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The IDS Bulletin – Fifty Years Old and Still Going Strong

This year sees the IDS Bulletin celebrating 50 years in publication, the last two of these as gold open access. At this time it seems appropriate to reflect on how going open access has changed the journal so far, and what future directions might be.

Alison Norwood

9 March 2018

Opinion

How do ordinary people get to have a say in their economic future?

Where do people have a real voice in economic decisions that affect their future? Jodie Thorpe writes about why we need to explore and better understand how linking economic growth to broader goals of justice and sustainability can work in practice

Jodie Thorpe

9 March 2018

Opinion

How I got a full Rotary International scholarship for my Master’s degree

Last year I started a master’s in Development Studies at IDS with support from Rotary International. By sharing my own first-hand experience, this blog post aims to guide future IDS students on how to get scholarship funding.

Mina Chiang

6 March 2018

Opinion

Panic, privilege and politics: South Africa’s land debate

In recent days, South Africa's land reform issue, always bubbling under the surface in South Africa’s unresolved post-apartheid settlement, has burst into the limelight.

Ian Scoones

5 March 2018

Opinion

Reconfigured agrarian relations following land reform

In this his latest Zimbabwe Land Reform blog, Ian Scoones reviews a new book "Reconfigured Agrarian Relations in Zimbabwe" by Toendepi Shonhe.

Ian Scoones

26 February 2018

Opinion

Cultural heritage preservation: development’s enabling role?

What can development thinking contribute to heritage preservation, and particular, what approaches can be applied to ensure communities, including marginalised groups within them, have a say in what constitutes heritage worth capturing and preserving.

Mariz Tadros

23 February 2018

Opinion

OECD Policy Dialogue on Women’s Economic Empowerment and SDG5

Efficient action for women`s economic empowerment should address mainstreaming gender concerns within specific investments and projects as well as taking a cross-sectoral perspective to promote responses to women's priorities.

Arjan de Haan

20 February 2018

Opinion

40 years since Alma Ata: It’s back to the future for Health for All

40 years on from the signing of the international Alma Ata declaration in Almaty, Kazakhstan, primary health care is once again been highlighted as the key to the attainment of Health for All by a ‘new’ global movement.

Tom Barker

20 February 2018

Opinion

Advancing science, advancing partnerships – but of what kinds?

Professor Melissa Leach reports back from the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting – a vast annual jamboree that attracts upwards of 5,000 scientists, science journalists and policymakers from across the US and across the world.

Melissa Leach

19 February 2018

Opinion

New Matasa Fellows to make youth employment in Africa their priority

Africa is the world’s youngest region. Yet, of its 420 million youth, one-third are unemployed. We are delighted to welcome the Matasa Fellows to explore the role of the private sector in addressing youth unemployment and underemployment in Africa.

Marjoke Oosterom & 2 others

19 February 2018

Opinion

Morgan Tsvangirai: a leader and a fighter

Morgan Tsvangirai has died. Zimbabwe has lost a great leader, a true fighter. As founder of the Movement for Democratic Change he was the first opposition leader in Zimbabwe to emerge from outside the ruling party...

Ian Scoones

19 February 2018

Opinion

What can we truly learn from impact studies?

Giel Ton reflects on his work with the Centre for Development Impact on the usefulness of impact studies for the outside world.

Giel Ton

15 February 2018

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The IDS Bulletin – Fifty Years Old and Still Going Strong

How do ordinary people get to have a say in their economic future?

How I got a full Rotary International scholarship for my Master’s degree

Panic, privilege and politics: South Africa’s land debate

Reconfigured agrarian relations following land reform

Cultural heritage preservation: development’s enabling role?

OECD Policy Dialogue on Women’s Economic Empowerment and SDG5

40 years since Alma Ata: It’s back to the future for Health for All

Advancing science, advancing partnerships – but of what kinds?

New Matasa Fellows to make youth employment in Africa their priority

Morgan Tsvangirai: a leader and a fighter

What can we truly learn from impact studies?

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