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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 seminar shares findings about gender, equity, and social inclusion (GESI) in social protection, in protracted crisis contexts from BASIC Research.

Millions of citizens in Africa are unable to obtain essential services that they are entitled to as new digital ID systems continue being imposed across the continent, requiring them to provide ...

Caste-based discrimination is not just an ‘Indian social issue’. It is a global phenomenon, seen ‘from Britain to Bahrain, Canada to South Africa.’ Join us at this Sussex Development Lecture to hear ...

IDS staff and students have put together an essential reading and listening list for the year so far. Image: Olena Illustrations/Shutterstock. These books and ...

Back at the start of the year, there was a flurry of questions: where would the axe fall, and how deep, and how badly would the blow be compounded by other donors? We’d just finished writing our study ...

Egypt has a rich history of feminist activism, but progress on lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, and more (LGBTQI+) rights and women’s rights ‘remains elusive, characterized by ...