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What is the link between productivity, circular economy and the SDGs?

Asia’s development over the last decades has been characterised by rapid economic growth, fast-paced development, urbanisation, and rising household incomes. Increases in productivity have been one of the main factors underpinning these trends.

Patrick Schröder

22 May 2017

Opinion

The Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative

Launched this week the Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative (ERPI) is being launched will be confronting the forces of authoritarian populism in rural areas, and exploring emancipatory alternatives.

Ian Scoones

22 May 2017

Opinion

A strong higher education sector can help retain UK’s global influence

As the UK prepares to exit the European Union and reposition itself on the global stage, IDS Director, Melissa Leach and University of Sussex Vice Chancellor, Adam Tickell, argue that a new UK government must continue to support the higher education sector.

Adam Tickell

Melissa Leach

18 May 2017

Opinion

Automation and the future of work; bringing women into the debate

Becky Faith shares insights from the biggest Artificial Intelligence business conference on how businesses are viewing the digital economy - and its potential impact on all members of society.

Becky Faith

17 May 2017

Opinion

China’s Belt and Road Initiative – a game-changer, but which game?

Fresh from attending the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, IDS Director Melissa Leach considers how China's $900 billion initiative will change international development.

Melissa Leach

15 May 2017

Opinion

Women and land: challenges of empowerment

Rights to land for women have been enshrined in law in Zimbabwe, but the practice of law in reality often has not delivered women's empowerment and rights. This must change, but how?

Ian Scoones

15 May 2017

Opinion

Why and how the next Government should ensure an outward-looking UK

Ahead of the UK General Election on 8 June, IDS Director Melissa Leach sets five ways to ensure that the UK continues to be an outward-looking and internationally-minded.

Melissa Leach

8 May 2017

Opinion

Agrarian political economy: reflecting on Sam Moyo’s contributions

Ian Scoones reflects on the important work of Sam Moyo, as a new special issue of Agrarian South: Journal of Political Economy is published which brings together much of his work.

Ian Scoones

8 May 2017

Opinion

Understanding trauma critical to effective humanitarian interventions

There has been growing recognition over the last fifty years that conflict-related trauma is as much a cultural as a biological phenomenon, which must be treated as such by the medical and aid community alike.

Emma Soye

3 May 2017

Opinion

How rethinking local people’s agency could help navigate Xochimilco’s troubled waters

Xochimilco, Mexico City is the last remnant of the complex lacustrine system of wetlands that was the basis for agriculture and livelihoods (the chinampa system) in pre-Columbian times.

2 May 2017

Opinion

Tobacco and contract farming in Zimbabwe

How does commercial agriculture and contract farming affect agrarian dynamics? Ian Scoones talks about work in Zimbabwe's Mazowe district over the last few years.

Ian Scoones

1 May 2017

Opinion

What is the place of ‘resilience’ in the New Urban Agenda?

In the context of the New Urban Agenda, CGIAR's Chris Béné asks: What is meant exactly by resilience? And how to achieve this ‘urban resilience’?

Chris Béné

27 April 2017

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What is the link between productivity, circular economy and the SDGs?

The Emancipatory Rural Politics Initiative

A strong higher education sector can help retain UK’s global influence

Automation and the future of work; bringing women into the debate

China’s Belt and Road Initiative – a game-changer, but which game?

Women and land: challenges of empowerment

Why and how the next Government should ensure an outward-looking UK

Agrarian political economy: reflecting on Sam Moyo’s contributions

Understanding trauma critical to effective humanitarian interventions

How rethinking local people’s agency could help navigate Xochimilco’s troubled waters

Tobacco and contract farming in Zimbabwe

What is the place of ‘resilience’ in the New Urban Agenda?

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