Pastoralists are some of the most marginalised people on the planet, but they have much to teach us all. Pastoralists make a living from livestock on extensive dry and montane rangelands across the world, continuously living with and from uncertainty. Like agrarian societies everywhere,...
The Covid-19 pandemic starkly reveals the failures and fragilities of education systems, laying bare existing education inequities, which in times of crises further marginalise those with limited and poor quality education opportunities. Yet, too little attention has been paid to who is involved...
How do marginalised voters living in conditions of intense socioeconomic inequality, engage in electoral politics and improve their material conditions? Grounding her research in the context of Pakistan, IDS researcher, Shandana Khan Mohmand, probes into this question by using original data...
At the table, off the menu? A virtual roundtable discussion on deepening the inclusiveness of global tax negotiations. Since 2013, the formal structure of global corporate tax policymaking has changed. Decisions are no longer made by 37 OECD members, but by 137 countries from all regions and...
Join us for the second discussion in a webinar series co-hosted by the International Development Research Centre, Southern Voice and IDS, In Conversation With. This series is a unique opportunity for researchers, international stakeholders and policymakers to connect and share evidence on the...
In recent years, international development programmes have increasingly sought to address complex problems, and this has led to growing demand for "complexity-aware" approaches to monitoring and evaluation. One key area of this frontier is the family of approaches known as theory-based...
How do we determine when our research has impact? If our aim is to produce research that contributes to making a positive difference in the world, how do we measure and track achievements? https://open.spotify.com/episode/1SQdQP1E65EqVk6JkOJ4bM In this episode of Between the Lines, IDS’...
Religious Inequalities in Development
On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, the IDS-led Coalition for Religious Equality and Inclusive Development (CREID) is launching new research and bringing together both an expert panel of international speakers and the authors of a forthcoming collection,...
As the Covid-19 crisis continues to unfold, some wish for a quick return to normality whereas others hope for a chance to build back better. While the crisis has exposed our vulnerability as human beings and the consequences of our unrelenting encroachment into nature, it has also seen prompted...
Building back better with environmental sustainability and inclusion: What must development practitioners and young leaders do? Watch https://youtu.be/QgHqVh4zwjk Covid-19 is a health crisis and an economic crisis facing countries across the world. H. E. the President of Costa Rica and...
Why is uncertainty so important to politics today? From finance and technology to climate change, pandemics, migration and security, what the future holds feels increasingly uncertain and demands alternative approaches. If hopes of much-needed progressive transformations are to be realised, then...
China and Global Development Seminar Series
This webinar, part of the China and Global Development Seminar Series, is delivered by the IDS China Hub, the Centre for Rising Powers, and the China Global Development Knowledge Network, in partnership with the Natural Resources Defense Council. This webinar is part of a webinar/seminar...
