Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of Resilience Interventions: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations
Informal m-health: How are young people using mobile phones to bridge healthcare gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa?
Drawing on qualitative and quantitative data collected in 2012–2014 from over 4500 young people (aged 8–25 y) in Ghana, Malawi and South Africa, this paper documents practices of using mobile phones to seek healthcare and the new therapeutic opportunities they create, alongside the constraints, contingencies and risks.
Intergenerational relations and the power of the cell phone: Perspectives on young people’s phone usage in sub-Saharan Africa
In this paper we reflect on the inter-generational encounters which are embedded in young people’s cell phone interactions, and consider the wider societal implications, not least the potential for associated shifts in the generational balance of power.
Researchers measure the gender impact of poverty alleviation interventions in rural India and Bangladesh, including how impact has been mediated where cultural attitudes affect women's work and the affect of interventions.
Forced and Unfree Labour: An Analysis
A new set of initiatives, called graduation programmes, target poor households with asset transfers and income support for a fixed period. The objective is to graduate poor households out of poverty and support their resilience so they do not fall back into poverty.
Principal Investigator: Andrew Shepherd.
What political and institutional conditions are associated with effective poverty reduction and development in Liberia post-conflict, and what can domestic and external actors do to promote them?
Principal Investigator: Sarah Caroline White. Lead Organisation: University of Bath (Social and Policy Sciences)
Co-Investigator: Stanley Gaines (Brunel University)
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