New research from the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) provides crucial insights into the challenges and ...

The stop order on USAID is damaging critical humanitarian and development work around the world, says Peter Taylor, Director ...

A System in Flux Since 2015, the social assistance system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has been largely inactive due to fiscal constraints, political instability, and administrative ...

The launch of this global initiative was one of three priorities of the Brazilian G20 Presidency. There is no world leader ...

What are the new businesses being established in the small towns of Zimbabwe? As the last blog has illustrated our long-term study of Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa shows a variety of changes, with ...

Lucas dos Santos Miranda, MA Globalisation, Business & Development student, joined IDS as part of a double master’s programme ...

The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy.

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 background paper focuses on the potential role that international science and technology ‘foresight-type’ activities might play in informing decision-making processes about innovation, ...

Dietary diversity is associated with household or individual food availability and intake of nutrients from different food groups and is an important component of nutritional outcome. This study ...

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) proudly celebrates the graduation of its 2025 cohort, marking a momentous ...

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 ...