The Agenda 2030 affirms that democracy, good governance and the rule of law are essential to achieving sustainable development. SDG 16 commits Member States to protect fundamental freedoms (SDG 16.10) and ensure responsive, inclusive, participatory and representative decision-making (SDG 16.7)....
SDGs Learning, Training and Practice Workshops during HLPF 2019 Bringing the voices and experiences of those who have been left behind – through empowerment and participation – goes beyond enabling agency and towards developing a more inclusive and democratic society. Come to listen to and...
Civic space is changing in terms of who participates and how. Dwindling civic space limits liberal human rights actors while widening right-wing, extremist and conservative groups. The growth of the digital space has reshaped the civic space for all actors and helped the unruly protest movements...
Directly contributing to the discussions around the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2019 theme “Empowering people and ensuring inclusiveness and equality”, this side event invites the audience to revisit the connections between Goal 1 ("End poverty in all its forms everywhere"), Goal 16 on...
The UK's Department for International Development (DFID), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), UK Research Innovation (UKRI), UK Collaborative on Development Research (UKCDR) and the Impact Initiative are jointly convening a one-day knowledge exchange event. In order to get the best...
This international academic symposium, held at the Institute of Development Studies, will explore the theme of uncertainty – the STEPS Centre’s theme for 2019. About the symposium Thinking across diverse domains – from finance, to climate, to migration, to disease, to innovation, to...
–between the lines– podcast series
Whether you are an activist, campaigner, development practitioner, lobbyist, entrepreneur, individual or an organisation, Duncan Green’s latest book, How Change Happens seeks to understand how power and systems shape change, and how to influence them. In this month’s episode of between the...
A renewed focus on equity is being driven by the Human Rights to Water and Sanitation framework and Sustainable Development Goal 6, which emphasise the importance of adequate and equitable sanitation for all. Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is based on the idea that sustained, collective...
The Ester Boserup Prize for Research on Development 2019 will be awarded to Ian Scoones, Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies (IDS). Ian Scoones will give an open lecture titled 'Why embracing uncertainty means rethinking development'. The Ester Boserup Thesis Prize 2019...
Democracy is under stress throughout the world. Trust in elected leaders is declining in key countries and remains too low in others. In the UK, the Brexit referendum has thrown one the world’s democratically elected legislatures into...
Nomadic pastoralism in the Arabian Peninsula has undergone significant change over the past 150 years as a response to alterations in its relationship with central authority. Efforts to settle and transform pastoralists into settled farmers – a key policy of Post WWI neo-colonial and later...
–between the lines– podcast series
In this episode of between the lines, Nanjala Nyabola, a Kenyan activist, political analyst and author, speaks about her fascinating book ‘Digital Democracy, Analogue Politics: How the Internet Era is Transforming Politics in Kenya’, about how the digital age and social media has impacted...