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Adolescent Digital Inclusion

Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Nicola Jones, Agnieszka Malachowska, Taghreed Alabbadi, Sarah Alheiwidi, Faisal Alshammari, Wafa Amaireh, Qasem Ashareef

London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) (2022), 11 pp.

"In response to this broader global context, the GAGE Jordan team developed a set of qualitative research tools to explore the experiences of adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic with regard to digital inclusion, with a focus on young people affected by forced displacement. These tools aim to ex ... more

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Digital Technologies and Inclusion in Humanitarian Response

John Bryant

London: Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (2022), 29 pp.

"This paper brings together the key findings of research into digital humanitarian action and inclusion, asking what the impact of new digital approaches has been on how inclusion is understood and operationalised in humanitarian action. The Humanitarian Policy Group undertook three thematic case st ... more

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The World’s Most Neglected Displacement Crises 2021

Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) (2022), 18 pp.

"Each year, the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) publishes a list of the ten most neglected displacement crises in the world. The purpose is to focus on the plight of people whose suffering rarely makes international headlines, who receive no or inadequate assistance, and who never become the centre ... more

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Capacity Decision Framework for CCE/AAP (Communication and Community Engagement/Accountability to Affected People)

London: CDAC Network (2022), 36 pp.

"The capacity decision framework is designed to inform communication and community engagement/accountability to affected people (CCE/AAP) surge capacity requests at a country level to address inter-agency response-wide CCE/AAP gaps. It considers capacity requirements to deliver CCE/AAP across a huma ... more

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Factors Affecting Digital Technology Adoption by Small-Scale Farmers in Agriculture Value Chains (AVCs) in South Africa

Hermanus Jacobus, Osden Jokonya

Information Technology for Development, volume 28, issue 3 (2022), pp. 558-584

"Digital technologies enable small-scale farmers to reduce some constraints to participate in Agriculture Value Chains (AVCs). Small-scale farmers face significant challenges and barriers to adopting digital technology. This study contributes to the literature on digital development in three ways: p ... more

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Systems Impact Assessment of the Renewable Energy for Refugees (RE4R) Project

Scott Chaplowe, Taruna Gupta

Practical Action (2022), 19 pp.

"The purpose of this Learning Brief is to share key lessons to inform future efforts to effect systems-level change in humanitarian response, seeking to create positive transformational change. Given that transformation is an unfolding, open-ended process, we acknowledge that our learning is an ongo ... more

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Digital Media for Young People in Myanmar: Breaking Taboo and Discussing Sexual and Reproductive Health

London: BBC Media Action (2022), 2 pp.

"BBC Media Action’s innovative sexual and reproductive health rights (SRHR) project - Ma Shet Ne (Don’t be shy!) – was designed to support young people living in Yangon to access quality information and realise their rights. Research findings show that young people are highly engaged with the ... more

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Radio and Technology Adoption During India’s Green Revolution: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Srinivasan Vasudevan

SSRN (2022), 39 pp.

"Adoption of innovative technologies is central to improving agricultural productivity. Farmers in developing countries rely heavily on social learning in adopting new technologies. Barriers to social learning such as heterogeneity or social fragmentation can therefore limit technology adoption and ... more

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Changing the Story: Intergenerational Dialogue, Participatory Video and Perpetrator Memories in Cambodia

Paul Cooke, Katie Hodgkinson, Peter Manning

Memory Studies, volume 16, issue 5 (2022), 17 pp.

"Questions of reconciliation and memory after genocide and conflict in Cambodia remain finely poised. Young people often do not believe the stories of hardship and loss of the older generation, and cleavages remain between divided and stigmatised former factions. This article reflects on a series of ... more

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Establishing Trust in Experts During a Crisis: Expert Trustworthiness and Media Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Sabina Mihelj, Kondor, Katherine, Václav Štìtka

Science Communication, volume 44, issue 3 (2022), pp. 292-319

"Existing research on factors informing public perceptions of expert trustworthiness was largely conducted during stable periods and in longestablished Western liberal democracies. This article asks whether the same factors apply during a major health crisis and in relatively new democracies. Drawin ... more

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Audience Engagement with COVID-19 News: The Impact of Lockdown and Live Coverage, and the Role of Polarization

Mihelj, Sabina, Katherine Kondor, Václav Štìtka

Journalism Studies, volume 23, issue 5-6 (2022), pp. 569-587

"Existing research on media and the COVID-19 pandemic is largely based on quantitative data, focused on digital media, limited to single-country studies, and often West-centred. As such, it has limited capacity to provide a holistic account of the causes and consequences of audience engagement with ... more

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Guidelines for Applying the Climate and Ecosystems Health Criterion in the Commissioning, Design and Implementation of Evaluations

Republic of South Africa Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME);South African Monitoring and Evaluation Association (SAMEA) (2022), 25 pp.

"The guideline provides a roadmap, flagging at which points in the process of commissioning, implementing and managing evaluations CEH-related considerations could and should be taken into account. As such, it covers the steps involved in preparing for an evaluation; developing the terms of referenc ... more

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Interconnected Disaster Risks

United Nations University (UNU) (2022), 114 pp.

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Footprint Evaluation Thought Experiments: Thinking Through How to Embed Environmental Concerns Into Evaluation

E. Jane Davidson, Dugan Fraser, Patricia Rogers, Andy Rowe, Kaye Stevens

Footprint Evaluation Initiative;Better Evaluation (2022), 47 pp.

"The Footprint Evaluation Initiative aims to ensure that all evaluations consider environmental sustainability, regardless of whether this is an explicit objective of the project, policy or program being evaluated. This report describes four ‘thought experiments’ undertaken as part of this proje ... more

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Needles in a Haystack: An Analysis of Global South Roles in Humanitarian Knowledge Production

Campbell Aitken (ed.)

Humanitarian Advisory Group (2022), 25 pp.

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Steuerung der öffentlichen Meinung

Russland-Analysen, issue 418 (2022), pp. 1-14

"Wie denken gewöhnliche Russ:innen wirklich über die Entscheidung von Präsident Putin, in die Ukraine einzumarschieren? Obwohl einiges dafürspricht, dass frühere Umfragen, die Zustimmungswerte um 60 % für den Krieg zeigen, als genuine Signale der russischen öffentlichen Meinung gewertet werde ... more

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Social Media–Based Interventions for Health Behavior Change in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review

Jessie Seiler, Tanya E. Libby, Emahlea Jackson, JR Lingappa, WD Evans

Journal of Medical Internet Research, volume 24, issue 4 e31889 (2022), 14 pp.

"The aim of this review is to identify and describe the available literature on effective social media–based behavior change interventions within low- and middle-income countries [...] Results: We identified 1832 studies, of which 108 (5.89%) passed title-abstract review and were evaluated by full ... more

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Digitalisierung zukunftsfähig und nachhaltig gestalten: Politische Forderungen der Bits & Bäume 2022

Bits & Bäume (2022), 13 pp.

"Im Jahr 2022 richten 13 Organisationen aus Umweltschutz, Digitalpolitik, Entwicklungspolitik und Wissenschaft gemeinsam mit einer engagierten Community die zweite Konferenz für Digitalisierung und Nachhaltigkeit »Bits & Bäume« aus. Denn wir sind überzeugt: Es braucht politische Veränderungen, ... more

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Assessment of Journalist Training in Family Planning and Reproductive Health

Irit Sinai, Lindsay Scott

USAID (2022), 62 pp.

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Year I Progress Report April 2021-March 2022: Global Waters Communication and Knowledge Management (CKM) II

EnCompass LLC

Washington, DC: USAID (2022), 28 pp.