Opinion

Citizen-led financing of public services in fragile contexts: New evidence from Somalia

Vanessa van den Boogaard

Surveillance laws are failing to protect privacy rights: what we found in six African countries

On paper, privacy rights for citizens of countries throughout Africa are well protected. Privacy rights are written into constitutions, international human rights conventions and domestic law. But, in the first comparative review of privacy protections across Africa, the evidence is clear:...

Ridwan Oloyede

Tony Roberts

Zimbabwe’s bumper harvest: what explains the success?

Ian Scoones

Would Moroccans accept a state zakat fund? Should they?

Max Gallien & 3 others

Transições alimentares justas a partir da base no Brasil e no Reino Unido

Os esforços diferenciados de organizações de advocacia para a justica alimentar em diferentes partes do mundo convergem em torno de desafios semelhantes e valores comuns. Para além do potencial para aprendizado mútuo entre estas organizações, a união das suas experiências distintas...

Lídia Cabral

Just food transitions from the bottom up in Brazil and the UK

Similar challenges and common values unite the diversified efforts of advocacy organisations for food justice in different parts of the globe. Besides scope for mutual learning between these organisations, bringing their experiences together creates opportunities for amplifying localised stories...

Lídia Cabral

From Afghanistan to Pakistan, the never-ending ordeals of Shi’a Hazaras

Researchers from the IDS-led CREID programme, Maryam Kanwer and Jaffer Mirza, speak to Shia Hazara Afghan refugees who are living in fear and hiding in Pakistan. "There were so many people, and it was difficult for the elderly. They would fall and people would step on them. It was like judgment...

Jaffer A. Mirza

Maryam Kanwer

Pathway to UK-India Free Trade Agreement: call for focused advocacy

India and the UK are set to launch free trade agreement (FTA) negotiations in November 2021, with the aim of an interim agreement in early 2022. In preparation for this, the UK Department for International Trade (DIT) and Indian Ministry of Commerce and Industry (MoCI) recently undertook a...

Amrita Saha & 2 others

Time to reinforce the UN Model for taxing international shipping profits

Biodiversity and climate change: why tree planting schemes may not be the answer

Ian Scoones

Please follow the science (but not too much!)

Earlier this week, we heard that UK politicians insufficiently challenged the Covid-19 scientific advice coming from our Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE). However, we were also told that they can’t deal with complexity and may have misunderstood the advice. Some of this...

James Georgalakis

Transforming lives in a year of challenge and change

This has been an extraordinary year for global development. The Covid-19 pandemic has continued to cause global disruption, transforming how people live and organisations function. The crisis revealed the scale of injustices in many areas and at many levels and, at IDS, reinforced the critical...

Melissa Leach