Nearly 50 years since its apex, the Green Revolution (GR) – a chapter in history associated with rapid expansion in agricultural production and yields driven by science and technology – retains the power to inspire. Notwithstanding criticism emphasising its harmful social and environmental...
This research is part of the project 'Sustainable development solutions for Tanzania' - strengthening research to achieve SDGs, a collaborative project between the UONGOZI Institute in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and UNU-WIDER in Helsinki, Finland, with a main research objective of informing the...
This desk research, conducted by IDS over 6 months, worked to increase the understanding of the long-term changing nature of work and the impact on the Global South, including labour markets, employment models and understandings of work but also the impact on society itself.
The Prosperity Fund's Mexico programme aims to reduce poverty, improve gender equality and support inclusive economic development. It also aims to produce greater opportunities for global trade and investment, including between Mexico and the UK. The programme will help increase productivity,...
The Social Sciences for Severe Stigmatising Skin Conditions (5S) Foundation is a £3.5 million collaborative research partnership led by the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) in partnership with IDS, the Mycetoma Research Centre in Sudan, the Organisation for Social Science Research in...
In 2013, the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID) created the Humanitarian Innovation and Evidence Programme (HIEP). The programme was established in response to the paucity of evidence and the need for innovation to identify and help overcome the methodological and...
This research project builds on foundational work already carried out by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the Nepal Peacebuilding Initiative (NPI). The project focuses on understanding the nature of control municipalities are able to leverage over security providers and other...
The readymade garments export sector has been an important source of growth and pro-poor labour market expansion in the economic development of both Bangladesh and Vietnam since the 1980s. In both, the sector has employed millions of women, comprising up to 80 per cent of the garments industry...
This study is part of a larger research project commissioned by the Global Alliance for Improving Nutrition (GAIN), in this instance partnered with Oxford Policy Management. The overall objective of the project is to conduct exploratory research studies on the salt and edible value chains in...
IDS, including the IDS Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development, is the UK Anchor Institution for the China International Development Research Network (CIDRN), funded by the FCDO.
Under what conditions does women’s social and political action contribute to the strengthening of women’s empowerment and lead to accountability outcomes that promote gender equity in contexts of fragility, conflict and violence? Women's political agency is limited in multiple ways...
When citizens and communities in fragile settings don't engage with public authorities to solve their governance issues, what do they do instead and why? When marginalised people do engage, make claims and demand accountability from public authorities, what are the roles, strategies and...