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The Zambezi Valley Refrain: A Story of Empowerment

Guest blog by Diana Conyers, a former colleague at IDS at Sussex, and someone who worked for many years in Zimbabwe. Her discussion of a new book - The Zambezi Valley Refrain: The Story of Basilwizi identifies some key ingredients for successful local development.

Diana Conyers

30 May 2016

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Iran’s environmental crisis: mindful of depicting a dystopian future

In our age of computers and satellites, our sense of both urgency and fear has become central to the process of addressing environmental challenges. This sense of necessity for urgent action can be seen in calls to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and extinctions, ocean acidification, etc.

27 May 2016

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Maharashtra needs to take a long-term view of drought

Shilpi Srivastava reflects on the extreme drought in India. Whilst important measures have been taken to address it, Shilpi argues that it is time that Indian states takes a long term perspective on water regulation and its allocation.

Shilpi Srivastava

27 May 2016

Opinion

Graduation – how to do it responsibly

Despite some evidence of success in terms of ‘graduating’ individuals out of poverty through graduation programmes, not all the attention has been positive. Keetie Roelen, Stephen Devereux and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler argue the need for 'responsible graduation'.

Stephen Devereux & 2 others

24 May 2016

Opinion

Needs of the poorest must be central to tackling antibiotic resistance

Launched last week is a major report on tackling AMR. Gerry Bloom and Annie Wilkinson fully support its call for world leaders to build a global coalition for action but urge them to make the poorest communities central to the solution.

24 May 2016

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Why we need to reveal the hidden connections at the heart of cities

Urban areas are intense meeting points of people and cultures, but they're also places where more or less visible interactions happen: between the infrastructures and systems of water, energy, food and other resources.

23 May 2016

Opinion

Putting children at the centre of social protection in Nepal

The Centre for Social Protection and Save the Children have launched a report highlighting the need to address challenges in improving support and care for children in Nepal, following significant efforts by the government to tackle child poverty.

Keetie Roelen

Helen Karki Chettri

23 May 2016

Opinion

The Wicked Foundations of the Anthropocene

The Anthropocene describes how human society has now become the dominant force on Earth’s geology and ecosystems. We have an unprecedented ability to control the world around us, yet we are using this power to destroy the preconditions for our own existence, and we seem strangely unable to do...

23 May 2016

Opinion

Small towns and economic development: lessons from Zimbabwe

At Independence in 1980, the new government set about investing in new infrastructure aimed at redressing the imbalances of the colonial past, as described by K.H. Wekwete. This included a focus on small urban centres.

Ian Scoones

23 May 2016

Opinion

Needs of the poorest must be central to tackling antibiotic resistance

Gerry Bloom and Annie Wilkinson support the call for global action to address antibiotic resistance by a report launched this week. Yet, they urge world leaders at the WHA and G7 to consider the needs of the poorest as central to a solution.

Gerald Bloom

Annie Wilkinson

20 May 2016

Opinion

Ebola initiatives shortlisted for ESRC Impact Prize

The Ebola Response Anthropology Platform (ERAP) and the related Ebola: lessons for development initiatives have been shortlisted for the prestigious Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) Outstanding International Impact Prize.

20 May 2016

Opinion

How will the Sustainable Development Goals be implemented in Tanzania?

IDS alumni in Tanzania recently came together to celebrate IDS’ 50th Anniversary and discuss how Tanzania can respond effectively to the new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Mary Kalavo

19 May 2016

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The Zambezi Valley Refrain: A Story of Empowerment

Iran’s environmental crisis: mindful of depicting a dystopian future

Maharashtra needs to take a long-term view of drought

Graduation – how to do it responsibly

Needs of the poorest must be central to tackling antibiotic resistance

Why we need to reveal the hidden connections at the heart of cities

Putting children at the centre of social protection in Nepal

The Wicked Foundations of the Anthropocene

Small towns and economic development: lessons from Zimbabwe

Needs of the poorest must be central to tackling antibiotic resistance

Ebola initiatives shortlisted for ESRC Impact Prize

How will the Sustainable Development Goals be implemented in Tanzania?

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