Evidence and knowledge to improve the impact of development and diplomacy policy and programmes

K4DD provides indispensable, quality and robust knowledge and evidence to respond to current and emerging challenges, adapting to conflicts, the climate crisis, significant political change, and much more.

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K4D Helpdesk Report
Relationship between regional cooperation and political stability and prosperity
Date Published: March 2018
Author: Anna Strachan
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K4D Helpdesk Report
Aid Absorption: Factors and Measurements
Date Published: March 2018
Author: Huma Haider
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K4D Helpdesk Report
Lighting and Electricity Services for Off-Grid Populations in sub-Sahara Africa
Date Published: April 2018
Author: Evert-jan Quak
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K4D Helpdesk Report
Using Zakat for International Development
Date Published: March 2018
Author: Zenobia Ismail
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Emerging Issues Report
Better Jobs and Livelihoods for Young People in Africa – a Spotlight on Demand
Date Published: April 2018
Author: Philip Mader
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K4D Helpdesk Report
Donor Funded Alliances Promoting Regional Cooperation
Date Published: March 2018
Author: Anna Strachan
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Learning Packages

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Water Security
The Water Security learning package aims to build capacity and knowledge around water security, the importance of water security for development, the links between water resources and WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene), and, the role of water in COVID-19 related recovery work.
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Tax and Gender
This learning package is based on K4D’s Tax and Gender Learning Journey, which ran with the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) from 2021 to 2022. It had objectives to introduce and grow awareness of gender issues in taxation, create consensus around priorities for tax and gender policy and build the capacity of staff in the FCDO to understand, apply and communicate the department’s reshaped approach to tax and gender programming.
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Scaling up inclusive approaches to complex social change
This Learning Package presents research and evidence on how to scale up approaches to shift discriminatory social norms that drive inequalities and impede progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Developing Scenarios for the MENA region
The Middle East And North Africa (MENA) region covers countries at every level of the development journey and existing interests in the region (and hence ODA commitments) speak to conflict/stability challenges.
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Inclusion in Crises
Inclusion is an approach (and an objective) founded on the human rights principles of inherent dignity, participation and respect for diversity. This counters structural discrimination and enables affected people and communities to more effectively anticipate, prevent, prepare, respond, recover and withstand the causes and impacts of crises.  
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International Nature
This learning package is drawn from the K4D International Nature Learning Journey. The learning journey was developed to support FCDO and other government departments’ understanding, capacity and influence related to nature, particularly in the run-up to COP26, hosted by the United Kingdom in 2022.
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About K4DD

The Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development (K4DD) Programme supports the use of learning and evidence to improve the impact of development policy and programmes.

The Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) programme provides curated knowledge and evidence to improve the impact of development policy and programmes.

K4DD is a consortium of six leading development and diplomacy organisations, building on significant experience of delivering similar programmes, including the Knowledge, Evidence, and Learning for Development (K4D) Programme from 2016 to 2022.

The K4D Programme assisted the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) and other UK government departments and partners to be innovative and responsive to rapidly changing and complex development challenges.

K4DD is a 5-year FCDO funded programme.

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