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Delivering Inclusive Growth Through Infrastructure Programming in FCAS: Afghanistan – Roads and Power Sectors

…the executive summary. Click here to read the full case study. This Somalia case study forms part of an ICED research project for DFID’s Growth and Resilience Department to investigate…

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Construction Sector Employment in Low-Income Countries: Executive Summary

This executive summary is based on a report, commissioned through ICED, that seeks to explore opportunities for, and barriers to, the construction industry as a source of productive and decent…

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Construction Sector Employment in Low-Income Countries: Opportunities and Barriers

…enhance compliance with health and safety laws in the sector. Capacity building of labour inspectors in sector specific competencies. Improving OSH governance mechanisms by implementing tripartite committees at national and…

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Delivering Inclusive growth through infrastructure programming in FCAS: A Bibliography

…build long-term stability? This annotated bibliography looks at research and other relevant materials, drawing mainly on documents published following the last DFID commissioned research on this topic. It represents the…

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Delivering Disability Inclusive Infrastructure in Low Income Countries

This document has been developed in response to DFID’s commitment to provide guidance and support on disability inclusive infrastructure. It sets out key enabling features to deliver infrastructure as part…

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Revealing and strengthening the links between WASH, productivity, and well-being for informal vendors in South Africa and Kenya

(Note: A report on from the validation of findings workshop from this study can be viewed here.) Background Limited Recognition of Workplace Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) for Informal Labourers…

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Delivering Inclusive Growth Through Infrastructure Programming in FCAS: Urban WASH in FCAS

…study forms conclusions from these three case studies, plus additional material from Syria and Yemen, to inform what works and what commonly does not work in developing urban WASH services…

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Delivering Inclusive Growth Through Infrastructure Programming in FCAS: Somalia – building Infrastructure in a ‘failed state’

…corridors. This case study covers transport, energy and water for productive purposes in Somalia and draws learning for donors in Somalia and other highly fragile contexts. This Somalia case study…

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Case Summary: Zambia Scaling Solar Programme

This case study describes an innovative solar infrastructure investment facilitation platform developed by the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and launched in Zambia in January 2015 with the aim to be…

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Enabling private investment in informal settlements

In a new in-depth study, ICED outlines how community finance organisations can help to overcome barriers to private-sector involvement in the development of informal settlements. Community finance can harness human…

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