As part of the our Trust and Governance programme, IDS has partnered up with a team of international researchers from the ISDC, UNU-WIDER, IGZ and University of Konstanz on an exciting and very timely research initiative to collect real time data on the coronavirus and its social and economic...
Women in South Asia have struggled for many decades to improve their lives within their families, in their communities, for securing their livelihoods and in getting their voices heard as citizens by the state, with women's movements being critical in advancing their rights. However,...
This major international ESRC-funded programme aims to explore how trust mediates the relationship between inequality and governance in settings where democratic institutions may be unstable or under threat.
Pakistan continues to struggle with persistent regional, local, ethnic and gender inequalities in economic development. These inequalities date back to Colonial Rule, which ended more than seventy years ago. In addition, the country’s political system has perpetuated political inequality...
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This research summary presents the key results of the research project led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu) in Niger and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
23 January 2023
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This report presents the final results of the Building Resilience in Crisis through Education (BRiCE) research project, which is led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu).
9 November 2022
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This report presents the results of the midline study of the Building Resilience in Crises through Education (BRiCE) research project, which is led by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Institut Supérieur Pédagogique de Bukavu (ISP Bukavu).
17 June 2022
This talk draws from an ethnographic study of the intersection of the international development industry and domestic labour, drawing attention to the mismatched rewards and opportunities the industry brings to its practitioners and supposed “beneficiaries”. Expatriate aid workers in...
This webinar is the culmination of over 4 years of programming and research on the well-being of teachers and students, their capacity to teach and learn in difficult contexts, and their resilience in the face of multiple challenges. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDuxatOKE2s Practitioners...
A new IDS-led project working with BRAC (Bangladesh), IDEAS (Pakistan), ISST (India) and CARE (Nepal), will be identifying and analysing cases where women’s struggles and movements have been successful in protecting and progressing the gains they have made despite social and political backlash.
5 March 2020
Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Self-determination (SD) disputes are some of the most common conflicts in the world. While the literature has mainly focused on the most violent conflicts, such as civil wars, recent studies have acknowledged the diversity of strategies adopted by groups within SD movements, and the need for...