A new report by a partnership involving IDS researchers on the rapid growth of digital health services since Covid-19 warns that governance systems have not kept up with the pace of change, leading to concerns over the cost, quality and accessibility of provision. In response to the...
2 June 2023
A century since the League of Nations first began to discuss international taxation, global tax governance has reached a critical juncture. As the OECD’s Inclusive Framework negotiations draw towards a conclusion, there is a sense that the decade-long experiment to reform international tax...
2 June 2023
IDS Director Professor Melissa Leach and IDS researcher Stephen Devereux will speak alongside experts from around the world tomorrow (11 May) at the landmark Extinction or Regeneration conference, convened to respond to the growing global climate and food crises. Organised by Compassion in...
10 May 2023
The Institute of Development Studies has today published an Equity and Inclusion review, outlining the organisation’s progress towards creating and sustaining an equitable and inclusive workplace. This review aimed to highlight the current experiences of staff at the Institute and make...
9 May 2023
The Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP) – a partnership between the Institute of Development Studies, Anthrologica, Gulu University, Le Groupe D’etudes Sur Les Conflits Et La Sécurité Humaine (GEC-SH), London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and University of...
4 May 2023
In this special episode of the IDS Between the Lines podcast, IDS Researcher Stephen Thompson and IDS Research Officer Mariah Cannon interview Professor Robert Chambers who is one of the most influential and prolific scholars to write about participation, poverty, and knowledge in development...
25 April 2023
Researchers are calling for countries to re-think their investment in genetically modified (GM) crop technology, as a new study suggests that the benefits of GM crops have been widely over-stated, while the benefits of alternative crop technologies are being ignored. The study on soya...
20 April 2023
The recent outbreak of conflict in Sudan is an escalating and urgent crisis resulting in a breakdown of infrastructures, presenting significant risks to civilians. This article, written by a fellow of the Social Science in Humanitarian Action Platform (SSHAP), which is an IDS partnership,...
19 April 2023
In four weeks (11-12 May) experts will join forces in London and online to respond to the growing global climate and food crises, to urgently find more sustainable means of food production that work for people, animals and the planet. The global food system is the main driver of biodiversity...
13 April 2023
The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) hosted a four-day workshop which brought together a group of partners from the research departments of the tax administrations of Uganda, Rwanda, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Ghana, and Kenya. Held at the ICTD’s institutional base at...
12 April 2023
The UK Government has released the latest Statistics on International Development, revealing how the UK spent its Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget last year. Today’s statistics follow the review from ICAI, the UK aid watchdog, published last week (29 March) examining UK aid spent...
5 April 2023
International development has traditionally been dominated by ‘experts’ in the global North telling ‘poor people’ in the global South how their lives could be improved. But the idea that development initiatives can be developed in one place, usually by people with power and privilege,...
5 April 2023
