New IDS-coordinated research programme, launched yesterday, will disburse research grants from a fund of £1 million (BDT 12 crores) to support evidence-informed Covid-19 response and recovery and improve preparedness to tackle future crises in Bangladesh. Over 80 representatives from...
4 February 2022
We are delighted to welcome Smriti RDN Neupane as this year’s IDS Graduate Scholarship Award winner. Smriti joined us in September 2021 and is studying the IDS MA in Governance, Development and Public Policy. https://youtu.be/cbuILr3fCbI Smriti has almost a decade of experience working to...
28 January 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
2021 was a standout year for the Knowledge, Evidence and Learning for Development Programme (K4D). In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, cuts to Overseas Development Aid, and other challenges, K4D published its 1,000th Helpdesk Report, facilitated its 40th Learning Journey, received 237,600...
17 January 2022
In the new episode of the IDS podcast Between the Lines, IDS Research Fellow Lyla Mehta interviews Luisa Cortesi and K. J. Joy, editors of the book Split Waters: The Idea of Water Conflicts. This book features a fascinating collection of essays that consider the idea of water conflict and how...
14 January 2022
Congratulations to all our postgraduate researchers who, despite the restrictions and pressures of the global Covid-19 pandemic, have recently completed their PhD in Development Studies by Research! The PhD in Development Studies by Research is IDS’s advanced research degree. It is...
10 January 2022
The Pakistan Hub, a partnership with the Mahbub ul Haq Research Centre (MHRC) at the Lahore University of Management Sciences, co-hosts a number of events series. Our events include panel discussions on the political economy of development and global challenges and the Mahbub ul Haq...
5 January 2022
A long term research partner and one of the founding members of the Future Agricultures Consortium (FAC), based at the Institute of Development Studies, has been appointed as Minister of Local Government in Malawi. More recently, Professor Blessings Chinsinga has been core to the Agricultural...
20 December 2021
The past 12 months have brought yet more radical transformation to global economies, societies and to the environment. From wildfires to floods, pandemic disruption to mass migration, we’re experiencing change at an incredible pace. As we’ve seen, this creates a huge challenge,...
20 December 2021
As our 3rd season of Between the Lines finishes, we look back on the episodes we produced in 2021 and showcase some of our highlights. Between the Lines explores books with ideas for positive social and environmental change. The discussions give an insight on the themes covered in the book,...
19 December 2021
Just as Covid-19 and major geopolitical shifts continued to disrupt our global community in 2021, we continued to adapt – reshaping our research and learning environment to promote engagement with the latest knowledge, insights and ideas in international development. We responded to the...
17 December 2021
The use of tax treaties by developing countries is controversial: Best case scenario? Tax treaties help attract foreign direct investment by reducing the risk of double taxation. Evidence for this is weak. Worst case scenario? They become a vehicle for multinational tax avoidance leading to huge...
8 December 2021
