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Dignity in development: Evidence and gaps in respecting people worldwide
The development sector proclaims that it values dignity. Yet it often breaks this promise, with people leaving encounters with charities...
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Brief
15 May 2025
Key considerations: Mpox in the Busia-Malaba border region linking Uganda and Kenya
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Mpox has spread along the Busia-Malaba border that links eastern Uganda and western Kenya, with risk factors centred on cross-border...
Brief
16 April 2025
Rapid Scoping Review 2025: Kenya
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Kenya’s socio-political environment presents significant challenges for women’s and LGBTQI+ rights. Conservative social attitudes – deeply influenced by religious beliefs, political leaders, and traditional norms – exacerbate these challenges.
News
16 April 2025
New HeatNexus website showcases global research tackling the health impacts of extreme heat
The Institute of Development Studies is pleased to announce the official launch of the new HeatNexus website — a central platform for...
Publication
7 April 2025
Powering Change: The Critical Role of Women and Youth in Sustainable Energy Transformation
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
How do we build economic systems that recognise and work within the biophysical limits of our finite planet while simultaneously reducing poverty and inequality? This has become a defining question of our time, and the global transition to clean energy is increasingly considered an important vehicle via which we might address this ‘trilemma'.
Working Paper
2 April 2025
Navigating Violence and Negotiating Order in the Somalia–Kenya Borderlands
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This working paper examines how communities along the Somalia–Kenya border navigate a landscape of war. Over decades of conflict – including civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurgency – local people have relied on their own means of governance and mutual support to repair the damage and maintain life and livelihood.
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Beyond the State: Community self-governance in the borderlands of Somalia and North-Eastern Kenya
In the highly insecure borderlands of Somalia and North-Eastern Kenya, communities are driving their own governance and resilience,...
Opinion
26 March 2025
Brief
24 March 2025
Local Self-Governance on the Somalia–Kenya Border
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Thirty years of civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurgency in Somalia and neighbouring northeastern Kenya have hollowed out state services and left borderland communities beleaguered. Yet in this apparently ‘ungoverned’ space, local self-governance persists. Citizen-led reflection shows how communities are repairing the social and physical damage wrought by violence, organising basic services, and providing public goods.
News
10 January 2025
Finding innovative ways to adapt to our heating planet
As part of this global effort, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) is leading the HeatNexus Network Support Programme, which will accompany the nine HeatNexus research projects, supporting them as they plan and deliver their projects using a participatory and reflective approach.