Responding to the UK parliamentary report on global LGBT rights
In the run up to International Day Against Homophobia, IDS's Stephen Wood reflects on the UK All-Party Parliamentary report on global LGBT rights
In the run up to International Day Against Homophobia, IDS's Stephen Wood reflects on the UK All-Party Parliamentary report on global LGBT rights
Youth and young people are becoming a hot topic among development donors and actors. But who exactly do these "labels" apply to, and are they too broad for effective policies? Or do they create too narrow a focus which is blind to larger structural issues?
On the back of the tobacco boom, Mvurwi town in Mazowe district is humming. It had an estimated 2000 residents before land reform, but by 2012 the ZIMSTAT census report showed the population had gone up to 6500.
Many have criticised the Sustainable Development Goals for being overly broad and unrealistic. While a certain degree of ambition is necessary to drive changes, the fourth SDG (SDG4) on education already bears ten targets.
A call for papers has been issued for the Transformations 2017 conference in Dundee, UK. Transformations 2017 is the third in a biennial series of international interdisciplinary conferences that focuses on transformations towards sustainability.
Chatsworth is in Gutu district in Masvingo province. Before land reform it was important as a cattle loading siding run by the national railways. Surrounded by around 100 large-scale farms, mostly owned by whites, it was a centre for the ranching business.
In December 2015, Chinese President Xi Jinping flew into South Africa for the Forum on China-Africa Co-operation with great fanfare. Find out what is the real story of China in Africa on the ground, beyond the hype.
It has been sixteen years since Paul Crutzen and Eugene Stoermer first introduced the term 'Anthropocene' to signify that the 'growing impacts of human activities on earth and atmosphere' had reached planetary proportions.
The new 'Pathways' Network had its opening workshop in Buenos Aires recently. At the workshop, participants from Sweden, South Africa, Kenya, the UK, Argentina, USA/Mexico, India and China discussed research questions and how best to share learning.
Small towns near resettlement areas are booming. New business opportunities generated by a change in rural production systems has transformed opportunities. In the past these were very sleepy service centres for the surrounding large-scale commercial farms.
To celebrate IDS’s 50th anniversary this year, Nepal’s IDS Alumni Ambassador Jimmy Lama reports on the panel discussion exploring how Nepal can effectively respond to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Argentina's fifteen-year battle over debts to so-called “vulture funds” has finally come to an end. It began when four hedge funds refused to accept a debt restructuring proposal agreed by 93% of creditors. What can be done to put an end to such funds?