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Working Paper

11 April 2025

Politicisation and the Role of Business in Trade Negotiations

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The changing geo-political landscape has shifted focus from generalised normative preferences in trade policy towards more realist goals that seek to create the best advantage for a country under given circumstances. Consequently, as trade issues have become linked to polarised debates including on immigration and environmental issues amongst others, politicisation of trade negotiations has received significant attention.

Amrita Saha
Amrita Saha & 3 others
India United Kingdom
Working Paper

13 March 2025

Towards Transformative Change: Grass-roots Innovations for Food Security During Crises in Brighton & Hove, UK

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This Working Paper analyses the emergence and evolution of three community-led initiatives focused on food insecurity, with the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic and the ensuing cost-of-living crisis as the backdrop.

Norma Jean-Park & 4 others
Building Back Better from Below(B4): Harnessing Innovations in Community Response and Intersectoral Collaboration for Health and Food Justice Beyond the Covid-19 Pandemic United Kingdom
Working Paper

20 February 2025

The Welfare Effects of Trade Preferences Removal: Evidence for UK–India Trade

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper examines the welfare effects of the unilateral trade preferences scheme of the Generalized System of Preferences for UK–India trade on households in India. The design of unilateral trade preference schemes has been linked to significant uncertainty about preferential market access.

Amrita Saha
Amrita Saha
Unlocking the Potential for Future India-UK Trade and Development India United Kingdom
Working Paper

18 February 2025

Labour Market Effects of India’s Termination from the United States’ GSP

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

This paper investigates the sudden 2019 termination by the United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) of trade with India as a quasi-natural experiment. Given the re-election of Donald Trump and global concerns about the future of global trade, understanding the distributional consequences from past trade shocks can inform strategies to balance trade preferences with social equity.

Chris Heitzig
Chris Heitzig
Amrita Saha
Amrita Saha
Unlocking the Potential for Future India-UK Trade and Development India United States
Brief

18 December 2024

What Does a Good Digital Welfare State Look Like?

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The introduction of ‘digital-by-default’ welfare and social protection systems in the UK and beyond has delivered efficiencies and cost savings for governments and can be convenient for recipients. But, given the rapid pace of change, we need to understand the ethical, social, and political implications of digital welfare from the perspectives of the poorest and most marginalised members of our societies.

Becky Faith
Becky Faith
Kevin Hernandez
Kevin Hernandez
Norway Sweden United Kingdom
Working Paper

24 April 2024

The Great Green Wall as a Social-Technical Imaginary

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

From a pan-African environmental movement to a mosaic of locally managed projects to its considerable funding from the international community, the Great Green Wall for the Sahara and the Sahel Initiative (GGWI) is now seen as a ‘megaproject’. While this megaproject has been primarily studied along the lines of political ecology and critical development studies, both showing the material limits and effectiveness of the initiative, its impact on the ground remains important in that the Sahelian landscape is shaped by donor and development actors’ discourses and imaginaries.

Élie Pédarros & 10 others
The Great Green Wall and Sahelian Environmental Imaginaries: Green Fix and the Persistence of a Policy Idea Burkina Faso Chad Mali Mauritania Niger
Working Paper

9 August 2022

Living Through a Pandemic: Competing Covid-19 Narratives in Rural Zimbabwe

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

Through a real time analysis of the Covid-19 pandemic across rural Zimbabwe, this Working Paper explores the competing narratives that framed responses and their politics.

Iyleen Judy Bwerinofa & 7 others
Agricultural Policy Research in Africa (APRA) Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS) Centre Sub Saharan Africa Zimbabwe
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