Urbanisation in Africa and China
As African countries experience rapid urbanisation, there is a need to ensure that this process is well managed, and underpinned by...
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As African countries experience rapid urbanisation, there is a need to ensure that this process is well managed, and underpinned by...
The Covid Collective Research Platform will offer a rapid social science research response to inform decision-making on some of the most pressing Covid-19 related development challenges.
The IDS China Centre, part of the IDS International Initiatives, provides research focus on a country transforming global geopolitics...
This research project is led by Eric Kasper of the cities cluster and funded by Winrock and USAID. Phase one What constitutes...
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.
The “Capacity Building for Smart Data and Inclusive Cities” (SDIC) project aims strengthen technical and institutional capacities by working directly with municipal authorities participating in the Smart Cities Mission in four secondary cities in India: Bhopal and Jabalpur (in Madhya Pradesh) and Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi (in Kerala).
This action-oriented research project will use the urban land nexus and its politics to provide the entry point for analysing the cities of Khartoum, Dar es Salaam and Mwanza and as integrated city systems. The overarching objective is to identify, research, and stimulate policy debate on actionable changes that are politically feasible and scalable within existing urban systems, and will foster more inclusive and welfare-enhancing urban transitions.