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Trump’s tariffs and labour-market effects

In a period of rising geopolitical risks posed by conflict, natural disasters and the impacts of climate change there has been significant volatility in world markets. Lives and livelihoods have been lost and supply chains disrupted, resulting in long-term consequences. Centre stage amid these...

Amrita Saha
Amrita Saha
Chris Heitzig
Chris Heitzig

19 February 2025

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What’s next for international development? Key trends to watch this decade

Evidence suggests that the world is becoming increasingly volatile in the face of complex and interconnected challenges. It is also clear that we are failing to achieve key climate and development goals. More optimistically, other signals suggest that collective action still has the power to...

Izzy Birch

18 February 2025

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Jeremy Swift – an appreciation

Jeremy and I were colleagues at IDS for 16 years from 1981-1997, though he was there before me, and after. He was exceptional in many ways. Jeremy was adventurous, seasoned and experienced. There was something about him of Wilfred Thesiger, T. E. Lawrence or Gertrude Bell: a love of and...

Simon Maxwell
Simon Maxwell

10 February 2025

Opinion

Reimagining social assistance in the Kurdistan region of Iraq: The vital role of local organisations

Since 2015, the social assistance system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has been largely inactive due to fiscal constraints, political instability, and administrative challenges – leaving vulnerable communities reliant on local organisations and international actors to fill the...

Louisa Seferis & 2 others

4 February 2025

Opinion

New businesses in small towns in Zimbabwe

What are the new businesses being established in the small towns of Zimbabwe? As the last blog has illustrated our long-term study of Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa shows a variety of changes, with different drivers associated. There are varying links too with a changing agriculture, but what is...

Ian Scoones
Ian Scoones

3 February 2025

Opinion

The turbulence and the toll of the USAID freeze

The election of President Donald Trump has ushered in a sharp turn of direction for the US government in its domestic and international engagement. Since his inauguration on 20 January, President Trump has been quick to enact policy change, including freezing all international development...

Peter Taylor
Peter Taylor

3 February 2025

Student Opinion

Being part of powerful network working for social change

Bruna Viana de Freitas studied MA Power, Participation & Social Change (MAP) at IDS in 2021-22 and went on to set up Cúrcuma, a consultancy working with participatory approaches for justice and inclusion, mainly focusing on socioenvironmental and human rights fields. In this blog post, Bruna...

Bruna Viana de Freitas, IDS alumna

31 January 2025

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