The conference is the culmination of a five-year international research programme, BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) ...

This Policy Briefing synthesises emerging lessons from research conducted by the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research programme, predominantly in the northeastern region of the country (which ...

Shruti Jain is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Institute of Development Studies. She works at the intersection of development, environment, communication, and democracy. She has written in Hindi and ...

Dr Rosalind Willi recently passed her viva voce, with no corrections. The focus of her thesis was the wellbeing of Syrian Armenian children in situations of displacement and return. In this blog she ...

Examining the implementation of VAT on cross-border digital transactions in Senegal, focused on transactions involving digital B2C services.

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Wondedzo and Sanangwe near Masvingo town and Clare and Lonely A near Chatsworth in Gutu – are classic dryland maize growing areas. In good years, many tonnes of surplus are produced for sale or ...

The global expansion of digital services – from streaming, e-commerce, and software, to online education – has created new tax challenges, particularly for developing countries. In Africa, governments ...

Since October 2024, the outbreak of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon has triggered a severe internal displacement crisis, particularly in Lebanon’s southern regions, with over 1.2 million ...

Unpaid care work and social protection are intrinsically linked. In order to address this challenge, policies must recognise the value of women’s work, shift the burden of care work away from women ...

UWC Working Paper Citizenship, Participation, and Accountability Series 4 Governance from Below: Rights, Global Citizens and Local Spaces of Participation ...