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10 June 2019
Holistic parenting education improves infant brain development
Failure to support healthy brain development can result in life-long consequences. With training, parents can become even more...
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Spain case study (part of the ‘Inequality and Governance in Unstable Democracies’ programme)
The case of Spain offers an interesting context to test the relationship between inequality, trust, and governance in a democracy. After...
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Colombia case study (part of the ‘Inequality and Governance in Unstable Democracies’ programme)
The Colombian government and the guerrilla group FARC signed a peace agreement in 2016, in which the warring sides established a route...
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Inequality and Governance in Unstable Democracies: The Mediating Role of Trust
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.
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Pakistan case study (part of the ‘Inequality and Governance in Unstable Democracies’ programme)
Pakistan continues to struggle with persistent regional, local, ethnic and gender inequalities in economic development. These...
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Mozambique case study (part of the ‘Inequality and Governance in Unstable Democracies’ programme)
Mozambique is a low-income country with a complex and brutal economic and social history. As far as records go back, many regions of the...
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Greece case study (part of the ‘Inequality and Governance in Unstable Democracies’ programme)
In this case study, we look at the long-term impact of ethnic antagonisms, including horizontal inequality, on trust – both...
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Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
The IDS Conflict, Violence and Development seminar series focuses on mass violent conflicts as well as every day forms of insecurity,...
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Addressing and mitigating violence
Generating practical policy options for states and citizens so they can better address and mitigate violence in both rural and urban settings.
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Conflict, Violence and Development Seminar Series
Should I trade or should I go (to war)? Lessons from the Second Intifada
Do trade shocks affect conflict? The evidence on this question has so far focused mainly on commodity price shocks. This seminar moves beyond this focus and uses data from the entire export and import baskets to examine whether changes in Palestinian trade in the second half of the 1990s affected the intensity of the subsequent Palestinian uprising (‘second Intifada’).