This project aims to explore, how informal institutions, particularly women’s informal networks, influence the adoption of gender transformative policies in developing countries and what factors make these networks effective or limit their influence.
Oxford Policy Management (OPM), the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Palm Associates are working in partnership to achieve to evaluate the project.
The project will explore the experiences of men and shifting constructions of masculinities in current ‘transition countries’ in order to identify ways to complement women-focused interventions in the Bank’s projects and broader investments to enhance both the resilience of transition, and...
K4D is a UKaid funded programme consortium led by the Institute of Development Studies.
This photographic exhibition tells the story of changing lives and livelihoods in Lokichar, a small town in Turkana County, and surrounding villages that are at the centre of northern Kenya’s oil frontier. This exhibition will be opened by the Labour MP for Kemptown and member of the...
Advancing knowledge, shaping policy and inspiring practice on digital development is critical to achieving the Institute of Development Studies’ vision of reducing inequalities, accelerating sustainability, and building secure and inclusive societies. The digital revolution has ushered in...
IDS is well known for its progressive gender research, knowledge sharing and teaching, and for the central role it has played in the conceptual shift from a 'women in development' to a 'gender and development' focus, as well as for critically bringing sexuality and masculinities into gender...