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๐ข New reflections from the #2025BusanForum on Inclusive & Collectively Owned Development Co-operation: why genuine inclusivity, country context & collective ownership matter for meaningful development impact. Read more: link ๐๐ #DevCooperation #SDGs
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What potential does Uganda have to build a sustainable bioeconomy?๐ฑ
Across the country, innovative examples are emerging - including turning banana fibres and cassava by-products into new resources. Read more in the rapid evidence review here ๐
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/bioecโฆ
ALT Banana plantation in Uganda
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๐ข New @GSDRC Working Paper!
How can donors maintain public support for aid in sensitive contexts?
๐ฉ๐ช German survey shows support rises when aid is channelled via NGOs.
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#ForeignAid #PublicOpinion #Afghanistan #DevelopmentPolicy
ALT Cover page of report After Kabul Addressing concerns about corruption in donor publics by rechannelling aid.
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What technological cooperation frameworks exist between India, and Africa and high-income countries?๐ป
Devanik Saha explores here ๐
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/tec...
ALT Man sting at computer while working on a robot
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๐ข New @GSDRC Working Paper!
Explore how 81 countries use affirmative action to tackle ethnic inequalities in education, employment & politics.
๐ Data-driven insights, global scope, real impact.
๐ Read now: shorturl.at/ZDyKn
#AffirmativeAction #DEI #SocialJustice
ALT Cover for GSDRC working paper 2025/01 Affirmative action around the world
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๐จThe new policy brief @sandrapertek
Over 120M displaced globallyโwomen & girls in Muslim settings face a spiral of violence & aid denial.
๐ Read the full report: shorturl.at/NR8Vt
#HumanRights #WPS #GenderJustice #Displacement
ALT Making Aid Work for Displaced Women logo
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Need an idea of something to read! @K4D_info produces the monthly Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary. Follow the link for the latest one ๐
shorturl.at/uiF3t
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As part of @K4D_info one of our researcher Sithandiwe Mujuru how social protection programmes, address various dimensions of poverty and wellbeing that rural women face.
For a quick read please visit the K4DD site tinyurl.com/8x6d4kj9
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Our latest work is available via K4DD.
To stay up to date please follow us both ๐
Want to stay up-to-date with K4DD on all platforms?
Make sure to follow us on LinkedIn here: linkedin.com/company/knowledโฆ
And our new #BlueSky account at k4dd.ids.ac.uk
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๐ฃNew Blog๐ฃ
Is state capture coming to the United States?
In this new blog post, Zenobia Ismail discusses how Americas can learn to recognise state capture from the experiences of other countries.
Read the blog here ๐gsdrc.org/is-state-capture-cโฆ
@RGisselquist
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๐ข๐ข We're very excited to be looking for a new Professor and Director of @GSDRC here @iddbirmingham @gov_uob. We welcome applications from the worlds of policy & practice or research; networks & experience will be a major asset. More info here: jobs.ac.uk/job/DCM877/profesโฆ
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K4D's #MentalHeatlth guide for sustainable development, produced with @FCDOInclusive @LSTMnews and @MHInnovation has reached over 10,000 downloads!
If you haven't read it yet, you can access it here:
k4d.ids.ac.uk/resource/mentaโฆ
6 Jan 2023
Wow! Our @FCDOInclusive Topic Guide on #MentalHealth for Development Professionals has been downloaded > *10,000 times*
So inspired by everyone out there making a personal commitment to integrating mental health into their international development work ๐๐
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How do programmes in fragile & conflict-affected countries integrate local voices into their governance mechanisms? ๐ฌ
In this report, @carterrebeccal ( @IDS_UK ) synthesises evidence on how aid agencies & governments include #LocalVoices meaningfully:๐ buff.ly/3sOXCA2
ALT AU-UN IST PHOTO / STuart Price CXCO 1.0
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What impact has K4D had on @FCDOGovUK?
Sian Rasdale, the Head of Global Science, explains how #K4D has transformed the dept into the learning organisation it strives to be. ๐
Listen to her reflections. ๐
#ImpactOfK4D
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UPCOMING EVENT: 21 Septโ๏ธ
How can development organisations think differently about #knowledge & learning in times of complexity & crisis?
Join panelists @AdilNajam, @rhona_ona, @EliyaZulu, @DrChrisL & @mleach_ids for an engaging event.
Register now:๐eventbrite.co.uk/e/evidence-โฆ
ALT Event: Evidence for Action in Turbulent Times 21 September 2022 One Birdcage Walk, London
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The Trend Of โDe-Riskingโ in International Finance & its Impact on Small Island Developing States ( #SIDS).๐ด ๐ท
@ejquak looks at evidence on the loss of corresponding #banking relationships in these post #COVID economies:๐ buff.ly/3IcVWr0
@FCDOResearch @BrianJJonesUK
ALT Children in the village of Tebikenikora, on Kiribatiโs main Tarawa atoll. UN Photo/ Eskinder Debebe / Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
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Who are the key players, initiatives and networks with an operational or strategic
interest in fair water footprints? ๐ง
In this report, Laura Bolton ( @IDS_UK) maps all the key stakeholders:๐ buff.ly/3nEednz
@water_witness @A4W_programme @Alliance4Water @Water
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LATEST HUMANITARIAN EVIDENCE & DISCUOURSE SUMMARY IS OUT.๐
New reports & analysis on #humanitarian and #conflict issues are summarised by @lukeakelly87. This includes outputs by @hpg_odi, @ODI_Global, @HumOutcomes, @Refugees & others.
Take a look:๐opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/โฆ
ALT Humanitarian Evidence and Discourse Summary No. 28 July 2022 Luke Kelly
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How has K4D supported @FCDOGovUK?๐
Mark Harvey, Head of Profession (Infrastructure & Urban) shares reflections of #K4Din2021, including bringing together former FCO & DFID colleagues through leanring journeys.๐จ๏ธ
More 2021 highlights:๐ buff.ly/3qsIpV2
@IDS_UK @GSDRC
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