Publications
Publications overview
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Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy and Accountability, Theory of Change mid-term Reflection brief (English, Arabic)
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Briefing paper
This mid-term reflection brief explores the Young Women for Awareness, Agency, Advocacy, and Accountability (YW4A) programme across Egypt, Kenya, Palestine, and South Sudan. It consolidates key insights from the internal Mid-Term Review and reflects on how the programme’s Theory of Change guides learning, collaboration, and action. The brief aims to inspire partners, women’s rights and […]
- Year of publication
- April 2024
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Learning Brief: Farmers’ Health as a Driver of Cocoa Supply Chain Resilience
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Learning Brief
The long-term sustainability of the cocoa sector is inextricably linked to the physical and mental well-being of the smallholder farmers who underpin the global supply chain. This brief brings together the existing evidence on the health issues cocoa farmers face, their links to productivity and well-being, and the steps the cocoa industry can take to […]
- Year of publication
- February 2026
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Learning Brief: Lessons from implementing the Cocoa Household Income Study (CHIS) for living income measurement
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Learning Brief
The Cocoa Household Income Study (CHIS) is a sector-wide initiative providing a harmonised methodology for monitoring and assessing living income in the cocoa sector. Published in 2024, the CHIS Methodology offers guidance for collecting representative and comparable household income data across all cocoa-producing households. Since its publication, the CHIS approach has been adopted across the […]
- Year of publication
- February 2026
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Endline Evaluation
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Evaluation
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Report
This endline evaluation assesses the two-year impact of the EnRoute programme, a partnership between ETG–Beyond Beans Foundation, Oxfam Novib, and KIT Institute. The programme set out to test practical, scalable approaches to closing the living income (LI) gap and reducing child labour (CL) among 599 farming households. The programme tested three intervention models among cocoa-farming […]
- Year of publication
- December 2025
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An implementation framework for introducing obstetric ultrasound in new contexts
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Article
Over the past decade the global uptake of ultrasound technology and innovations to bring ultrasound closer to the people have increased substantially, offering a significant potential to improve maternal and new born health. To leverage its full potential, safeguard quality and protect the reproductive rights of of women, it is imperative to critically examine and […]
- Year of publication
- January 2026
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Alternative Income Generation
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Paper
As the majority of cocoa producers in West Africa continue to earn far below a living income, the concept of living income has become central to discussions on sustainable cocoa. While efforts have traditionally focused on increasing cocoa productivity, there is growing recognition that income diversification is essential to reduce vulnerability to price volatility and […]
- Year of publication
- December 2025
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Adolescents’ and young people’s perspectives on school-based sexuality education in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review
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Article
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Review
Sexuality education is essential for adolescents’ and young people’s health, well-being, and rights. While recognised in policies worldwide, gaps remain in its implementation. This review explores youth perspectives on school-based sexuality education in low- and middle-income countries to understand their needs, experiences, and preferences. A scoping review was conducted across five academic databases and key […]
- Year of publication
- October 2025
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A3-SEED South Sudan: Internal Project Evaluation
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Evaluation
This final report presents a comprehensive evaluation of the A3SEED project (2021–2025), a €10 million initiative funded by the Embassy of the Netherlands in South Sudan and implemented by IFDC in partnership with KIT Institute. The project aimed to transform the seed sector in South Sudan by strengthening domestic seed production through a private sector–led […]
- Year of publication
- December 2025
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Health workforce resilience in the age of polycrisis: A framework to support health workforce policy and planning
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Article
Many countries face prolonged health workforce crises, marked by shortages, maldistribution, skills mix imbalances and attrition. When workforces are overstretched, they become more vulnerable to external shocks and chronic strains, including infectious disease outbreaks, climate-related effects and political instability. This is particularly concerning as an emerging global “polycrisis” means such external pressures increasingly interact and […]
- Year of publication
- 2025
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Intersecting injustices: child marriage and the law in conflict-affected Sudan
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Research article
Sudan is the only country in North Africa that is yet to reform its family law embodied by the Personal Status Act for Muslims of 1991. This law legalises child marriage, contradicts the National Child Act of 2010 that outlaws child marriage. This study aimed to understand how the pluralistic legal system in Sudan affects […]
- Year of publication
- November 2025
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What is the development impact of vertical coordination in agricultural value chains in LMICs?
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Review
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Working Paper
This literature review examines how vertical coordination—tighter corporate control across agricultural value chains—affects development outcomes in low- and middle-income countries. Having reviewed 19 academic studies on evidence-based outcomes of vertical coordination, the focus of the analysis is on three main impact areas: (1) local economic development, (2) local job creation, and (3) the inclusion of […]
- Year of publication
- October 2025
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«Rien pour nous, sans nous»
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Report
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Study
Le programme Break Free! vise à donner aux adolescents et aux jeunes les moyens d’exercer leur droit à vivre sans grossesses précoces ni mariages d’enfants, avec le soutien de la société civile. Le renforcement du plaidoyer des jeunes sur les questions de santé sexuelle et reproductive constitue un élément important pour que les jeunes puissent […]
- Year of publication
- October 2025
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