This K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary signposts the latest evidence on the spread and severity of the Mpox virus globally. It also signposts the latest evidence on progress towards effective treatment against the virus. This summary covers the period 7 February-20 February 2025. ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.11
This K4DD Evidence Summary signposts the latest evidence on the spread of the Mpox virus, and international efforts to find effective treatment. This summary covers the period 24 January 2025 – 6 February 2025. ...» more
Drivers of Poverty Dynamics in Pakistan
Poverty levels in Pakistan are high and have been rising in recent years. This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review explores the drivers of poverty dynamics in Pakistan. While many factors influence poverty dynamics in Pakistan, this review was asked to focus on family-level and structural factors. Key among the former are household characteristics (in particular education of household ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.10
This K4DD Evidence Summary signposts the latest evidence on the spread of the Mpox virus, and international efforts to find effective treatment. This summary covers the period 10 January 2025 – 23 January 2025. ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.9
This Mpox Health Evidence Summary aims to signpost FCDO and others to the latest relevant evidence on Mpox. These summaries are produced bi-weekly, and this summary covers the period 19 December 2024 to 9 January 2025. ...» more
Civil Service Codes and their Impact
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review provides an overview of the value of Civil Service Codes (variously referred to as Codes of Conduct, Codes of Ethics, Model Code of Conduct etc.) in terms of reducing politicisation and corruption in the civil service and improving independence and objectivity. It draws on a diverse and multifaceted evidence base that includes academic and grey ...» more
Social Protection and Resilience in Pakistan
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review review looks at the effectiveness of Benazir Income Support Programme in building resilience among the chronic and transient poor in Pakistan. It draws on a mixture of academic and grey literature, the latter largely reports by international development organizations/government. The available literature does not distinguish between chronic and ...» more
Designing and Managing National Climate Finance Vehicles
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review provides a very brief outline of some of the issues that are likely to emerge, and decisions that need to be made, in developing an NCFV, along with a small number of illustrative examples. The issues and choices are grouped in terms of objectives, legal structures, governance and oversight structures, organisational structures and partnerships, ...» more
Current Understanding of Attribution of Climate Change in Vietnam
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review provides an overview of the current understanding of the attribution of climate change in Vietnam. It draws on an expanding evidence base that includes academic and grey literature. The literature identified presents a complex and multifaceted picture with regional variation across the country and in the wider East and South East Asian ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.8
This K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary provides an overview of the latest relevant evidence on Mpox. The summary signposts the latest relevant evidence that was published between 29 November and 12 December 2024. ...» more
Climate Related Fiscal Risk
This review is the first in a series of three reports prepared in support of a Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) evidence and policy clinic on public financial management (PFM). The first part of the review addresses the proactive management of fiscal risks, public asset management, and liabilities associated with climate change for PFM. Given the wide range of ...» more
Synthesis Note: A Broader and More Long-Term Approach to Public Financial Management: Managing Fiscal Risks Associated With Climate Change
This K4DD synthesis note draws on the material contained in five rapid evidence reviews, which provide more detailed evidence, data and references to support the points summarised here. The synthesis note is also informed by the discussions at the first evidence and policy clinic. It sets out the ideas from the first clinic on the benefits of moving toward a broader and more ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.7
This K4DD Mpox Summary reviews the latest evidence relating to the spread and severity of the Mpox virus. These summaries are produced bi-weekly, and this summary covers the period 15-28 November 2024. ...» more
How Germany, Japan, and China Engage with Brazil on Development
This rapid literature review collates findings about how Germany, Japan, and China engage with Brazil on development. It focuses on Overseas Development Activities (ODA)-related work, and some beyond-ODA activities like trilateral cooperation and international diplomacy activities that impact on the international development agenda. ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.6
This K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary reviews the evidence relating to the spread and severity of the Mpox virus from 1-14 November 2024. The summary spotlights the latest relevant evidence, with a short summary of each resource. ...» more
Pre-existing conditions leading to violence and instability during political transitions
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review looks at pre-existing conditions that can lead to instability and violence during political transitions. A broad range of factors can be influential. Economic factors, such as low GDP and economic inequality; population diversity and a history of recent conflict; the nature of the pre-transition regime, strength of governance institutions, level ...» more
Role of Donors in the Delivery of Services in Protracted FCV Settings
Service delivery in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable (FCV) settings is extremely challenging for multiple reasons. At the same time, failure to deliver services exacerbates fragility. Donors are finding ways to address these challenges and continue engaging in FCV situations but approaches and effectiveness are very context dependent. This K4DD Rapid Evidence ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.4
This bi-weekly summary aims to signpost the reader to the latest evidence on the spread and severity of the Mpox virus. This summary reviews the evidence that has been released between 4th October 2024 and 17th October 2024. ...» more
K4DD Mpox Health Evidence Summary No.3
In this K4DD Summary, Sithandiwe Mujuru highlights the latest evidence relating to the spread of Mpox globally. The summary provides an overview of the latest evidence relating to the Mpox virus, with an abstract and summary for each resource shown. Bi-weekly Mpox Health Evidence Summaries aim to signpost FCDO and others to the latest relevant evidence on Mpox. Further detail ...» more
Service Delivery Modalities in Protracted FCV
This K4DD Rapid Evidence Review looks at modalities to deliver services in five sectors in fragile, conflict-affected and vulnerable (FCV) settings. The common challenge is how to bring about rapid delivery to meet pressing needs, without (further) undermining state systems. Modalities used were found to vary somewhat across the five sectors, e.g. some relying more on ...» more
