This Working Paper examines the role of social assistance in supporting coping, adaptation, and resilience, given the impacts of climate change and violent conflict in Niger. Examining how social ...

The Government of Zambia (GoZ) and the UK Institute of Development Studies (IDS) organised a Solutions Session at this Summit which took place last week. It was designed to bring closer together the ...

This report highlights outcomes and recommendations from the T20 Side Event ‘Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Clean Energy Transition’, held in ...

As the 16 Days of Activism gets underway, an IDS student shares a powerful account of escaping war in Sudan through a ...

There is a growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. Drawing lessons from the ...

After the Right to Food Commission launch, researchers compare the community kitchen model against public restaurants.

Our sample of 50 A2 farms across Gutu and Masvingo districts range from the ‘highveld’ grazing areas to the north of Gutu to the peri-urban areas of Mpandawana and Masvingo. There is huge diversity ...

This CDI Practice Paper addresses two portfolio-level evaluation challenges: (1) portfolio learning and synthesis – linking project, programme, and portfolio levels; and (2) realist theorising at ...

The Catalytic Agenda social protection calls for stronger, sustained financing in fragile contexts and sets out a high-level roadmap for long-term reform.

This paper presents findings from three case studies, covering Ethiopia, Niger and Nigeria that examine the issue of targeting social assistance in contexts of protracted crisis.