Changing the lives of rural women and girls for the better Briefing papers | October 2018 | Steve Wiggins This briefing explores what an inclusive agricultural transformation that empowers women and girls in the global South might look like. Downloads
A region without “spring”: a tenacious tale of poverty, inequality and precarity Journal articles or issues | November 2016 | Dina Mansour-Ille Examining the socioeconomic realities of inequality that triggered the Arab Spring and how poverty, inequality, and precarity continue to plague the Arab region. Downloads
Unexpected allies: fossil fuel subsidy reform and education finance Research reports and studies | November 2016 | Laurie van der Burg and Shelagh Whitley This report evaluates the links between fossil fuel subsidy reforms and promised increases in expenditure on education. Downloads
The socioeconomics of exclusion: re-questioning citizenship in relation to social justice in post-Arab Spring Egypt Briefing papers | February 2016 | Dina Mansour-Ille This paper examines the socioeconomic policies of exclusion that are still undermining the enjoyment of basic citizenship rights in Egypt. Downloads
Women’s rights in Islamic Shari’a: between interpretation, culture and politics Journal articles or issues | November 2014 | Dina Mansour-Ille This article analyses existing biases – whether due to misinterpretation, culture or politics – in the application of women’s rights under Islamic Shari’a law. Downloads
Development Policy Review: November 2014 Journal articles or issues | October 2014 | Various Articles in this issue of the Development Policy Review explore a wide range of topics, including land tenure reform in Southern Africa, the efficacy of trade facilitation, fisheries trade and social development along the Philippine-Malaysia Maritime Border zone, the... Download
Innovation platforms to enhance participation in rainwater management: lessons from the Nile Basin Development Challenge with a particular focus on political economy and equity issues Research reports and studies | October 2014 | Eva Ludi, Josephine Tucker This paper draws lessons from two years of work with ‘innovation platforms’ that were established by the Nile Basin Development Challenge (NBDC) program in an attempt to strengthen landscape-level rainwater management in Ethiopia. The NDBC’s work included the use of an... Download
Living on hope, hoping for education: the failed response to the Syrian refugee crisis Research reports and studies | September 2014 | Kevin Watkins and Steven A. Zyck Over half a million Syrian refugee children are out of school - and the numbers are rising. With this education crisis fuelling an epidemic of child labour and early marriage, this paper calls for the rapid and full financing of education initiatives across the region. Download
Exploring an education response to the Syrian refugee crisis Conference | 11 - 12 December 2013 This conference will outline the scope of the education crisis among Syrian refugees and identify innovative solutions; in doing so they will consider the experiences of the most heavily affected countries,... Find out more
Transition in Egypt Comment | 8 July 2013 | Alina Rocha Menocal 'Events developing in Egypt over the past year show us that democracy is more than a box-ticking exercise.' Read and comment
