Following Jamie Oliver's "sugar tax" victory in the UK, Alex Wanjiku Kelbert provides insights on the impact of economy on the poor people's food choices around the world.
4 April 2016
The reality of Chinese investment in African agriculture has yet to catch up with the hype. Reuters/Siphiwe Sibeko On Zimbabweland this week, Ian Scoones shares an article that appeared in The Conversation, and various other outlets last week.
4 April 2016
Over the last decade blogging and social media has helped non-profit and academic communications cost effectively and with great results. However, the digital communication landscape has changed recently meaning your research could be ignored or even found.
1 April 2016
In this first of a two part blog post I will introduce you to deeper analysis of your website statistics and provide a basic understanding on how visitors arrive at your site.
1 April 2016
Professor Charlotte Watts, DFID’s Chief Scientific Adviser, who champions the use of research and robust evidence in development policies in DFID, delivered a Sussex Development Lecture on the role of evidence in this new strategy.
31 March 2016
Compared to China or India, Brazil is a relatively small player, yet it has managed to make a mark in Africa and globally, especially under the leadership of charismatic its previous President Lula da Silva.
24 March 2016
Both hunger and undernutrition are widespread in Pakistan. This is despite the fact that food securityis often cited as a policy objective by the government and international donors. So what’s going wrong?
23 March 2016
China's top policymakers face the challenge of transforming the coal-dominant energy sector towards a cleaner, more efficient and safer energy system against the background of slowing economic growth.
22 March 2016
IDS's Ben Ramalingam reflects on the story of 'a lucky man' and our approach to development.
21 March 2016
I spent much of last week at the final conference of a project I have been involved in over the past 4 years on zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing in Africa. The conference highlighted the idea of ‘One Health’, aimed at linking human, livestock and ecosystem health.
21 March 2016
Kay Lalor synthesizes of some of the key arguments and ongoing conversations from the new Edited Collection, in which contributors examined the role of law in sexual and gender justice.
18 March 2016
Human relationships are the unquantifiable that must be accounted for in global health according to the editor of a new STEPS book on One Health. "We are destroying the planet, and becoming caged rats or dogs.
17 March 2016
