From the 10 to 21 March, people from all over the world will gather in New York for the sixty-ninth session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW69), which marks the thirtieth anniversary of the adoption of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. While progress on rights has...
11 March 2025
According to the World Economic Forum, it will take until 2158 to reach full gender parity at the current rate of progress, which is why this year’s International Women’s Day theme is focused on Accelerating Action. Today, we are looking back at the International Centre for Tax and...
7 March 2025
Significant progress on gender equality has been made in past decades, but in recent years gender and sexual rights have become increasingly under threat from a global wave of backlash. In this special podcast to celebrate International Women’s Day, IDS Fellow Deepta Chopra is in...
6 March 2025
There is just one week left to apply for the IDS-hosted Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) specialist professional course on mixed methods research and evaluations on poverty and inequality. Find out more about this exciting new online course - and apply before the deadline.
4 March 2025
The UK Prime Minister has announced that the UK's Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget will be cut from 0.5 percent to 0.3 percent of GNI by 2027, in order to fund an increase to the defence budget. IDS response to the ODA cut In response to the announcement, Professor Peter...
25 February 2025
Many students come to IDS with aspirations of a career in the UN system. A recent event at IDS gave both students and alumni the opportunity to learn about the realities of such a career and the chance to gain valuable insights from a distinguished panel with a wealth of experience working at...
6 February 2025
With formal negotiations on a new UN-led international tax convention kick-starting in New York next month, new research from the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) provides crucial insights into the challenges and opportunities shaping these historic negotiations. The...
4 February 2025
Understanding and advancing how evidence can be used to inform decisions to improve people’s lives is a crucial priority for IDS. This is especially important for evidence-led solutions that need to balance between social, economic, and environmental domains to achieve...
31 January 2025
Food is a cross-cutting development issue that concerns hunger, food insecurity, malnutrition, environment sustainability, power, politics, social justice and cultural identity. As such, the MA Food & Development course attracts a creative and passionate cohort of scholars committed to exploring...
30 January 2025
The International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD), based at the Institute of Development Studies, has welcomed 25 tax and finance professionals as the latest cohort of its teaching and learning course, which commenced this month. Delivered by ICTD for 10 years and supported by...
24 January 2025
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) proudly celebrates the graduation of its 2025 cohort, marking a momentous achievement for each of the students who have completed their Master’s or PhDs. These graduates, coming from all over the world, have shown immense dedication to their...
23 January 2025
Jeremy Swift, long-time IDS Fellow and pioneer of pastoralism studies, sadly passed away on the 22 December 2024. Born on 28 May 1939, he studied Zoology and English (1958-1962) at Oxford for his undergraduate degree. He went on to work for IUCN (International Union for Conservation of...
16 January 2025
