Leaders from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa convene for the 9th BRICS Summit in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China on 3 – 5 September. Under the summit theme of ‘BRICS: Stronger Partnership for a Brighter Future’, international development and economic growth will be high on the...
31 August 2017
The summit led by IDS will call on businesses and governments globally to urgently look at new ways to create and sustain decent jobs for all.
13 March 2017
The QS University Rankings 2017 have ranked the University of Sussex first in the world for development studies.
9 March 2017
The UK’s long standing partnership with Bangladesh’s research and development community has been absolutely critical to the country’s remarkable progress over the last forty years.
27 February 2017
With 220 million Africans still estimated to be suffering from chronic hunger and 58 million children under five stunted, new IDS research ranks African countries by their commitment to ending hunger and undernutrition.
26 January 2017
A new book on the growing influence of China and the other BRICS countries (Brazil, India, Russia and South Africa) has been hailed by leading world economists for the insights it sheds on the role and influence of these countries on global development, an area of international trade and...
20 December 2016
For the first time, a study has been carried out in Africa, generating important research findings and helping to raise an additional $9 million USD in tax revenue for Rwanda.
1 December 2016
Online pornography has become the predominant channel through which young women and men are learning about sex, not only in the developed world but in developing countries too.
22 November 2016
New technologies including drones, 3D printers and crowdsourcing could significantly improve the lives of the world’s poorest, says a new report launched today by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS).
31 October 2016
The Gates Foundation and UK Department for International Development have recently granted over £3million in funding to the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) for research and capacity building that will help African governments raise tax revenue more effectively and equitably.
28 October 2016
Slum dwellers call into question the effectiveness of militaristic responses to urban violence in a new film, ‘No One Left Behind’ produced by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) which will be screened at the United Nations Habitat III...
17 October 2016
New report warns of dangers of fast-food spread in developing countries Oxfam/IDS research reveals unhealthy eating habits, unsafe food and dangerous jobs are hidden cost of recent global food price crisis
9 September 2016
