Rebecca Holmes

Rebecca's recent research and policy advice work has focused on the areas of gender and social protection policy and implementation, social protection and agricultural growth, and social assistance instruments.

To request a copy of Rebecca's CV, please email N.Mathers@odi.org.uk

Outputs

What is the evidence on the impact of employment creation on stability and poverty reduction in fragile states

Publication - Research reports and studies - 10 May 2013

Rebecca Holmes, Anna McCord and Jessica Hagen-Zanker with Gina Bergh and Franzisca Zanker

This systematic review identifies and synthesizes the current literature on the evidence of the impacts of employment creation on stability and poverty in fragile states.

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Is social protection gender-blind?

Opinion - Podcasts and audio - 8 March 2013

With an introduction from Professor Maxine Molyneux- Professor of Sociology and Director of the Institute of the Americas, University College London - Stephen Devereux - Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies - interviews ODI researchers Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones about social protection, gender equality and fe

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Gender and social protection in the developing world: beyond mothers and safety nets

Publication - Books or book chapters - 7 March 2013

Rebecca Holmes and Nicola Jones

Drawing on empirical evidence from poor households and communities in Africa, Asia and Latin America, this book provides rich insight into the effects of a range of social protection instruments. It concludes that with relatively simple changes to design and with investment in implementation capacity, social protection can contribute to transforming gender relations at the individual, intrahousehold and community levels.

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Woman in front of a tank, southern Sudan

Assessment of the evidence of links between gender equality, statebuillding and peacebuilding

Projects - February 2013 to October 2013

This project will assess the evidence of links between gender equality, statebuillding and peacebuilding drawing previous research into this area together to provide a baseline against which to move forward both in policy and research. It will also develop a policy approach and theory of change for the inclusion of gender within peacebuilding statebuilding. This work will inform DFID’s longer-term, more detailed research on this area as well as provide the analytical basis for current policy development and immediate programming.

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The potential for cash transfers in Nigeria

Publication - Research reports and studies - 21 February 2012

Rebecca Holmes, Michael Samson, Wendy Magoronga, Banke Akinrimisi with Jenny Morgan

This report examines the role of cash transfers in Nigeria and discusses considerations for the appropriateness and feasibility of different types of cash transfers in the Nigerian context.

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