This book explores the impacts of technological change on the poor. Drawing on household surveys undertaken by research networks active in 38 developing countries, it helps to fill knowledge gaps about how the poor use information and communication technologies (ICTs): How have they benefited from mobile devices, computers, and the Internet? What insights can research provide ...» more
Library
This e-library contains more than 4500 external publications on governance, social development, conflict and humanitarian issues. It includes academic and grey literature selected for its basis in good quality research and coverage of a range of perspectives. Policy-oriented summaries of each document are provided, plus links to the full text.
From Safety Nets to Economic Empowerment: Is There Space to Promote Gender Equality in the Evolution of Social Protection?
This policy brief highlights the opportunities and challenges for promoting gender equality and empowerment within a shifting policy landscape. Developed with financial support from the United Nations Development Programme, this brief is intended as an advocacy tool in the service of amplifying gender-informed policy considerations in country-level social protection debates. ...» more
Impact of sectoral allocation of foreign aid on gender equity and human development
This paper seeks to contribute to the debate on the impact of foreign aid on economic development by exploring the implications of aid allocation by sector for the aid-development nexus. The study focuses on some of the two important dimensions of social and human development namely education and health. It seeks to explore the following questions: does an increase in the ...» more
State of Local Democracy Assessment Framework
This guide is a revised and updated version of the 2002 State of Local Democracy (SoLD) assessment framework. It contains four parts: a general introduction to the SoLD assessment framework; a special focus on the SoLD assessment framework itself; the process of conducting an assessment; and a detailed version of the framework, including the assessment questions.The framework ...» more
Adolescent girls, capabilities and gender justice: Review of the literature for East Africa, South Asia and South-East Asia
This Background Note synthesises the results of three extensive literature reviews prepared as part of continuing work by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) exploring the extent to which gender justice for adolescent girls is shaped by formal and informal laws, norms, attitudes and practices that limit them in the attainment and exercise of their capabilities. Providing a ...» more