Calls are mounting to shift towards a good enough approach for targeting social assistance in situations of protracted crises ...

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) announces today that Professor Anuradha Joshi has been appointed as its new ...

This year is the United Nations International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists. This is an important moment to celebrate the role of pastoralists across the world, recognising their unique ...

On 3 January 2026, a surprising US-led military operation extracted Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro despite his careful and secret security measures and the protection of his Cuban team of ...

This K4DD Agrifood Evidence and Discourse Summary aims to signpost FCDO and others to the latest relevant evidence on food and agriculture in low- and middle-income countries. Evidence is selected ...

This paper examines the political economy of the agricultural policy processes in Malawi through the lenses of the fertilizer subsidy programme that has raised the profile of the country on the ...

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

The relationships between energy and development are complex, compounded by increasingly differentiated situations amongst developing countries and within them. Moreover, the manner in which energy ...

Moyo, B (2011) 'Transformative Innovations in African Philanthropy' The Bellagio Initiative, Brighton: IDS ...

This report sets out the argument that development has been incorrectly focused around solely increasing national incomes, with little focus paid to other metrics. As Seers says in his introduction: ...

Technology contributes both positively and negatively to the resilience of ‘social-ecological systems’, but is not considered in depth in that literature. A technology-focused literature on ...

There has been a growing interest in China’s rapid economic growth, particularly agriculture-led growth and poverty reduction. In fact, China and Africa have developed their agriculture under ...