On 25 July, voters in Pakistan will go to the polls to elect members of the national and provincial assemblies. Paradoxically, it may very well herald the end of the country's most recent democratic transition.
20 July 2018
A southasiadisasters.net special issue has launched at the 2018 Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction entitled “Understanding Uncertainty: Views from Kachchh, Mumbai, and Sundarbans”.
20 July 2018
IDS’ Publishing and Research Data Manager, Alison Norwood, shares the pace of academic publishing and reflects on how being nimble and adaptable to change can benefit both authors and readers alike.
19 July 2018
Ian Scoones reviews a new publication on the continuity of land invasions, and resistance to land capture through 'freedom farming'.
16 July 2018
By Victoria Chengo & Fiona Imbali A two week long research capacity building training on the preparation of proposals for the Green Climate Fund (GCF) kicked off at the Elementaita Country Lodge in Naivasha, Kenya. The event organised by the Africa Sustainability Hub (ASH) at the African...
12 July 2018
Progress on the Sustainable Development Goals is being discussed by ministers at the High-Level Political Forum in New York. The SDGs aim to provoke deep and radical change, but how can they be really transformative?
12 July 2018
Ahead of the IDS Annual Lecture with Professor Peter Piot, we hear from Christine Stegling, Executive Director of the International HIV/Aids Alliance on the need for honest discussions about what is and isn’t working to help end AIDS.
10 July 2018
A new deal has been agreed for Greece. The Greek Finance Minister, Euclid Tsakalotos (an IDS alumni), has said that he is ‘happy with the deal’ and that Greece ‘has turned a page’, but what does the new deal mean in reality for Greece?
10 July 2018
Africa has the youngest population in the world. By 2030, up to 30 million young Africans could be entering the labour market each year. Getting young people into jobs has risen to the top of national governments’ and many international donors’ priorties.
9 July 2018
Ahead of World Zoonoses Day, Syed Abas reflects on the limited uptake of One Health where it matters most, and what we can do to make the term relevant.
4 July 2018
3 July 2018
How should community voice be incorporated into impact investing? And what practical applications can impact investors do today to start thinking about participatory ideas?
2 July 2018
