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South-North research partnerships making progress on understanding education

Last week, researchers from the ESRC FCDO funded Raising Learning Outcomes programme (RLO) gathered in Nairobi to discuss the implications of a decade’s research produced by global South and North partnerships. A panel of educational researchers, practitioners and professionals from Kenya...

Ricardo Sabates

James Georgalakis

20 November 2024

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New entrants in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas

The demand for land in Zimbabwe was not resolved by the major land reform in 2000. Far from it. Many people missed out, and new generations too young to benefit from allocations nearly 25 years ago are seeking land for farming. With the urban economy continuing to contract and with limited...

Ian Scoones

18 November 2024

Opinion

Building livelihood resilience for equitable and sustainable rural futures

Rural areas in the Global South are evolving, as are the challenges and opportunities facing people in these areas. Resilient livelihoods enable rural people to adapt to, and with, changing challenges and opportunities: they are integral to movement toward more equitable and...

Lídia Cabral & 7 others

15 November 2024

Opinion

Supporting African think tanks makes sense – and why more support is needed

Policy making is a messy business. While rationality and certainty are often viewed as desirable traits, the reality is that policy processes in the vast majority of contexts involve multiple actors, and are highly contested, volatile, uncertain, and complex. Policy-making is a political...

Peter Taylor

Maria Alejandra Ormeño Oviedo, IDS Student, MA in Governance, Development, and Public Policy

13 November 2024

Opinion

The people’s historian, Pathisa Nyathi, has died

The famed self-trained historian Pathisa Nyathi has died aged 73 as a result of complications with diabetes. He has been described by many as a brilliant historian, a living library, an archive of Zimbabwean history, as well as a beloved father, dedicated mentor and cultural icon. He was at the...

Ian Scoones

11 November 2024

Opinion

Trump’s victory shows that we need to remake the case for progressive policies

The American election result is a surprising and significant blow to those of us who believe in equitable and sustainable development globally.

Peter Taylor

8 November 2024

Opinion

Israel’s long war against UNRWA

On 28 October 2024, the Israeli parliament voted 92-10 to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the single largest provider of humanitarian aid in occupied Palestine. The ban, if implemented, risks halting the delivery of already woefully insufficient lifesaving...

Stephen Devereux

Philip Proudfoot

7 November 2024

Opinion

We interviewed 83 tax collectors in Malawi and here is what we learned

Tax specialists have a great deal to say about how African tax collectors could work better but rarely seem to ask the tax collectors themselves – and certainly not through a large-scale effort and in an open-minded approach. That is what Nyanyiwe Sulu did in 2023. She sent a...

Nyanyiwe Sulu

Mick Moore

29 October 2024

Opinion

Unlocking the power of social protection

Two decades ago, IDS published a working paper called ‘Transformative Social Protection’ that would prove to have enormous influence on social protection thinking and development policy. The fundamental idea was that social protection should extend beyond its narrow initial focus on...

Jeremy Lind & 3 others

28 October 2024

Opinion

Navigating uncertainty: a blog compilation

Over the last 8 weeks I have provided a summary of each of the chapters of my new book, Navigating Uncertainty: Radical Rethinking for a Turbulent World. Published by Polity Books, it came out in Europe in August and in the US in October. It’s free to download or you can buy a copy with a...

Ian Scoones

28 October 2024

Opinion

Global health must be a central pillar of the UK’s reengagement with China

Following Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s visit to Beijing as part of an effort to normalise relations, we need to think through reengagement with China on global health and development. This is important given the background of huge global challenges and a contested international landscape...

Lewis Husain

Professor Richard Sullivan

24 October 2024

Opinion

Research and action to tackle antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases

The 21st century has seen an upsurge in health threats which are complex both in their origins and how they play out in the world. Better understanding of these threats and who they effect, when and why, is essential if people and governments are to be best prepared for them, responses are to be...

Syed Abbas & 3 others

24 October 2024

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South-North research partnerships making progress on understanding education

New entrants in Zimbabwe’s land reform areas

Building livelihood resilience for equitable and sustainable rural futures

Supporting African think tanks makes sense – and why more support is needed

The people’s historian, Pathisa Nyathi, has died

Trump’s victory shows that we need to remake the case for progressive policies

Israel’s long war against UNRWA

We interviewed 83 tax collectors in Malawi and here is what we learned

Unlocking the power of social protection

Navigating uncertainty: a blog compilation

Global health must be a central pillar of the UK’s reengagement with China

Research and action to tackle antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases

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