Institute of Development Studies
IDS News - September 2010
Reflections from Archbishop Ndungane on the MDG Summit outcomes
Published: 30 Sep 2010
Reflections on the MDG Summit from Archbishop Ndungane, founder and president of African Monitor, an independent body monitoring development commitments, delivery and impact. The interview was conducted by IDS Knowledge Services.
Women, politics and quotas – more than a numbers game
Published: 29 Sep 2010
New cross-country research into women’s political participation reveals that it will take more than the introduction of quotas to achieve parity with men
IDS partners Guardian in new Global Development website
Published: 28 Sep 2010
IDS is set to play an important role in a new website published by The Guardian which focuses on global development and the MDGs
Export-led growth is unavoidable for the poorest countries, argues IDS Fellow
Published: 24 Sep 2010
IDS Research Fellow Xavier Cirera discusses the focus on domestic demand-led growth, set out in the United Nations’ latest Trade and Development Report, published earlier this month.
Lawrence Haddad welcomes the UN MDG Summit action plan but warns of the challenges ahead
Published: 23 Sep 2010
In his latest blog IDS' Director welcomes the renewed political commitment to the goals but warns that tackling inequality remains a major challenge on the road to 2015 and beyond.
Millennium Development Goals' performance indicators paint a distorted picture of progress
Published: 21 Sep 2010
New report by IDS shows that the goals 'betray' the promise of social justice contained in the Millennium Declaration
Water and sanitation for all: the need to go beyond numbers and beyond the MDGs
Published: 16 Sep 2010
Official indicators leave out a range of alternative ways of improving water and sanitation that fall outside the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) say IDS Research Fellows.
IDS Alumni among members of Global Development Advisory Panel
Published: 16 Sep 2010
Panel members of the Guardian's new website, Global Development include IDS alumna Alison Evans, Director of ODI, IDS Board of Trustee Chair Richard Manning and ex-IDS Communications Officer Laura Turquet.
Knowledge brokering: putting to use what we know
Published: 14 Sep 2010
The Knowledge Brokers’ Forum is a new collaborative space to promote knowledge sharing and dissemination on knowledge brokering and the role of intermediaries in international development.
World leaders meeting at UN MDG Summit must agree new direction
Published: 14 Sep 2010
Over one billion people could still be living in ‘dollar a day’ poverty in 2015, warns a new IDS report commissioned by the UN for the MDG Summit.
IDS research featured in landmark Commission for Africa report
Published: 13 Sep 2010
Research led by IDS Fellow Andy Sumner is featured in Still our Common Interest, the new report of The Commission for Africa, published this week.
New approach to social protection in Africa announced
Published: 8 Sep 2010
We need a better understanding of the politics of social protection in Africa, according to a joint statement released today by IDS, along with other partners.
UK public say development aid is morally right, but should be cut to deal with the budget deficit
Published: 8 Sep 2010
More than 6 out of 10 people think that it is morally right for the UK to help developing countries but that UK aid spending needs to be cut, according to new IDS survey results, published today.
Influencing best practice in policy and research through information literacy
Published: 7 Sep 2010
The British Library of Development Studies (BLDS) is collaborating with African information intermediaries to develop information literacy capacity in the sector.
Welcome to the new improved IDS website
Published: 6 Sep 2010
With your feedback and suggestions collected from the recent survey questionnaire, we've given the website and IDS homepage a new cleaner design and added some new functionality.
Putting sexuality on the development map
Published: 6 Sep 2010
An online photo exhibition is the latest in a series of innovative communications from IDS illustrating the link between sexuality and development.
Left out and left behind: the people that the MDGs are failing
Published: 3 Sep 2010
A new report published by IDS and the MDG Achievement Fund Social argues that the Millennium Development Goals performance indicators have painted a distorted picture of progress.
