Opinion

Les interventions éducatives ont un impact limité contre les inégalités structurelles

Cyril Brandt & 3 others

Universal justice: a provocation

We (Tessa and Robert) are working on a book of forewords Robert has written for other books.  We think collecting the writing together In this way will draw attention to their importance and be valuable to others.  We were brainstorming about the final section which is still to be...

Robert Chambers

Tessa Lewin

Talking to child workers in the leather industry

Danny Burns

Educational interventions limited affect against structural inequality

Cyril Brandt & 3 others

Shielding the vulnerable – a strategy for long-term pandemic response

As the Covid-19 pandemic enters a protracted phase, governments and pandemic response teams face difficult decisions about mitigating its spread while also protecting economic security.  While any response must be proportionate and tailored to a local context, there is a menu of options from...

Megan Schmidt-Sane

Word of mouth and internet advertising: Pastoralists in Romania dealing with the Covid-19 crisis

How can we improve handwashing for good?

Mimi Coultas

The return of fortress conservation: why excluding people means biodiversity conservation will fail

Ian Scoones

We need to look beyond #MeToo and learn from women’s activism globally

Mariz Tadros

Jenny Edwards

The World Food Programme – its past, present and future

The award of the Nobel Peace prize to the World Food Programme (WFP) is a remarkable achievement for an organisation now 57 years old and active in many of the world’s most troublesome hotspots. IDS can take some pride in the contributions it has made over many years to the evolution of WFP...

Simon Maxwell

Rapid Action Learning and Covid-19

Robert Chambers

The role of faith and traditional practices in managing Covid-19: Lessons from Northern Kenya and Southern Ethiopia