A5067724664- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Urban and Rural Development Challenges
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- HIV/AIDS Impact and Responses
- Urban Planning and Governance
- International Development and Aid
- Migration, Refugees, and Integration
- Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Youth Education and Societal Dynamics
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Sustainable Development and Environmental Policy
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Hydropower, Displacement, Environmental Impact
- Evaluation and Performance Assessment
- Groundwater and Watershed Analysis
- Social and Economic Development in India
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Innovation and Socioeconomic Development
- Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development
- Global Security and Public Health
- Indian Economic and Social Development
University of Sussex
2012-2024
Institute of Development Studies
2013-2024
Institute of Development Studies
2022-2023
Indian Institute for Human Settlements
2023
University of Cape Town
2023
University of Ghana
2023
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2022
Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
2022
Stellenbosch University
2022
Sokoine University of Agriculture
2021
Many methodologies exist for dividing a population into those who are classified as eligible social transfers and ineligible. Popular targeting mechanisms include means tests, proxy categorical, geographic, community-based self-selection. This paper reviews empirical evidence from range of protection programmes on the accuracy these mechanisms, in terms minimising four errors: inclusion exclusion, by eligibility poverty. also available various costs associated with targeting, not only...
In introducing this collection of articles we argue that policy framing and responses to the ‘problem’ young people agriculture in Africa are hampered by a lack research evidence is theoretically historically informed, conceptually sound context sensitive. The result well intentioned, but unlikely address underlying social or agricultural concerns. To outline agenda places notion ‘opportunity space’ at centre stage. We suggest an analysis changing structure opportunity space for agri-food...
Abstract It has become increasingly difficult for young Zambians to construct youth‐to‐adult transitions that meet the normative expectations of coherent life trajectories towards being successful. We explore 60 Zambians' experiences through qualitative history interviews focusing on processes economic (dis)empowerment. focus closely what these Zambian youth aspire to, their ‘models’ course achievement and how they position own progress prospects ‘success’ in relation peers. In doing so, we...
This article analyses migrants' use of social media and considers their relation to placemaking urban wellbeing. It develops an easy replicate experimental methodology drawing on netnography techniques analyse Facebook group activity by Latin-American migrants in way London. Findings indicate that offers a multitude public spaces facilitating mundane activities are significantly generative material, relational subjective wellbeing, both digital analogue physical realms. The hence posits as...
The ‘youth in agriculture problem’ makes up part of a growing set development’ issues occupying the minds aid practitioners and bilateral multilateral donors. Aid agendas seek to enhance youth participation policy processes mainstream youth‐related goals on health, education, employment governance into development policies. Yet, these routinely ignore national policies (NYPs), which many African countries have been place for well over decade. This article demonstrates how NYPs Nigeria,...
• We analyse wellbeing priorities and satisfactions in seven informal settlements three Bangladeshi cities (Dhaka, Chittagong, Bogra) Wellbeing are similar across but satisfaction with achieved outcomes differs by site socio-economic groups People's subjective assessments of how they fare on consistent relevant objective indicators their substantively mediated site-specific governance arrangements for essential services Urban policy makers lack methodologies metrics to support interventions...
As political commitment is an essential ingredient for elevating food and nutrition security onto policy agendas, metrics have proliferated. Many conflate government to fight hunger with combating undernutrition. We test the hypothesis that reduction empirically different from reducing undernutrition through expert surveys in five high-burden countries: Bangladesh, Malawi, Nepal, Tanzania, Zambia. Our findings confirm hypothesis. conclude sensitive are needed guide donor policies...
Slums and informal settlements have long been a policy concern, particularly in post-independence cities of the global South. Although national local governments devise public seeking to address these habitations, initiatives occur conversation with often far less visible discourses international urban development actors. Positing their ideational influence, this study analyses how from key multilateral agencies donors framed problem slums over time, uncover assumptions biases that...
Using the case study of Hunger and Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI), this article seeks to answer key questions relating conceptualisation operationalisation engaged excellence, exploring tensions between research policy advocacy. While concept ‘engaged excellence’ recognises that excellence can be constituted by high‑quality as well supports efforts influence policy, it could more specific in taking position on discussions situate these mutually incompatible. Evidence from multiple...
Abstract Urban dwellers’ food and nutritional wellbeing are both dependent on infrastructure can be indicative of wider in urban contexts societal health. This paper focuses the multiple relationships that exist between to provide a thorough theoretical empirical grounding urgent work security nutrition context rapid transitions South. We argue systems thinking have not been well aligned, but such alignment is only timely overdue also fruitful for thematic areas research policy. draw...
In the past 15 years, Tanzania has made considerable progress in fight against child undernutrition. This paper analyses what respects an enabling environment for nutrition action emerged. It critically investigates nature of government political commitment and assesses breadth depth a range public policies, initiatives actions within across nutrition-specific nutrition-sensitive sectors, at national, sub-national community levels. finds that undertaken substantial policy innovation...
Despite growing activism around the right to food in past decade, there has been little exploration of how people understand and its implications. This article analyses original research that explored at risk hunger understood diverse settings Africa, Asia Latin America, aftermath global crisis 2008. The explores understandings term different contexts, various sources origins, responsibilities for upholding it were defined allocated. It concludes an understanding as natural necessary appears...
Abstract In recent years, a range of new indices, benchmarking and scorecard tools—also known as ‘indicators’—have been developed to influence public policy promote accountability. While subjected important technical political critiques, the impact ‘indicators’ is often assumed yet rarely demonstrated. Suitable evaluative methods are in their infancy. This article adopts an innovative process tracing analysis assess Hunger And Nutrition Commitment Index (HANCI) Bangladesh, Malawi, Nepal,...