IDS in the news
23 May 2025
The Hindu
Could India-U.K. trade deal be a template for other FTAs? | In Focus podcast with Amrita Saha
16 May 2025
Research Professional News
Migration crackdown will cut off the UK from global knowledge with Prof Peter Taylor
29 April 2025
Voice of Islam radio
Interview on impact of aid cuts with Prof Peter Taylor
23 April 2025
Geographical magazine
The new world of global trade taking shape despite tariff brinkmanship, with commentary from Amrita Saha
9 April 2025
The Independent
Why USAID is such a critical piece of the global climate aid puzzle – and what happens next as it is cut, with comment from Prof Ian Scoones
9 April 2025
Voice of Islam radio
Interview on women’s rights (1.24.00 Breakfast show 09-04-2025) with Prof Deepta Chopra
1 April 2025
Research Professional News
UK ‘will suffer consequences’ if ODA research funding ends, interview with Prof Peter Taylor
27 March 2025
CapeTalk Radio
The Great Green Wall Project with Prof Jeremy Allouche
23 March 2025
The Observer
‘Key lessons of Covid are being forgotten,’ UK scientists warn with comment from Andrew Shepherd, IDS Honorary Associate and Director of the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network, based at IDS.
23 March 2025
The Conversation
Wealthy Africans often don’t pay tax: the answer lies in smarter collection – expert
By Giovanni Occhiali
21 March 2025
Context
In Data: Mining disputes rising amid rush for critical minerals
9 February 2025
BBC News
Experts warn of threat to global health as US freezes overseas aid with quote from Peter Taylor
6 February 2025
Tortoise
Musk and Rubio press ahead with USAID shutdown with quote from Peter Taylor
4 February 2025
NBC News
What cutting USAID could cost the U.S. — and how China, Russia may benefit with quote from Peter Taylor
22 January 2025
In Depth News
Jeremy Allouche co-authored the article Carbon Offsetting in Arid Lands Won’t help Fight Climate Change – Great Green Wall Shows Why?
14 January 2025
Yale Environment 360
How African Communities Are Taking Lead on Protecting Wildlife with comments from Ian Scoones.
7 January 2025
Nation of Change
How the world hides liability for climate deaths with a comment from Terry Cannon.
24 December 2024
Al Jazeera
Sohela Nazneen interviewed discussed whether Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina can be extradited from India.
3 December 2024
The Conversation
Tony Roberts wrote an article titled ‘Welfare payments are going digital in Africa – but this isn’t helping those without internet access or smartphones.’
21 November 2024
Context
Jerker Edström wrote an article titled ‘As Trump’s victory showed, gender isn’t a women-only issue.’
2 November 2024
Indian Express
Lyla Mehta co-authored article titled ‘Swachh Bharat must focus on the invisible sanitation worker.’
8 October 2024
The Conversation
wrote an article titled ‘Africa’s Great Green Wall will only combat desertification and poverty by harnessing local solutions.’
20 September 2024
The Independent
Children make up a quarter of workers in Bangladesh’s leather industry, survey finds, with comment from Dr Jody Aked.
27 August 2024
National University of Singapore – Institute of South Asian Studies
Sohela Nazneen discuss the formation of the new government, its challenges and the process of building trust between the state and its citizens.
9 August 2024
BBC Radio 4, Today programme
Sohela Nazneen interviewed for analysis on the priorities for the new interim government in Bangladesh.
20 July 2024
BBC World Service
Sohela Nazneen, interviewed about nationwide curfews in Bangladesh.
30 May 2024
Techfinitive
Election cyberattacks: separating fact from fiction will be harder than ever during 2024’s elections, with comment from Tony Roberts.
9 April 2024
The National
Scottish charity chief: Foreign Office building ‘appalling’, with comment from Peter Taylor.
22 March 2024
The New Humanitarian
Water for peace? First, stop it becoming a weapon of war by Lyla Mehta
28 February 2024
The New Humanitarian
Why irrigation needs to think smaller to save Kenyan pastoralism by Ian Scoones
28 February 2024
The Friday Times
Harnessing Population Dividends For Growth: The View From The Global South with comment from Lyla Mehta
31 January 2024
Vox Dev
Increasing women voters’ turnout in Pakistan by Shandana Khan Mohmand
1 December 2023
Context News
How do you get climate funding to conflict-hit nations? with comment from Melissa Leach
20 November 2023
Voice of America
Britain Pushes Tech Solutions to Global Hunger; Critics Blame Inequality with comment from Nick Nisbett
1 November 2023
The Conversation
Some African governments are spending millions to spy on their citizens – stifling debate and damaging democracy by Tony Roberts
12 October 2023
Project Syndicate
The Global Hunger Crisis Must Not be Normalized by Stephen Devereux
6 October 2023
Channel 4
Sunak and Meloni unite to demand tougher action from EU on illegal migration with comment from Max Gallien
27 September 2023
Context
The rise of surveillance tech in Africa: What you need to know, with comment from Tony Roberts
11 September 2023
The New York Times
Morocco’s economy, already struggling to recover from the pandemic, now faces the fallout from a deadly quake. with comment from Max Gallien
19 July 2023
CNN
Tunisia’s president is accused of racism and dictatorship. He’s now getting a billion euros from Europe with comment from Max Gallien
28 June 2023
The Independent
One in seven people in UK going hungry because they can’t afford to eat with comment from Melissa Leach
28 June 2023
8point9
‘Big food’ control of food systems harming most vulnerable, new report warns with comment from Melissa Leach and Nick Nisbett
27 June 2023
News 18
In Inflation Hit UK, Hunger Could Become ‘New Normal’: Study with comment from Melissa Leach
6 June 2023
South China Morning Post
Food security breakthrough for China with ‘new record’ rapeseed production from salty soil with comment from James Keeley
5 June 2023
Drapers
MPs urge government to outlaw child labour with comment from Danny Burns
19 May 2023
Context News
As world’s poor face ‘compounding crises’, what could curb risks? with comment from Melissa Leach
3 May 2023
Voice of America
Why China Is Investing in Africa’s Green Energy Future with comment from Wei Shen
30 April 2023
The Conversation
Child labour on farms in Africa: it’s important to make a distinction between what’s harmful, and what isn’t by James Sumberg and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
6 April 2023
Devex
Nearly double UK aid spent on refugees at home than on Asia and Africa with comment from Melissa Leach
7 March 2023
Devex
Why new UK Department for Science matters for development by Melissa Leach
3 February 2023
The Conversation
Environment plan for England asks farmers to restore nature – but changes are likely to be superficial by Elise Wach
31 January 2023
The New York Times
Support for Tunisian president looks to be slipping after parliament vote with comment from Max Gallien
4 January 2023
The Daily Mail
CCTV cameras will watch over Egyptians in new high-tech capital with comment from Tony Roberts
2 January 2023
Geographical
Pastoralism under threat with comment from Ian Scoones
18 December 2022
The Guardian
Tunisian parliamentary election records just 8.8% turnout, with comment from Max Gallien
18 November 2022
Research Professional News
Prolonged aid freeze will ‘damage UK’s global reputation’, with comment from Melissa Leach
20 October 2022
Tech Monitor
The controversial rise of biometric technology among the displaced, with comment from Kathleen Ndongmo from the African Digital Rights Network
19 October 2022
The Conversation
Facing the dual threat of climate change and human disturbance, Mumbai should listen to its fishing communities article by Lyla Mehta and colleagues from the TAPESTRY project
13 October 2022
MoneyControl News
Economist suggests trade policy recast to develop India’s own global value chain with comment from Karishma Banga
20 September 2022
BBC Radio London
African governments hope digital taxes will fill a budget hole, with comment from Adrienne Lees
04 August 2022
BBC Radio London
BBC Radio London Breakfast show talks digital poverty in the UK, interview with Becky Faith
20 July 2022
The Telegraph
DRC to shut down UN peacekeeping mission as discontent with aid agencies grows, with comment from Philip Proudfoot
20 July 2022
Middle East Eye
UN humanitarian response in Yemen ‘unacceptably poor’, warns review, with comment from Philip Proudfoot
15 July 2022
El País
Sri Lanka: the canary in the mine warning of what is coming to emerging countries, with comment from Mick Moore
28 June 2022
Inter Press Service
Jobs will not empower young women until we address sexual harassment, opinion piece by Marjoke Oosterom
20 May 2022
BBC News
Sri Lanka defaults on debt for first time in its history, with comment from Mick Moore
3 May 2022
Thomson Reuters Foundation News
Why millions of Africans are right to resist mobile SIM card registration, by Tony Roberts and Ridwan Oloyede
4 April 2022
The New York Times
Stopping Climate Change Is Doable, but Time Is Short, U.N. Panel Warns, with comment from Wei Shen
25 March 2022
The New Statesman
Doesn’t Liz Truss know climate change isn’t gender neutral?. with comment from Shipli Srivastava
9 February 2022
South China Morning Post
RCEP: why benefits from the world’s largest trade pact may not be as clear-cut as they seem, with comment from Karishma Banga and Amrita Saha
25 March 2022
Inter Press Service
Why Russia’s War on Ukraine Poses a Risk to Global Food Security, opinion piece by Stephen Devereux
21 March 2022
Voice of America English News
Is Afghanistan a Republic of NGOs? Comment from The International Centre for Tax and Development
11 March 2022
Research Professional
Better criteria needed for equitable research partnerships, with comments from Melissa Leach
9 March 2022
African Business
Zimbabwe deals help China tighten African lithium grip with comment from Wei Shen
10 December 2021
BBC News
The Nepalese children made to work in bars and clubs with comment from Danny Burns