Opinion

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Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe’s economy

Resolving the compensation issue is essential not only to provide redress for those who lost their farms, but also to reduce uncertainty, encourage investment and unlock potential for growth and development, says IDS's Ian Scoones.

Ian Scoones

8 January 2018

Opinion

Can African philanthropy support post-aid social accountability work?

African NGOs and CSOs struggle for financial sustainability, partly as a result of uncertain external aid funding. Can African philanthropy step into the breach by supporting organisations which work on social accountability?

Alan Fowler

20 December 2017

Opinion

Brexit, food and trade: what is in the public interest?

IDS very recently took the opportunity to submit evidence from the project ‘Transitions to Agroecological Food Systems’ to a parliamentary inquiry about post-Brexit food and trade policy. Elise Wach shares her reivew of the submissions more broadly.

Elise Wach

18 December 2017

Opinion

Zimbabweland’s 20 most read blog posts in 2017

This has been quite a year for Zimbabwe. Here are the top twenty viewed blog posts from Zimbabweland during 2017.

Ian Scoones

18 December 2017

Opinion

Running back to life – a story of modern slavery in the Netherlands

Modern slavery is a global problem that occurs in rich and poor countries, among all genders and ages. Sameena, a health care professional and long-distance runner in the Netherlands shares her experience of trafficking.

Sameena van der Mijden

Pauline Oosterhoff

14 December 2017

Opinion

Making health a human right, not a privilege

This week, Tokyo welcomes the Universal Health Coverage Forum, setting a platform to discuss ways in which all people, whether rich or poor, are entitled to access high quality medical services.

Ayako Ebata

12 December 2017

Opinion

What does accountability for health equity mean in southern Africa?

Cynthia Ngwalo-Lungu reflects on the southern African experience of shaping accountability in health systems.

Cynthia Ngwalo-Lungu

11 December 2017

Opinion

Two speeches for ‘new era’ Zimbabwe

IDS's Ian Scoones shares his emerging sense of what the ‘new era’ might bring for Zimbabwe's land and agriculture policies

Ian Scoones

11 December 2017

Opinion

Powerful War Child film points towards a new kind of aid ethos

Stirred by the recent award-winning War Child campaign film, IDS’s Ben Ramalingam shares his personal reflections on the need to move away from stereotypical representations of victims of conflict and poverty, towards a new narrative for aid.

7 December 2017

Opinion

Decolonisation of Higher Education in South Africa: Case of Rhodes University

What is the historical narrative of colonisation in South Africa? What was the turning point that shed light on the overthrow of apartheid and then on decolonisation?

Mina Chiang

6 December 2017

Opinion

Closing the Plastic Waste Loop – how do waste pickers contribute?

The effects of the transition from the linear to circular economy, on informal waste pickers in developing countries is a pivotal issue for inclusive livelihoods, particularly Brazil and India, but the question that remains is who will drive this change?

Patricia Noble

Patrick Schröder

5 December 2017

Opinion

Why title deeds aren’t the solution to land tenure problems

Ian Scoones discusses the issues raised in a new book on titling and tenure: a big issue for policy in Zimbabwe.

Ian Scoones

4 December 2017

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Settling the land compensation issue is vital for Zimbabwe’s economy

Can African philanthropy support post-aid social accountability work?

Brexit, food and trade: what is in the public interest?

Zimbabweland’s 20 most read blog posts in 2017

Running back to life – a story of modern slavery in the Netherlands

Making health a human right, not a privilege

What does accountability for health equity mean in southern Africa?

Two speeches for ‘new era’ Zimbabwe

Powerful War Child film points towards a new kind of aid ethos

Decolonisation of Higher Education in South Africa: Case of Rhodes University

Closing the Plastic Waste Loop – how do waste pickers contribute?

Why title deeds aren’t the solution to land tenure problems

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