An independent evaluation of the UN’s unprecedented humanitarian response in Yemen from 2015 to 2021 says the operation has saved lives, improved food security and reduced malnutrition, but overall it is critical of aid that was of “unacceptably poor quality”. Since war broke out in Yemen...
20 July 2022
A unique collaborative process led by four leading global think tanks explores how the international community can support immediate collective action towards urgently needed progress in Afghanistan. Over three months, multi-stakeholder workshops were hosted by Chatham House, the Institute for...
27 May 2022
New research reveals that young female workers (aged 18 to 24) in Bangladesh often experience sexual harassment at work, but their concerns about it are going ignored. Most do not dare to challenge men when witnessing or experiencing sexual harassment because of feelings of shame, and a lack of...
24 May 2022
Refugees and migrants globally are missing out on Covid-19 vaccines due to supply shortages, exclusionary policies and anti-migrant sentiment, according to new research published by the Institute of Development Studies. Despite many countries having legal provisions in place mandating equal...
19 May 2022
The UK’s Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has today announced the long-awaited Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office’s (FCDO) new International Development Strategy. The strategy sets out the Government’s future approach to international development, prioritising investment...
16 May 2022
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has today published its Sixth Assessment Report on the mitigation of climate change. Written by leading climate scientists from around the world, it details the progress made in limiting global emissions and the available mitigation...
7 April 2022
New research reveals how Covid-19 has deepened gender inequalities and gender poverty in countries including India, South Africa, Mexico, Peru, Benin and Burkina Faso. Three studies commissioned by the Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) initiative found that women working in the informal...
17 March 2022
In response to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II report ‘Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptations and Vulnerability’, Shilpi Srivastava, Research Fellow at the Institute of Development Studies, commented: “Today’s IPCC report lays clear the...
28 February 2022
A global coalition of over 60 senior climate scientists and governance scholars have launched a global initiative calling for an International Non-Use Agreement on Solar Geoengineering. They argue that deployment of solar geoengineering – speculative technologies that aim to lower global...
18 January 2022
The President of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, returned to the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex yesterday (Thursday 4 November) where he studied in 2009. He made the Brighton trip to meet with local students and researchers while in the UK to participate in the...
5 November 2021
New report warns existing laws are failing to protect privacy rights Governments in Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Sudan, overreaching surveillance powers to monitor citizens’ phones and access communications data. Mass surveillance is in direct violation of...
21 October 2021
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is delighted to confirm that Malawian born artist Samson Kambalu will deliver this year’s IDS Annual Lecture, which will be livestreamed publicly on Thursday 25 November. Samson is a globally renowned artist and intellectual whose Antelope sculpture...
20 October 2021
