the Women’s Refugee Commission conducted 29 key informant interviews with respondents from non-governmental organisations
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Editorial: Covid-19 Responses: Insights into Contemporary Humanitarianism IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Jeremy Allouche,Dolf J.H. te Lintelo
The multifaceted nature of the Covid-19 pandemic has presented a crisis for the international humanitarian system, not only in terms of health impacts, but of socioeconomic challenges and increased inequalities. At a time when the number of people in need of assistance has drastically expanded, humanitarian funding has been cut as countries focus on their domestic economies. Moreover, pandemic responses
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Localising Refugee Assistance: Examining Refugee-Led Organisations and the Localisation Agenda During the Covid-19 Pandemic IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Evan Easton-Calabria
Drawing on 70 interviews with humanitarians, members of governments, and civil society organisations, including refugee-led organisations, from major refugee-hosting countries in 2020 and 2021, this article explores the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on humanitarian localisation and international refugee commitments, notably the Global Compact on Refugees (GCR). It highlights the work and widening
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The Covid-19 Pandemic and Alternative Governance Systems in Idlib IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Juline Beaujouan
As Covid-19 hit Syria after a decade of protracted conflict, the fragmentation of the territory and governance system prevented the adoption of a national strategy to mitigate the impact of the pandemic. In Idlib Governorate, the Covid-19 pandemic highlighted the inability of the Syrian Salvation government to offer an effective alternative to the Syrian regime. While it failed to provide health care
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Covid-19 and Urban Migrants in the Horn of Africa: Lived Citizenship and Everyday Humanitarianism IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-04-29 Tanja R. Müller
This article focuses on the everyday humanitarianism of migrant communities in three cities in the Horn of Africa: Nairobi, Addis Ababa, and Khartoum. It is framed around the concept of lived citizenship, defined as a means to secure wellbeing through everyday acts and practices. Based on an analysis of comparative interview data among Eritrean and Ethiopian migrant communities in each city, the article
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Monitoring Systemic Change in Inclusive Agribusiness IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Sietze Vellema,Greetje Schouten,Marijn Faling
Evaluations of private sector development programmes look at what changed to the workings of the system, and whether these changes are scalable, resilient, and sustainable. We present an evaluation lens that primarily qualifies changes to the systemic nature of food provisioning in markets. It converts theoretical frameworks into ‘antennae’ receptive to early signs of systemic effects of inclusive
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Assessing the Contribution to Market System Change of the Private Enterprise Programme Ethiopia IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Giel Ton,Ben Taylor,Andrew Koleros
An impact evaluation of a pro-poor market system development programme, ‘Making Markets Work for the Poor’ (M4P), poses several methodological issues for evaluators. M4P interventions intend to change the contextual conditions in which stakeholders take business decisions so that it triggers change processes in the wider social system and ultimately benefits poor people. An impact evaluation design
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Systems, Sapiens, and Systemic Change in Markets: The Adopt-Adapt-Expand-Respond Framework IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Ben Taylor,Jake Lomax
Systemic change is universally desirable and poorly defined. This article seeks to refine a practitioner-developed framework – Adopt-Adapt-Expand-Respond (AAER) – for conceptualising systemic change, and offers case studies to demonstrate its utility in planning for and measuring such change. To do so, the article firstly seeks to define the nature of a system and the components of change within that
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Understanding Behaviour Change in Theory-Based Evaluation of Market Systems Development Programmes IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Jodie Thorpe
Market systems development (MSD) programmes aim to influence private actor behaviour to promote markets that work better for the poor. This article aims to inform theory-based evaluation (TBE) of such programmes, arguing that a stronger analysis of market actor behaviour change is needed. It proposes a ‘behaviour change framework’ (BCF), building on recent advances in the TBE literature. These focus
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Assessing Contributions Collaboratively: Using Process Tracing to Capture Crowding In IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Marijn Faling
If inclusive business is to realise wide and sustained development impacts, it is likely to depend on crowding in of other public and private actors. Assessing the contribution of inclusive business to crowding in is difficult because the phenomenon usually only manifests after project completion, and the complex operating environment complicates the process of evidencing a link between intervention
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The Search for Real-Time Impact Monitoring for Private Sector Support Programmes IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Fédes van Rijn,Haki Pamuk,Just Dengerink,Giel Ton
An increasing consensus exists in the impact evaluation literature on using detailed theory-based evaluations to evaluate complex programmes such as private sector development (PSD) programmes. At the same time, PSD managers expect periodic and timely (so-called ‘real-time’) input from evaluators to improve programmes throughout their implementation. This article presents insights from real-time theory-based
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Using Theory-Based Evaluation to Evaluate Systemic Change in a Market Systems Programme in Nepal IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Edward Hedley,Gordon Freer
The complexities of markets and market environments are felt in the design and the evaluation of market systems development (MSD) programmes. The authors reflect on a recent evaluation of an MSD programme in Nepal in which they used contribution analysis as a means of navigating these complexities. The planned niceties of the proposal soon departed ways from the reality on the ground, forcing the authors
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Introduction: Contribution, Causality, Context, and Contingency when Evaluating Inclusive Business Programmes IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2022-02-07 Giel Ton,Sietze Vellema
The private sector has become an important partner in development interventions that aim to make market systems more favourable for smallholders and low-income consumers of food. How to evaluate these inclusive business programmes is the central theme of this IDS Bulletin. It presents real-world experiences of practitioners and academics using theory-based evaluation. This introductory article highlights
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Glossary: Building a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19 IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Peter Taylor,Mary McCarthy
This is the glossary of IDS Bulletin 52.1 'Building a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19'.
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Religious Marginality, Covid-19, and Redress of Targeting and Inequalities IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Mariz Tadros,Maryam Kanwer,Jaffer Abbas Mirza
This article interrogates whether we should consider ‘religious marginality’ as a qualifier much like the exploration of how gender, ethnicity, and class inequalities are explored when examining Covid-19-related vulnerabilities and their implications for building back better. Drawing on a case study of Pakistan as well as evidence from India, Uganda, and Iraq, this article explores the accentuation
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Covid-19 Response and Protracted Exclusion of Informal Settlement Residents in Freetown, Sierra Leone IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Abu Conteh,Mary Sirah Kamara,Samuel Saidu,Joseph Mustapha Macarthy
Freetown has over 1 million residents, many of whom live in about 68 crowded informal settlements. Residents of these settlements struggle daily to access basic services such as water, sanitation, and health-care services. We found that the government’s Covid-19 response measures (curfews, lockdowns, and travel restrictions) excluded informal residents from contributing to its design, and the implementation
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Building Forward Better: Inclusive Livelihood Support in Nairobi’s Informal Settlements IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Joseph Kimani,Rosie Steege,Jack Makau,Kilion Nyambuga,Jane Wairutu,Rachel Tolhurst
For the large population living in Nairobi’s informal settlements, the long-term effects of Covid-19 pose a threat to livelihoods, health, and wellbeing. For those working in the informal sector, who are the lifeblood of the city, livelihoods have been severely supressed by Covid-19 restrictions such as curfews, pushing many into further poverty. This article draws on community data, meetings, and
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Introduction – Building Back a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19 IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Peter Taylor,Mary McCarthy
The current global pandemic of Covid-19 is a health and broader crisis of overwhelming proportions, threatening livelihoods, economies, and societies, particularly those already experiencing the greatest vulnerabilities. In putting the lives of millions of people at risk, creating uncertainties, heightening existing fragilities, and exacerbating inequalities, it has become a truly global challenge
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Food Systems After Covid-19 IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Ayako Ebata,Nicholas Nisbett,Stuart Gillespie
Measures to slow down the spread of Covid-19 have had profound effects on the food and nutrition security of poor and marginalised households and communities. This article provides an overview of the effects of Covid-19 on food systems across low- and middle-income countries using resilience and political economy lenses, before proposing approaches to build back resilient and equitable food systems
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Notes on Contributors: Building a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19 IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Peter Taylor,Mary McCarthy
This is the Notes on Contributors for IDS Bulletin 52.1 'Building a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19'.
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Governance for Building Back Better IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Shandana Khan Mohmand,Colin Anderson,Max Gallien,Tom Harrison,Anuradha Joshi,Miguel Loureiro,Giulia Mascagni,Giovanni Occhiali,Vanessa van den Boogard
The pandemic is in many ways a crisis of governance. It has created a set of unique challenges that underscore the need for governments to collect revenue more efficiently and equitably; and to spend it more inclusively, transparently, and accountably, especially on the most vulnerable and marginalised populations. In this article, we suggest a set of governance interventions to help create conditions
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Beyond the Crisis: Irish Aid’s Approach to Nutrition in Tanzania during the Covid-19 Pandemic IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Kim Mwamelo,Peter Nyella,Adrian Fitzgerald
Malnutrition remains a major public health challenge in Tanzania, driven by complex factors such as water stress, gender inequality, and poor access to services. Irish Aid in Tanzania supports nutrition through a multisectoral approach to address nutrition-sensitive and specific challenges in regions of focus. After the first case of Covid-19 was reported in Tanzania, Irish Aid adapted a two-pronged
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Building Back Better, Gender Equality, and Feminist Dilemmas IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Sohela Nazneen,Susana Araujo
The Covid-19 pandemic has affected men and women differently, exacerbating existing gender inequalities across a range of areas including health, education, and livelihoods. Globally, the levels of gender-based violence have increased. Consensus exists in policy circles that emergency response and recovery plans should consider both the immediate and longer-term gender impact of Covid-19, and without
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Community Leaders and Decentralised Governance: Tales from the SEWA Field IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Paromita Sen,Aiman Haque
The Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in India resulted in women informal economy workers being out of jobs and with no social security blanket to rely on. Women community leaders therefore worked with the state to reach out to the most vulnerable and marginalised populations. This resulted in decentralised units where decisions are made at the community level in a collective fashion including
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Social Protection, Covid-19, and Building Back Better IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Jeremy Lind,Keetie Roelen,Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
The Covid-19 pandemic has brought sweeping changes for economies and societies, with the most devastating consequences for individuals and groups with pre-existing vulnerabilities. As attention shifts from addressing urgent humanitarian needs to long-term response, it is time to think about the role of social protection as part of a longer-term solution to living with Covid-19, as well as supporting
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Local Covid-19 Syndemics and the Need for an Integrated Response IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2021-03-30 Megan Schmidt-Sane,Melissa Leach,Hayley MacGregor,Jessica Meeker,Annie Wilkinson
The Covid-19 pandemic is more than a health crisis. It has worse outcomes among individuals with co-morbidities, has exposed fault lines in our societies, and amplified existing inequalities. This article draws on emerging evidence from low- and middle-income contexts to highlight how Covid-19 becomes syndemic when it interacts with local vulnerabilities. A syndemic approach provides a frame for understanding
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Collective Struggles Against Sexual Harassment: What We Have Learnt About Pathways to Accountability and their Outcomes IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Mariz Tadros,Jenny Edwards
The #MeToo movement that spread across the internet in 2017 sparked a focus on sexual harassment as an issue; this article, however, highlights the grass-roots work that had been happening for years before this collective action against sexual harassment and which has been hidden by the spotlight on a (white) Western perspective. It argues that this focus not only negates the work done in many other
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Uniting Against the Tides: Filipino ‘Shefarers’ Organising Against Sexual Harassment IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Lucia Tangi
In the Philippines, seafaring has been associated with men since the sixteenth century. However, in the 1990s, Filipino women started to enter this male-dominated world. But it has not been smooth sailing. Based on interviews with Filipino women seafarers, this article shows how they have experienced various forms of sexual harassment from their male colleagues and senior officers. Women seafarers
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Glossary: Collective Action for Accountability on Sexual Harassment: Global Perspectives IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Mariz Tadros
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Women Politicians Navigating the ‘Hostile Environment’ in Pakistan IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Ayesha Ayesha,Zonia Zonia,Sana Naqvi
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Disruption and Design: Crowdmapping Young Women’s Experience in Cities IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Sophie Tanner, Nicole Kalms, Hayley Cull, Gill Matthewson, Anthony Aisenberg
The history of women’s exclusion and invisibility in cities is well charted, yet young women’s experience of sexual harassment and assault has been difficult to quantify. This article discusses the Free to Be project initiated by Plan International in 2018. In partnership with Monash University’s XYX Lab and CrowdSpot, the crowdmapping web app enabled young women in Delhi, Kampala, Lima, Madrid, and
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Accountability with Teeth IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Maha El Said
Universities worldwide have had policies to combat sexual harassment since the 1980s. Nonetheless, having policies in place does not mean that universities are held accountable for the safety of their students, nor does it guarantee that perpetrators are held accountable for their deeds. While the politics of power are always at play when discussing sexual harassment, at universities it is more complex
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‘Me Too’ and the ‘List’ – Power Dynamics, Shame, and Accountability in Indian Academia IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Adrija Dey
In October 2017, Raya Sarkar, a law student of Indian descent, posted a crowdsourced list on Facebook of male academics who allegedly harassed women. India’s academic world splintered and the #MeToo movement became a student movement emerging from campuses resisting a culture of widespread sexism, abuse, and violence which is rife in Indian academia. Some academics criticised the List for leaving out
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Fighting Sexual Harassment on Campus: How Local Contexts of Different Universities Affect the Dynamics and Outcome of these Efforts IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Amal Hamada, Ahmed Ahmed, Enas Hamdy, Heba Heba
In a context where sexual harassment and assault against women is widespread, this article examines the approach taken by three Egyptian universities to the issue. The article argues that the outcome of the universities’ efforts in combating sexual harassment is influenced by their local context and it is this context that can hinder the route to accountability. It examines the interactive relationship
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Multilevel Responses to Sexual Violence in Schools in West Africa IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Jordan J. Steiner, Anne M. Spear
With growing recognition of sexual and gender‑based violence (SGBV) occurring in schools, the governments of Burkina Faso and Benin, partnered with non-governmental organisations (NGOs), have attempted to implement systems of response within the school environment. This empirical study applied the socioecological framework to highlight the intersecting relationship of multiple contexts within society
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Collective Silence and Accountability for Sexual Harassment in Lebanon IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Menaal Munshey
This article aims to analyse law and policy on sexual harassment in Lebanon, particularly how meaningful change can be achieved for women living there who face increased vulnerability due to their status as refugees and migrant domestic workers. Drawing on qualitative methods and documentary analysis, the article argues that sexual harassment legislation and a multisectoral change in attitudes is required
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Notes on Contributors: Collective Action for Accountability on Sexual Harassment: Global Perspectives IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-09-30 Mariz Tadros
The #MeToo movement that spread across the internet in 2017 sparked a focus on sexual harassment as an issue; this article, however, highlights the grass-roots work that had been happening for years before this collective action against sexual harassment and which has been hidden by the spotlight on a (white) Western perspective. It argues that this focus not only negates the work done in many other
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Notes on Contributors: Gender and Energy: Opportunities for All IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Ana Pueyo
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Gender and Entrepreneurship in the Renewable Energy Sector of Rwanda IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Manuel Barron, Rowan Philip Clarke, Amanda B. Elam, Rebecca A. Klege, Anita Shankar, Martine Visser
Until recently, women have not been seen as having the potential for entrepreneurial success. Yet women’s engagement in the energy sector could substantially improve energy access for those most underserved. This article examines the role of women as energy entrepreneurs from the perspective of gender inequality within the energy industry. Data from Nuru Energy, a social business focused on providing
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Glossary: Gender and Energy – Opportunities for All IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Ana Pueyo
This is the glossary of IDS Bulletin 51.1, 'Glossary: Gender and Energy – Opportunities for All'.
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Promoting Women’s Entrepreneurship in Distribution of Energy Technologies: Lessons from ENERGIA’s WEE Programme IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Soma Dutta
In the energy access space, women’s entrepreneurship has gained momentum in the last few years. ENERGIA, International Network on Gender and Sustainable Energy, has been implementing the Women’s Economic Empowerment (WEE) programme since 2014, focusing on developing women’s enterprises in the clean energy sector. With its five partners, ENERGIA has supported more than 4,000 women in clean energy businesses
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Strengthening the Women’s Entrepreneurship Ecosystem within the Energy Sector IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Anita Shankar, Amanda B. Elam, Allie Glinski
As women are increasingly engaged in clean energy value chains globally, it is crucial to understand what business models, practices, and enabling conditions can support the dual goals of scaling energy access and empowering women. To understand gaps in the women’s energy entrepreneurship ecosystem, we draw from recent theories of gender and entrepreneurship and both peer-reviewed and grey literature
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Introduction: Gender and Energy – Opportunities for All IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Ana Pueyo
The global drive to provide universal access to sustainable and modern energy by 2030 is creating numerous opportunities for energy users and suppliers. However, men and women do not benefit equally from these opportunities. As users, they have different energy needs linked to their different gender roles. Gender blindness in the sector has led to women’s needs often being ignored. As suppliers, the
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ENERGIA’s Gender and Energy Research Programme: Findings and Experience from Research for Policy IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2020-02-17 Annemarije Kooijman-van Dijk
It has long been understood that energy is a key contributing input to reaching development goals, but little is known about the extent to which energy supply benefits men and women equally, and how interventions could contribute to a reduction of any gender inequalities. Filling in gaps in knowledge on the gender equality of benefits of energy supply and providing insights for policy and practice
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Glossary: The Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs: Towards Equitable, Sustainable Development IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Jing Gu
Center for International Knowledge on Development’s (CIKD) China–UK Partnership Programme on Knowledge for Development.
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Will the Belt and Road Initiative Boost Least Developed Countries Towards Sustainable Development? IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Namsuk Kim
This article reviews the progress of least developed countries (LDCs) towards LDC graduation and to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It shows that the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) could contribute to filling the financing gap and speed up progress. LDCs are defined as low-income countries with structural handicaps to achieving sustainable development. The comparison between SDG
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Notes on Contributors: The Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs: Towards Equitable, Sustainable Development IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-12-01 Jing Gu
This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 50.4, 'The Belt and Road Initiative and the SDGs: Towards Equitable, Sustainable Development'.
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Youth-Led Anti-Corruption Movement in Post-Conflict Guatemala: ‘Weaving the Future’? IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-30 Walter Flores
This article examines youth-led anti-corruption protests in Guatemala in 2015, which contributed to the resignation of the president and vice-president. It outlines three key factors that were part of the initial success of the # RenunciaYa social media campaign, and the subsequent struggle towards political and structural reforms. First, it can be regarded as part of a much longer history of rights-led
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Civilian Action in Conflict Settings: The Case of Colombia IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-30 Patricia Justino
This article analyses how social and political action among civilians during violent conflict may affect efforts to sustain peace and strengthen peace-building processes in the post-conflict period. The main argument advanced is that forms of social and political action that emerge in conflict settings – and their evolution and effects on societies in the post-conflict period – are shaped by interactions
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Empowerment without Accountability? The Lawyers’ Movement in Pakistan and its Aftershocks IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-30 Maryam S. Khan
This case study on the Pakistan Lawyers’ Movement and its aftermath aims to add to our knowledge of judicial empowerment processes, particularly the role of lawyers in mobilising for an independent judiciary, and the conditions for political lawyering as an effective pathway to judicial empowerment. In exploring these processes and conditions of empowerment, the study also examines their relationship
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Myanmar’s Top-Down Transition: Challenges for Civil Society IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-30 David Brenner, Sarah Schulman
This article historicises the nature of political transition in Myanmar to better appreciate the challenges faced by civil society. After Myanmar’s political reforms in 2011, Western donors rushed into the country in support of what they misunderstood as a remarkable instance of democratisation. In 2019, escalating civil war, ethnic cleansing, and contracting civil liberties urge a rethink. This article
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Introduction: Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-30 Anuradha Joshi
Conflict, violence, and fragility exacerbate the difficulties faced by poor and marginalised people, particularly in influencing the policy decisions that affect their lives. Comparing five cases in conflict-affected contexts, this introduction highlights a number of approaches. It emphasises the importance of distinguishing processes of accountability from those of empowerment, and recognising the
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Localising National Accountability Claims in Fragile Settings: The Right to Food Campaign in India IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-30 Anuradha Joshi, Aheli Chowdhury
How does a national movement go local in places with multiple armed actors, simultaneously retaining credibility at the grass roots, while making claims and negotiating with the state? This article explores how a rights-based movement, the Right to Food (RTF) in India, with a strong national core and some state-level support expanded into areas that were experiencing militant insurgency. We find that
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Notes on Contributors: Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-09-30 Anuradha Joshi
This is the notes on contributors for IDS Bulletin 50.3, 'Accountability Amidst Fragility, Conflict, and Violence: Learning from Recent Cases'.
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Notes on Contributors: The Political Economy of Food IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-07-31 Jody Harris
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Power in the Zambian Nutrition Policy Process IDS Bulletin (IF 1.0) Pub Date : 2019-07-31 Jody Harris
This article presents an example of a power analysis in the nutrition policy process in Zambia, using the ‘power cube’ framework. Here, nutrition policy priorities were found to have been shaped by a global epistemic community relying on the hidden and invisible power of technical language and knowledge to frame policy options which resonated with their own beliefs about malnutrition. Actors in the