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Feminism, unpaid care, and getting a job in the policy space

Harshita Kumari, MA Gender & Development Class of 2023, shares her advice for those looking for a job in development and public policy, such as engaging with immersive fellowship programmes that give vital experience working on live policy projects. Harshita works at the Quantum Hub, a...

Harshita Kumari, MA Gender & Development Class of 2023

7 March 2025

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Femicide in Vietnam: a crime without words to describe it

The act of murder is incomprehensible to most of us. We consume murder mysteries and detective stories on screen and in books, trying to understand the motivations and tipping points that lead someone to take another life. But when it comes to femicide — the killing of women and girls because...

Pauline Oosterhoff

Tu-Anh Hoang

5 March 2025

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A critical role for mixed methods research and evaluation on poverty and inequality

Anabel was born in 1978 into a non-poor household in Borno, Nigeria, where her father owned a cattle business with her uncle. Upon the death of her uncle, her father stopped the business, which temporarily pushed the family into poverty. Working on the farm collaboratively with her husband,...

Vidya Diwakar

4 March 2025

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How do young people get land in post-land reform Zimbabwe?

Gaining access to land for the next generation is a struggle in Zimbabwe. There is huge demand as the last blog discussed, but there are very few simple options. Many young people have to cobble together different sources of land, perhaps waiting for a formal allocation or an inheritance. We...

Ian Scoones

3 March 2025

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Prioritise, Reform, Protect and Prevent: Skills to support humanitarian action

Humanitarian action is essential to support people facing crisis, save lives, assist their recovery, maintain their dignity, and increase their resilience. Developing our humanitarian knowledge, skills, and abilities is crucial if we are to prevent and respond to the multiple and protracted...

Brigitte Rohwerder & 2 others

3 March 2025

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Stephen D. Biggs: An appreciation of his professional life

Stephen D. Biggs, who has recently died, was at IDS from 1969 to 1973 and was part of a group who went on to make long-lasting and pioneering contributions to rural development and wider development policy and action. Below is an appreciation of his academic life from colleagues who knew him...

Simon Maxwell & 9 others

28 February 2025

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Mind the gap – What forms of social protection might replace subsidies in post-Assad Syria?

Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, social protection in Syria has undergone rapid and profound changes. These are examined in a Briefing Paper based on background reports by researchers for Proximity International as part of the BASIC Research Programme. Ten researchers across...

Rachel Slater

Alexandrine Dupras

27 February 2025

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15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions

At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live healthy lives. This is due to a combination of factors, including unemployment, poverty, inequality and food system failures. More than 1,000...

Stephen Devereux & 2 others

26 February 2025

Opinion

Adapting to a heating planet: Lessons from a global convening on heat and health

Earlier this month, Cape Town became a powerhouse of collaboration, invention, and dedication to addressing one of humanity's most serious challenges: adjusting to an increasingly warming climate. This was the second convening of The Heat Adaptation Research for Action (HeatNexus) Network, a...

Nasreen Jessani

Thabiso Mphisa

26 February 2025

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Reforzando el Derecho a la Alimentación a través de la cooperación en nutrición

Click here to read the English version of this blog. La Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el desarrollo, es pequeña en términos monetarios, pero con un gran impacto en nutrición. Este impacto se consigue mediante la promoción de cambios legislativos y desarrollo de...

Santiago Ripoll

Fiorella Paredes

25 February 2025

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Strengthening the Right to Food through nutrition initiatives

Click here to read the Spanish version of this blog. The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) has a great impact on improving nutrition for people globally, despite its limited budget. The impact is achieved by using the bilateral aid to support the partner...

Santiago Ripoll

Fiorella Paredes

25 February 2025

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What do young people do and where in post-land reform Zimbabwe?

With a whole new generation of young people demanding land and livelihoods across the land reform areas, we have been asking what are young people doing to make a living and where? In our study we have two cohorts of young people linked to our core household sample across our sites. The first...

Ian Scoones

24 February 2025

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Feminism, unpaid care, and getting a job in the policy space

Femicide in Vietnam: a crime without words to describe it

A critical role for mixed methods research and evaluation on poverty and inequality

How do young people get land in post-land reform Zimbabwe?

Prioritise, Reform, Protect and Prevent: Skills to support humanitarian action

Stephen D. Biggs: An appreciation of his professional life

Mind the gap – What forms of social protection might replace subsidies in post-Assad Syria?

15 million South Africans don’t get enough to eat every day: 4 solutions

Adapting to a heating planet: Lessons from a global convening on heat and health

Reforzando el Derecho a la Alimentación a través de la cooperación en nutrición

Strengthening the Right to Food through nutrition initiatives

What do young people do and where in post-land reform Zimbabwe?

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