Will 2023 be a year in which we make progress on development, or continue to falter?
Join the Institute of Development Studies on Tuesday 31 January at 4.00pm (UK time) for Recasting Development in 2023 to discover new thinking on where development is heading in the coming year.
The event will feature presentations from leading experts in authoritarianism, health, markets, inequity and environmental justice.
Chaired by IDS Director Melissa Leach, Recasting Development in 2023 will assess likely development trajectories in 2023 and outline the potential for radical or transformative shifts in line with our thinking on recasting development.
The event will highlight several important moments through the year and upcoming debates, providing development professionals, policymakers and students with a broad picture of the development landscape.
Speakers
- Authoritarianism and democracy, Shandana Mohmand, Research Fellow and Cluster Leader, Governance
- Fostering healthy lives, Hayley MacGregor, Research Fellow
- Capitalism and market-based solutions, Anabel Marin, Research Fellow and Cluster Leader, Business, Markets and the State
- Reducing extreme inequities, Vidya Diwakar, Research Fellow and Deputy Director, Chronic Poverty Advisory Network
- Climate and environmental justice, Shilpi Srivastava, Research Fellow
Discussant
- Peter Taylor, Director of Research
2022 was a year of immense development challenges – from post-pandemic inequities to growing conflict and erosion of civil rights.
Climate and environmental change are creating new uncertainties, undermining development progress and putting global health and food security under increased strain.
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted inequalities and pushed millions into poverty. It has thrown into sharper relief a range of challenges to the principles of inclusive economies, effective institutions and free speech.
At the same time, the war in Ukraine has highlighted the devastating impacts of conflict on people’s lives, as well as the threats associated with a renewed geopolitical contest for influence.
The world has set out visions of what an equitable and sustainable world needs to look like, through frameworks such as the Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Agreement. And yet, progress towards these remains uneven at best, with a large proportion of the world’s population “left behind”.
The Institute of Development Studies believes that the time is right for a recasting of development – to move beyond incremental progress and aim for genuine, transformative change.
2022 saw some grounds for optimism, including growing awareness of the challenges of endless economic growth; progress on loss and damage negotiations in COP27; and the defeat of a government in Brazil that placed no value on protection of the Amazon.
Read our summary of development in 2022.
Can 2023 be a year in which a more radical reimagining of development takes root?
Read more on our vision for Recasting Development in this article by Melissa Leach and Peter Taylor.
Key contacts
