FCDO Pol,Conflict,Humanitarian Research

NEW | Kampala: Health, wellbeing and nutrition More than 60% of Kampala’s 2.3 million residents reside in informal settlements. Yet despite the city being food-abundant, communities living in these neighbourhoods face significant barriers to accessing nutritious diets.

How can tech support justice for survivors of sexual & gender-based crimes in conflict—without doing harm? Valerie Oosterveld’s new policy brief explores digital tools in SGBC investigations, from Ukraine to Iraq to Sierra Leone. tinyurl.com/ycsukuze #SGBV #DigitalEvidence

🏗️ Interesting segmentation of firms in African cities from @AfricanCities_: magicians, workhorses, and powerbrokers. (Link in next tweet 👇)

📣 Some momentous news for ACRC today... Our wonderful CEO Diana Mitlin has announced that she is planning for her retirement, which means we're looking for someone new to join the team and take over the leadership of ACRC! Could it be you..? african-cities.org/handing-on-the…

🔎 Our new working paper investigates the #PoliticalEconomy of Somalia's weak taxation, tracing historical, institutional, and political factors that underpin its low tax-to-GDP ratio of 2%. See ➡️ ow.ly/FmFv50UAnec 📸 Golden_Brown/iStock #TaxTwitter | @VVandenboogaard

Check out this opportunity to engage in important research led by our colleagues in FCDO's Humanitarian Department...

Tax specialists have a lot to say about how African tax collectors could work better but rarely seem to ask the collectors themselves. That is what Nyanyiwe Sulu did in 2023. She & Prof. Mick Moore summarise here what they learnt➡️ow.ly/roop50TXXF6 #TaxTwitter @MRA_Malawi

Why don’t governments collect more tax revenue❓ Specialists have long been wrestling with this question but have failed to produce thorough or convincing answers. @bbaimwera & Mick Moore present new insights ➡️ow.ly/Z6oR50TTA2B @KESRA_KRA @IDS_UK #TaxTwitter #Taxation

It may not be the biggest news this week, but Nigeria's #power grid collapsed once again on Tuesday. Why has the country's #electricity supply not improved since privatisation? Our analysis here: ace.soas.ac.uk/publication/br…

🇸🇾 ‘Honestly, there’s only this path. We either die or triumph’ 📝 In this new article for @XCEPT_Research, @r_aldoughli explores the motivations, persistence, and loyalties of fighters in the Syrian war 👇 #abstract" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Why don’t governments collect more tax revenue❓ Specialists have long been wrestling with this question but have failed to produce thorough or convincing answers. @bbaimwera & Mick Moore present new insights ➡️ow.ly/Z6oR50TTA2B @KESRA_KRA @IDS_UK #TaxTwitter #Taxation

The UN Secretary-General’s annual report on the women, peace, and security agenda cites PeaceRep research to highlight the stagnation of women’s participation in peace processes: peacerep.org/2024/10/28/un-… #WPS #UNSG

🚧 The 7th paper in our 'Roadblocks & Revenues' series develops a political sociology of roadblocks to demonstrate how roadblocks in eastern DRC contribute to the production and reproduction of public authority 👉 ow.ly/eik850TFGMp #roadblocks | @diisdk | @Armed_Groups

Important discussion on the role of conflict, trauma, and mental health in pathways to peace and violence in FCAS, beginning Day 2 at the XCEPT MENA Conference @XCEPT_Research’s Fiona McEwen, Craig Larkin @irisharab7, @NafeesHamid w/ Samuel Godsland @WiltonPark #XCEPTMENA24

📌The XCEPT Middle East and North Africa Conference is underway. At this critical juncture, our conference will delve into the power dynamics, political developments, and socio-economic pressures shaping cross-border and transnational conflict in the MENA region. #XCEPTMENA24

Important discussions taking place today at the @XCEPT_Research Conference on Conflict and Instability in the MENA region. Looking forward to hearing from the impressive array of speakers taking part. #XCEPTMENA2024

Integrating qualitative methods into RCTs can help contextualize research and deepen our understanding of complex social issues. Learn how @JPAL_SEA & @JPAL_MENA are using these methods to refine hypotheses and uncover mechanisms in our latest blog: bit.ly/4gxJqDh

Among the successes noted in @IDS_UK's Annual Review 2023-24, released last week, was the pioneering research conducted by ICTD that led to a change in tax policy in Rwanda. Read it here ➡️ow.ly/zP3E50TiHeE #TaxTwitter #Taxation #TaxResearch

Amidst further progress on the negotiations for a new #UNTaxConvention, we revisit one of our earlier working papers that investigates the influence of the UN model on tax treaties signed by lower-income countries. See what we found ➡️ ow.ly/UbIU50TkVPW #TaxTwitter

Great couple of days last week meeting research leads from 5 @AfricanCities_. Was a privilege to be part of the discussions.