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IDS Monthly Podcast - The Big Question for Development
Each month we speak to two people working on development issues across the world, finding out a bit about their work and asking them 'What do you think is the big question that Development Studies needs to answer?'. All past and present podcasts can be found below:
All IDS News with Audio
Governments, businesses and communities need to work together to save the planet
Published: 23 May 2012Brighton public put questions on sustainable development to panel including Caroline Lucas MP at IDS and STEPS Centre Fringe Festival event
Social protection for food security: Report to shape international action
Published: 9 May 2012High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition, part of the UN Committee on World Food Security, commissions synthesis report on social protection for food security. Listen to Vincent Gitz, Coordinator of the High Level Panel, and IDS Fellow Stephen Devereux, leader of the report.
IDS launches paper on human security and next generation of development goals
Published: 2 May 2012IDS fellows discuss what comes after the MDGs with colleagues from CAFOD and DfID at Sussex Development Debate which launches new paper from IDS on human security and post 2015 framework.
How do you fix a problem like Somalia?
Published: 17 Feb 2012IDS Fellow Professor David Leonard examines the causes and consequences of statelessness in Somalia, and analyses how the international community can address the piracy.
Andrea Cornwall gives Sussex Development Lecture on Pathways of Women’s Empowerment programme
Published: 8 Feb 2012Professor Andrea Cornwall talks about the Pathways of Women’s Empowerment research programme and discusses some of the key findings.
IDS Alumnus and Leontief Prize winner Michael Lipton gives Sussex Development Lecture
Published: 6 Feb 2012IDS Director Lawrence Haddad reflects on the achievements and contribution to development made by IDS alumnus Professor Michael Lipton.
Pathways of Women's Empowerment consortium presents findings from research to UK parliamentarians
Published: 30 Jan 2012Celebrating the launch of its synthesis report, the Pathways consortium brought together academics, NGOs and parliamentarians to discuss women's empowerment.
Focus on equity and social justice key to meeting the MDGs
Published: 3 Jan 2012Without a focus on equity and social justice we will not win the race to meet the MDGs by 2015. This is what UNICEF UK Executive Director and IDS alumni, David Bull, told the audience at a recent Sussex Development Lecture.
Inequality is top development challenge parliamentary meeting told
Published: 16 Dec 2011IDS Research Associate, Sir Richard Jolly told UK parliamentary meeting that more attention needs to be paid to rising global inequalities, which are slowing economic growth and increasing the risk of conflict and instability.
IDS Big Question for Development: Zimbabwe's Land Reform
Published: 30 Nov 2011In our December podcast we interview Professors Ian Scoones and Mandivamba Rukuni to explore the myths and realities of Zimbabwe's contentious land reform.


