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IDS Research Associate Richard Longhurst and the Director of Teaching and Alumni Relations, Robert Nurick hosted an alumni dinner in Brighton.

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Brighton public put questions on sustainable development to panel including Caroline Lucas MP at IDS and STEPS Centre Fringe Festival event


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Photo: Obama speech at the G8 Food Security Summit 2012, by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs on Flickr. A new alliance for food security, or a two-track Africa?
As global leaders pledge to banish food insecurity, Ian Scoones warns that the fixes on offer wont bring long-term sustainable development to African agriculture.
Workers collect food supplies at the reception centre at the IFO-1 camp part of the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. The drought is the worst in East Africa for 60 years. The UN described it as a humanitarian emergency. The already overcrowded complex received 1,000 new refugees a day in June, five times more than a year ago. According to UNHCR, around 30,000 people arrived at the Dadaab refugee camp in June 2011, compared to 6,000 in June 2010. Credit: Sanjit Das / Panos IDS Director reflects on Africa's Human Development Report
Professor Li Xiaoyun and Professor Qi Gubo of the Chinese Agricultural University in Beijing offered their perspectives on their reserach into agricultural development in China. China and Brazil in African agriculture

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One of many IDS events available to the public The Policy Climate for Climate Policy
24/05/2012
Seminar examining the interplay between resilience approaches and their policy process contexts. From 1pm in IDS Room 221.
A mother and son eat a meal in their home, Bangladesh Photo: GMB Akash / Panos Transforming Nutrition Ideas, Policy and Outcomes
23/07/2012
Public Finance Management
08/10/2012

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Public Financial Management October 2012

This IDS Training course is aimed to strengthen the knowledge and skills of senior officials, members of legislatures concerned with budget oversight, and others concerned with public finance management.