What will the UK's relationship with some of the world's increasingly influential players in global development - Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa - look like following its decision to leave the European Union?
31 October 2016
On World Cities Day, IDS's Roger Williamson reflects on our Safe Cities event at Habitat III and the New Urban Agenda.
31 October 2016
Ahead of the Fourth Global Symposium for Health Systems Research, Gerry Bloom and Hayley MacGregor emphasise the need to differentiate between the contributions of a health system to social resilience and a health system resilient to health crises.
31 October 2016
The Agricultural and Rural Development Authority (ARDA) has a substantial land holding across the country, including 21 estates of varying sizes, with a total of 98,000 ha of arable land, 19,000 ha of which is irrigable.
31 October 2016
If £1.5 billion of UK taxpayers money is going to produce research that can help reduce poverty and promote sustainable development, we need to invest in impact early on.
27 October 2016
Current IDS research looks at the relationship and potential synergies between adaptive approaches in different disciplines – with a special focus on tech for transparency and accountability (T4T&A) initiatives.
26 October 2016
Maphisa in Matobo district in Matabeleland has transformed from its early days as a TILCOR (Tribal Trust Land Development Corporation) growth point linked to the nearby Antelope farm estate.
24 October 2016
Researchers have received grants for 2015-2016 for research under the project Governing the Land-Water-Environment Nexus in Southern Africa.
21 October 2016
Last month two major reports came out on economic and political reform in Zimbabwe. The first from Chatham House, looking at economic reform, and the second, from the Institute for Security Studies, on similar themes, but focusing on the political challenges.
17 October 2016
The recent dispute over food prices between the UK's largest supermarket chain, Tesco, and the UK's biggest food and grocery manufacturer, Unilever shines a light on a deeper problem in the global food system: our reliance on food that is grown elsewhere.
14 October 2016
A new digital story and photo book explore the dilemmas facing farmers at the edge of India's megacities.
14 October 2016
On International Eradication of Poverty Day, when the great and the good are celebrating Bangladesh’s success, Naomi Hossain considers the real reasons behind Bangladesh’s unexpected success.
14 October 2016
