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Story-Telling: A method to support decolonising knowledge for development

I have recently been working closely with a group of EADI members reflecting on the importance of “decolonising knowledge for development”. This is in response to our acknowledgement that social divides are driven by race, gender, religion, class and financial inequities. We know...

Peter Taylor

15 January 2025

Opinion

Understanding the gendered dimensions of post-election protests in Mozambique

Mozambique has been in political turmoil for the past three months, following the elections that were described as fraudulent by national and international observers, including the European Union Election Observation Mission, but where the results were nonetheless confirmed by the supreme court...

Kátia Taela

9 January 2025

Opinion

Tackling urban internal displacement in the global South

In December, IDS’ Cities Cluster hosted a hybrid seminar examining the challenges and opportunities presented by the growing phenomenon of urban internal displacement in the global South. Moderated by Cities Cluster lead, and urban displacement expert, Dr Dolf te Lintelo, the event offered a...

Christopher Ward

3 January 2025

Opinion

How can businesses, producers and consumers shape environmentally just trade policy? – Part two

Chemicals and machinery and the UK As global dialogues focus increasingly on the interaction between trade and the environment, the United Kingdom has placed efforts to ensure that trade interventions complement its environmental objectives. While the European Union has been a leading...

Amrita Saha & 3 others

20 December 2024

Opinion

How can businesses, producers and consumers shape environmentally just trade policy? – Part one

The EUDR, and collaborating for just trade policy The European Union (EU) has been a leading proponent of using trade policy to pursue its environmental goals. The value of imports into the EU are second in value only to the United States, with substantial scrutiny of its responsibility for...

Amrita Saha & 3 others

20 December 2024

Opinion

Play, protest and pedagogy: A Transnational approach to feminist-worldbuilding

As 2024 comes to an end, many feminists are reflecting on the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence campaign, while some are probably thinking about taking time off after being in Bangkok, Thailand a week ago for the 15th AWID International Forum. Some of us met in similar capacities...

Bushra Saleem

18 December 2024

Student Opinion

16 Days, 16 voices of activism against gender-based violence

The 16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence serves as a global campaign to amplify voices, movements, strengths and struggles in the ﬁght against gender-based violence (GBV). This year, MA students from the Gender and Development programme at the Institute of Development Studies...

Wasﬁya Sheikh

& 2 others

16 December 2024

Opinion

Zimbabweland’s festive top 20 for 2024

As has become the tradition at this time of year, this week I am sharing a list of top posts for the year. This time it’s not just ones published this year, but any post viewed by the 27.7k visitors to the blog. There are a lot of blogs on the site to choose from – nearly 600 since 2011 –...

Ian Scoones

16 December 2024

Opinion

Return, to what? Syrian returnees in the post-Assad era

After 13 years of conflict, it took only 12 days for the Assad regime in Syria to fall. From the small region that remained under opposition groups in the northwest (10% of the country’s land), the Turkish-backed armed opposition launched a military operation under the leadership of the former...

Sultan Jalabi

Dolf J.H. te Lintelo

12 December 2024

Opinion

A new land administration system for Zimbabwe

This blog was originally published in July 2017 and was followed by another one in The Conversation as part of a series on priorities for the Mnangagwa administration. As the previous blogs on ‘new entrants’ have highlighted the need for a low-cost, effective land administration system...

Ian Scoones

9 December 2024

Student Opinion

Another COP failure: when will there be justice for marginalised voices?

Each year, nearly 200 countries participate in the UN Climate Conference (COP) to discuss the impact of climate change and find solutions to deal with it. However, year after year these conferences have failed to bring us closer to global temperature rises that scientists agree will safeguard...

Carlos Shanka Boissy Diaz

Jodi-Ann Jue Xuan Wang

2 December 2024

Opinion

A new tenure regime for Zimbabwe’s land reform areas?

On 8th October, an unexpected cabinet announcement laid out plans for a completely new tenure regime in the land reform areas. This was to provide a secure form of tenure arrangement; not necessarily title but with an arrangement that was to be ‘bankable’, allowing for collateral to...

Ian Scoones

2 December 2024

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Story-Telling: A method to support decolonising knowledge for development

Understanding the gendered dimensions of post-election protests in Mozambique

Tackling urban internal displacement in the global South

How can businesses, producers and consumers shape environmentally just trade policy? – Part two

How can businesses, producers and consumers shape environmentally just trade policy? – Part one

Play, protest and pedagogy: A Transnational approach to feminist-worldbuilding

16 Days, 16 voices of activism against gender-based violence

Wasﬁya Sheikh

Zimbabweland’s festive top 20 for 2024

Return, to what? Syrian returnees in the post-Assad era

A new land administration system for Zimbabwe

Another COP failure: when will there be justice for marginalised voices?

A new tenure regime for Zimbabwe’s land reform areas?

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