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Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary January 2025
No full textMonthly Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summaries aim to signpost FCDO and others to the latest relevant evidence and discourse on humanitarian action. It is structured around FCDO humanitarian framework themes: • Protect: Protect civilians, IDPs, refugees, marginalised groups including women and girls, and humanitarian access.• Prioritise: Prioritise effective humanitarian assistance to people in greatest need. • Prevent: Prevent and anticipate future shocks and rebuild resilience in protracted and recurring crises.Further detail on methodology and scope at the end. Click on the hyperlinks to bring you to the relevant literature. We hope this is a useful resource and you can read all the articles produced by brilliant authors and organisations(!), but each month we also invite a guest to identify their five 'star reads' from the wider list. This does not represent an organisational position or assessment of rigour, but rather a personal choice of published evidence, guidance or discourse that are of special interest or impact. This month, Nancy Bailey, from the Centre for Humanitarian Change, highlights her five 'star reads', chosen either because of their particular interest, quality, or relevance to this week’s cuts in American aid.</p
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No 11
No full textBi-weekly Mpox Health Evidence Summaries aim to signpost FCDO and others to the latest relevant evidence on Mpox.</p
Introduction: Environmental Change, Development Challenges – Revisited
No full textWith the creation of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Environment Group in 1990, a line of research linked to policy was established that has remained central to the Institute ever since. Through highlighting a series of IDS Bulletin issues led by IDS researchers, including the authors of this article, this archive issue tracks the development of this work over 35 years. In doing this, it also tells a broader story of key debates on environment and development and how they have evolved during a period in which environmental challenges have become ever more acute and central to development studies. Key IDS Bulletin contributions track debates over the relationships between environment, development, and policy in the early 1990s; emerging emphases on social dimensions, communities, resources, and livelihoods; with a focus on the politics of environmental knowledge and narratives and work on uncertain knowledges and pathways to sustainability, combined with power and political economy analyses. Now, in a world of multiple intersecting crises, the central challenge is for people and non‑human nature to thrive together on the planet, and to address the social and political imperatives of transformation and justice.</p
Improving Clean and Renewable Energy in Tanzania
No full textThis report assesses Tanzania’s energy sector and focuses on opportunities, challenges, and lessons for the promotion of clean energy. It draws on the experience of low and middle-income countries similar to Tanzania. In Tanzania, it focuses on lessons learned from various small-scale initiatives that promote the use and production of clean and renewable energy. The review draws on academic articles, grey literature and evaluation reports from development organisations working in Tanzania.</p
Understanding Corporate Income Tax Payment Compliance in Eswatini
No full textCorporate income tax (CIT) compliance is a critical aspect of a fair and robust tax system. However, while much research focuses on whether firms file tax returns, far less is known about whether they actually pay what they owe. This study addresses that gap by examining payment compliance for CIT in Eswatini – specifically, the extent to which firms remit full payments and do so on time, and the factors that influence this behaviour. Using detailed administrative data and interviews with tax officials, we uncover key compliance patterns and propose actionable policy responses.Summary of ICTD African Tax Administration Paper 41.</p
Informations relatives à la préparation et engagement communautaire dans le cadre de la riposte contre le changement climatique dans la région de l’Afrique orientale et australe. Partie I : Modules de questions qualitatives à l’intention des intervenants afin d’élaborer un plan d’action d’urgence localisé
No full textCe document vise à aider les intervenants à déterminer les priorités organisationnelles et à élaborer une stratégie de préparation et de riposte localisée contre les impacts des risques multiples inhérents au phénomène El Niño et à d’autres événements climatiques pertinents (par exemple, sécheresses, inondations, cyclones). Les modules de questions contenus dans le présent document doivent être examinés parallèlement à une note stratégique d’accompagnement rédigée par la Plateforme Social Science in Humanitarian Action (SSHAP) disponible ici.</p
Considérations clés : Introduction de vaccins expérimentaux dans les situations d'urgence sanitaire
No full textCette note donne un aperçu des étapes expérimentales du développement d'un vaccin lors d'une épidémie et met en évidence les considérations clés à chaque étape du point de vue des sciences sociales. Elle complète une publication récente du SSHAP qui synthétise les données probantes des sciences sociales et comportementales sur les essais de vaccins dans les situations d'urgence sanitaire. Cette note décrit les conceptions et les approches relatives à l'introduction de vaccins expérimentaux en cas d’urgences sanitaires. Elle présente ensuite les dimensions des sciences sociales et comportementales ainsi que celles de la communication des risques et l’engagement communautaire (CREC) à prendre en compte lors de l'introduction de vaccins expérimentaux. La dernière section présente un aperçu de l'utilisation des vaccins expérimentaux dans des situations d'urgence sanitaire récentes - notamment la maladie à virus Ebola (MVE) et le COVID-19 - ainsi que les considérations associées en matière de sciences sociales et comportementales et de CREC.Cette note sera utile aux travailleurs humanitaires, aux spécialistes des sciences sociales, aux décideurs politiques et aux personnes chargées de concevoir des recherches ou de fournir des conseils en cas d'urgence sanitaire, y compris les scientifiques et les spécialistes de la communication. Elle est basée sur une revue rapide de la littérature académique et grise publiée, des rapports des médias et de l'expérience professionnelle.</p
Mapping Science Diplomacy Initiatives
No full textThis report maps the landscape of science diplomacy initiatives across nine countries: China, the United States, the European Union (homing in on France and Germany), Japan, Russia, Canada, Switzerland, and India. These cases were selected based on their scale of investment in research and development (R&D) and the availability of policy and academic literature documenting their approaches. While the literature on science diplomacy remains relatively recent, it has developed into a wide-ranging field. Much of it is conceptual, offering definitions, evaluative frameworks, and recommendations for best practice. Where gaps in peer-reviewed sources exist, this report draws on government documents, strategy papers, and official websites to provide an up-to?-date account.</p
IDS Bulletin Terms of Reference
No full textThe IDS Bulletin is a digital, fully Open Access, peer-reviewed journal published by the Institute of Development Studies, in continuous regular publication since 1968. The IDS Bulletin aims to contribute to critical thinking around building more equitable, sustainable, and inclusive societies. These terms of reference provide an outline of processes for production of an issue of the IDS Bulletin. Note that every issue is a special issue.</p
K4DD Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary December 2025
No full textThis monthly Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary aims to signpost FCDO and others to the latest relevant evidence and discourse on humanitarian action. It is structured around FCDO humanitarian framework themes:Protect: Protect civilians, IDPs, refugees, marginalised groups including women and girls, and humanitarian access.Prioritise: Prioritise effective humanitarian assistance to people in greatest need.Prevent: Prevent and anticipate future shocks and rebuild resilience in protracted and recurring crises.</p