Anabel was born in 1978 into a non-poor household in Borno, Nigeria, where her father owned a cattle business with her uncle. Upon the death of her uncle, her father stopped the business, which temporarily pushed the family into poverty. Working on the farm collaboratively with her husband,...
4 March 2025
Five years after the inception of our Shaping Policy with Evidence training course, Director of Evidence and Impact and Course Convenor James Georgalakis reflects on how the learning process has evolved. Back in 2019 IDS launched this specialist short course which built on many years of support...
8 April 2024
At IDS we are passionate about our rich legacy of participatory methods, and we believe that PAR is more important than ever in the current context of complex and polarising challenges. It is a methodology that brings different perspectives into dialogue, helps to identify systemic issues and...
27 March 2024
This week, applications opened for our popular online course for professionals: Shaping Policy with Evidence. The course is designed for practitioners and researchers seeking to build their skills and knowledge to more effectively shape policy with evidence for positive social...
29 April 2021
There is just one week left to apply for the IDS-hosted Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) specialist professional course on mixed methods research and evaluations on poverty and inequality. Find out more about this exciting new online course - and apply before the deadline.
4 March 2025