Institute of Development Studies
IDS News - August 2009
Development Horizons
Published: 27 Aug 2009
An interview with Josette Sheeran, the Director of the World Food Program, is the latest feature on 'Development Horizons', the blog from Lawrence Haddad, Director of IDS.
Crises Revisited: global recession, flash floods and food inflation in Dhaka
Published: 26 Aug 2009
Is the global economic crisis over? Not in the Dhaka community of Notun Bazaar. IDS Fellow, Naomi Hossain, reflects on the complex nature of crises that this community faces.
Liquid Dynamics at World Water Week
Published: 21 Aug 2009
The official theme of the 19th annual World Water Week is ‘accessing water for the common good’. How best to make the strongest possible case for global action at the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen (COP-15)?
UNICEF's Joint Statement on Child-Sensitive Social Protection
Published: 21 Aug 2009
UNICEF and a number of partners recently came together to consider and outline the importance of furthering social protection and ensuring it is child-sensitive.
McNamara’s Legacy: Food, Agriculture and Rural Development
Published: 20 Aug 2009
Robert McNamara's substantial contribution to global food, agriculture and poverty reduction is worth considering at a time of population pressure, stagnant agricultural productivity, pervasive under nutrition, rapid urbanisation and climate change.
The USA’s plans for a future Climate Change agreement: Questions and Concerns
Published: 13 Aug 2009
Ahead of the UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen this December (COP15), different parties are putting forward their proposals for a future international framework. IDS’ Fellow Farhana Yamin reviews the USA’s proposal.
Joto Afrika – Africa is Feeling the Heat
Published: 11 Aug 2009
Joto Afrika, Swahili for ‘Africa is feeling the heat', is a new series of briefings and online resources about adapting to climate change in Africa.
The Right to Food Bill in India
Published: 7 Aug 2009
The contents of India's proposed Food Security Act have been hotly debated. If shaped well, the Act can grant a concrete right to food for all Indians and secure freedom from hunger.
Democracy: from Recession to Innovation
Published: 6 Aug 2009
There is a sense that democracy is in retreat worldwide. But the emergence of citizen-centred, development-oriented approaches suggests a more complex and hopeful shift is also taking place.
