Institute of Development Studies
IDS News - October 2009
Breaking the oil curse in the Niger Delta
Published: 30 Oct 2009
Will cash-transfers into citizen’s pockets solve the region’s problems?
A Conservative Agenda for International Development
Published: 30 Oct 2009
On October 15 2009 Andrew Mitchell MP, Shadow Secretary for International Development, came to IDS to give the first of the new academic year’s series of Sussex Development Lectures.
A Plea for the Economic Empowerment of Women
Published: 26 Oct 2009
The 2009 World Survey on the Role of Women in Development launched this week and emphasises the importance of development initiatives that support women’s economic empowerment.
Making migration work for development
Published: 23 Oct 2009
Coinciding with this year's Human Development Report, the DRC Migration, Globalisation and Poverty publish findings of their six year investigation into migration policy and practice which includes research led by IDS Fellow Rachel Sabates-Wheeler.
Do Small-scale Farms in Africa Have a Future?
Published: 21 Oct 2009
Contributors to a recent IDS-hosted e-debate highlighted the importance of small-scale farming in Africa and called for greater investment in rural agriculture.
Climate Lite: Making climate change and development issues easy to digest
Published: 21 Oct 2009
Climate Lite is a new briefing series enabling busy policymakers and field practitioners to quickly learn about key issues linking climate change with international development even if they are new to the topic
IDS at the Party Conferences 2009
Published: 20 Oct 2009
This year for the first time IDS participated in the autumn political party conferences, asking how best to evaluate international development and maintain support for development in a downturn.
The Millennium Development Goals: Indicators, ideas or incentives?
Published: 16 Oct 2009
World leaders are being asked again to deliver promises made as part of the Millennium Development Goals. Next year the UN reviews the MDGs progress - what will it find?
Naila Kabeer lead author of UN world survey of women in development!
Published: 15 Oct 2009Professor Naila Kabeer is the lead author of the new UN report on the World Survey on the Role of Women in Development, which will be launched at UN headquarters in New York on the 26th October.
Elinor Ostrom’s Nobel Prize for Economic Sciences
Published: 14 Oct 2009
Elinor Ostrom’s analysis of economic governance is rewarded with a Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
UK Policy on Unsafe Abortion Launched
Published: 14 Oct 2009
Today the UK Government launched its updated policy position on unsafe abortion, a policy that draws on research published by IDS on the economic costs of unsafe abortion.
IDS Fellow Sarah Cook to be Director of UNRISD
Published: 12 Oct 2009
IDS Fellow Dr. Sarah Cook is to be the new Director of United Nations Research Institute on Social Development (UNRISD).
IDS Twitters
Published: 8 Oct 2009
IDS has joined Twitter to help extend the reach of our work online and experiment with this fast-growing platform for sharing ideas and building networks.
Social Protection October Issue 10 Seasonality and Social Protection
Published: 5 Oct 2009
As seasons across the world appear to become more unpredictable, the impacts of seasonal shocks and stresses on poor people are increasing. This edition examines ways in which social protection measures can be designed and implemented in ways that can help reduce these seasonal vulnerabilities.
New IPCC report to raise climate resilience up the scientific agenda
Published: 2 Oct 2009
IDS Fellow Tom Mitchell appointed as a lead author on the International Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) first comprehensive assessment on improving resilience to climate change.
