Resources
This section presents ALINe's publications along with other relevant resources, organised by theme (see left-hand menu).
It includes work in progress. We welcome your comments. Please let us know what else we should list.
The different themes overlap. For instance, questions about mainstreaming good practice and accountability are relevant to gender and farmer voice. Learning and measurement cut across all areas.
Featured publications
ALINe publication: Pinto, Y., Haddad, L., Bonbright, D. and Lindstrom, J. (2010) People-centred M&E: Aligning Incentives So Agriculture Does More to Reduce Hunger, IDS Bulletin 41.6, Brighton: IDS
A set of ALINe commissioned papers and commentaries, reflecting on the current status and role of M&E within the agricultural research and development system, and proposing how it can be strengthened and ultimately transformed to improve the impact of agricultural development interventions on people’s lives.
ALINe publication: Sumner, A., Masset, E. and Mulmi, R. (2011) Does Research Reduce Poverty? Assessing the Welfare Impacts of Policy-oriented Research in Agriculture, IDS Working Paper 360, Brighton: IDS
This paper surveys the literature and identifies different ways of assessing the impact of ‘policy-oriented’ research, looking specifically at literature on agriculture.
ALINe and WFP publication (2011) P4P Gender Strategy
A global gender strategy for P4P developed by ALINe and WFP, based on an extensive literature review on women in agriculture to establish best practices and fieldwork to 'groundtruth' and contextualise assumptions.
Björkman, M and Svensson, J. (2009) Power to the People: Evidence from a Randomized Field Experiment on Community Based Monitoring in Uganda
, The Quarterly Journal of Economics. Vol 124: 2. pp 735-769
A randomized field experiment finds community voice significantly increases health outcomes in 50 health centres in Uganda, including decreasing child mortality by 33%.
Barder, O. (2009) Beyond Planning: Markets and Networks for Better Aid. CGD Working Paper 185. Washington: CGD
Closely argued vision for aid reform, moving from planning to a 'collaborative market' that strengthens incentives for improvement and builds in user feedback.
Pretty, J et al. (2010) The top 100 questions of importance to the future of global agriculture, International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, Vol 8(4) pp 219–236, Earthscan
Food and agriculture experts from around the world identify the top 100 questions that need answering for agriculture to succeed in the 21st century.
Scoones, I. and Thompson, J. (2011) 'The Politics of Seed in Africa’s Green Revolution', IDS Bulletin 42.4, Brighton:IDS
The journal examines how the new Green Revolution in Africa (where technology is used to increase agricultural production) is unfolding in Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe, highlighting both the diversity of experiences and the common challenges and pitfalls. Moving beyond the generic hype of much policy discussion, the articles draw out historical lessons, as well as contemporary experiences from the field.
