Shaking Accountability in Mexico

By Erika Lopez Franco
12 Oct 2017
In the aftermath of the recent earthquakes, Mexico’s ‘accountability ecosystem’ appears to be thriving. And with the upcoming elections in 2018, the political elites are facing a growing tide of fed-up citizens taking action for real change.

Child marriage campaigns are missing the point

By Nicola Ansell
11 Oct 2017
On the International Day of the Girl Child, Nicola Ansell argues that child marriage campaigns are completely missing the point by focusing on a universal age limit for all marriage and not acknowledging the different places and contexts in which they occur.

Climate change uncertainty: mind the gap

By Synne Movik, Catherine Wilson, Shibaji Bose
11 Oct 2017
There is a gap between uncertainty as understood and experienced from ‘below’ by local people and how it is conceptualised and represented from ‘above’ by climate scientists and experts. This blog post explores how this gap be bridged?

Towards universal development

By John Gaventa
11 Oct 2017
IDS's John Gaventa highlights strategies we can adopt to develop a research agenda that goes beyond geographical boundaries and artificial binaries.

Stop worrying about spin and get on with telling great stories

By James Georgalakis
10 Oct 2017
"We need to be realistic and understand that short, simple and compelling impact stories are here to stay. Donors will continue to need them, the media need them, Ministers need them, and universities and research councils need them."

Urban wellbeing, mental health and the Syrian refugee crisis

By Dolf te Lintelo, Emma Soye
09 Oct 2017
Early insights from a research project on wellbeing of urban refugees: Syrians and hosts in Jordan and Lebanon.

Accountability debates: Looking back, thinking forward

By John Gaventa
09 Oct 2017
These are exciting days in debates on the role of accountability – what it is, why it is important, how we achieve it. But are we building on past debates or is this just a déjà-vu?

Roads, belts and corridors on Africa’s eastern seaboard

By Ian Scoones
09 Oct 2017
Insights into the corridor investment along the eastern seaboard of Africa and its implications for development and agriculture.

The Paris Agreement: are we closer to tackling climate change?

By Upasona Ghosh
05 Oct 2017
The first anniversary of Paris agreement is without doubt time to question whether we are on the right path tackle climate change. Upasona Ghosh asks if the major consensus between nearly 200 countries on the need to cut greenhouse gas emissions is enough?

Edible insects

By Dominic Glover
05 Oct 2017
Dom Glover talks to Viva magazines about the future of eating insects.