As Britain faces the prospect of leaving the European Union, here's a couple of blog posts on what the referendum result might mean for the UK's role in international development.
27 June 2016
June 23rd saw the UK vote for Brexit. A populist rebellion was provoked by an internal dispute in the Tory party, and chaos has been unleashed. We don't know the full consequences yet, but it's not going to be good.
27 June 2016
Mark Galloway, Director of the International Broadcasting Trust reflects on the seminar asking 'can documentaries help us tell a different story about development?'
24 June 2016
Professor Melissa Leach reflects on the implications of the vote to leave the EU for international development and IDS
24 June 2016
Manchester Tyndall Centre today hosted a provocative and highly interesting seminar. Professor Andy Stirling, who spent the 80s in the trenches for Greenpeace, had schlepped up to deliver a seminar on "Emancipating Transformations."
24 June 2016
IDS's Cheryl Overs interviews Beki Abi about homosexuality, social movements and the law in Ethiopia.
24 June 2016
Justin Flynn and Jim Sumberg highlight the key points in their latest report, that the engagement with youth savings groups is influenced by family and social relations which should have important implications for their design and implementation.
22 June 2016
2016 has been a big year for international agreements on development. New Sustainable Development Goals and targets were agreed. But will Least Developed Countries be able to navigate the demands of global agreements in a way that benefits their citizens?
22 June 2016
The term ‘developing world’ may go the same way as ‘third world’ and end up being used almost exclusively by embarrassing relatives.
22 June 2016
The African Farmer game will be presented at a webinar organised by CORE Group's Social and Behavior Change Working Group.Register online to attend this webinar. It will be held from 11am - 12pm Eastern Time on 22 June 2016.
21 June 2016
When the Sustainable Development Goals were agreed last September, there was much expectation about how they could help get sustainability back on the development agenda, and push the international community to develop new approaches to development.
20 June 2016
Africa’s structural challenges can’t be solved by "youth innovation". The hope is that the next generation will solve Africa’s problems through innovation and entrepreneurship. This post explores the challenges of defining 'youth' as a homogeneous group.
17 June 2016
