With digital and technological innovation moving fast, data is increasingly being looked to for the answers to our global problems. But how can we ensure that the web of data is clearly navigated and not a tangled mess?
4 November 2016
Browse STEPS resources related to the COP22 climate change conference.
4 November 2016
Over recent years, youth has emerged as a new, high priority target group for policymakers, but is the emergence of this distinct target group, and the proliferation of youth-specific agricultural interventions in Africa, to be lauded?
3 November 2016
Building a resilient health system requires integration and collaboration in and between sectors, however, this is no mean feat, so Syed Abbas asks where do we begin?
3 November 2016
The influence and spread of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) is the focus of a Water Alternatives Special Issue published in October on ‘Flows and practices: The politics of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) in southern Africa’
1 November 2016
China's 5 year plan includes an ambitious vision of 'ecological civilization'. But while these developments have the potential to have a positive impact on China’s environment and its people, some people are being hit hard.
31 October 2016
Despite high levels of political will to address hunger and undernutrition at the national level, in many countries coordination and programming at the sub-national level remains challenging. Kat Pittore asks what the challenges are for nutrition advocacy.
31 October 2016
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
