Institute of Development Studies (IDS) Events Feed

Financial Markets and Food Price Volatility Workshop: Mapping Key Actors and Urgent Actions

Institute of Development Studies — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:40:46 GMT

This workshop brings together the key thinkers from academia, NGOs, policy institutes and government. We have sought to represent a variety of perspectives, and are aiming for a lively and thought-provoking series of presentations and discussions.

Karl Marx, Friedrich List and the International Political Economy of Human Development

Institute of Development Studies — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 10:13:43 GMT

5.00 to 6.30pm. Chichester Lecture Theatre. Dr Benjamin Selwyn discusses the international political economy of human development. All welcome.

Destined to Fail? How violence against women is undoing development

Institute of Development Studies — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:35:24 GMT

5.00-6.30pm, Chichester Lecture Theatre. Zohra Moosa from ActionAid UK. All welcome.

Making Peace in Countries with Weak States: The Dilemma of the Somali Polities

Institute of Development Studies — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:50:10 GMT

5-6.30pm. Chichester Lecture Theatre, Professor David Leonard on making peace in countries with weak states. All welcome.

Militias and the New Geography of Violence across African States

Institute of Development Studies — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:51:27 GMT

Dr Clionadh Raleigh from Trinity College Dublin discusses militias and the new geography of violence across African states.

A Political Economy of Security � Two Kicks from Capoeira

Institute of Development Studies — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:14:46 GMT

Dr Zoe Marriage from the School of Oriental and African Studies discusses the political economy of security.

Disorganised Crime: Gangs, Youth and Order in Nairobi's Slums

Institute of Development Studies — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:44:18 GMT

Professor of African Politics at the University of Oxford presents his research on gangs, youth and order in Nairobi's slums.

Advancing Gender Equality through Business and Partnership

Institute of Development Studies — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:41:37 GMT

Join the debate about how business can most effectively contribute to advancing gender equality through the economic empowerment of women?

Public Financial Management October 2012

Institute of Development Studies — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 11:45:11 GMT

IDS Training course: Public Finance Management October 2012

Perspectives on Russia as an international donor

Institute of Development Studies — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 15:33:32 GMT

Speaker: Andrei Markov, Senior Human Development Specialist, World Bank
Room 221. All welcome.

Making Social Protection Work for Pro-Poor Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation - International Workshop

Institute of Development Studies — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 09:28:13 GMT

Making Social Protection Work for Pro-Poor Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation, an International Workshop was held in March 2011 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Private Standards, Small Farmers and Donor Policy: EUREPGAP in Kenya

Institute of Development Studies — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 11:46:25 GMT

On 13 November 2008, John Humphrey, IDS Globalisation Team Leader, presented a paper on 'Private Standards, Small Farmers and Donor Policy: EUREPGAP in Kenya' at a seminar in Washington as part of a 'Linking Small Firms to Competitiveness Strategies Breakfast Seminar Series' sponsored by the USAID Microenterprise Development Office. He addressed the market access conditions faced by farmers as they work to comply with EUREPGAP process-based standards and certification.