Compared to China or India, Brazil is a relatively small player, yet it has managed to make a mark in Africa and globally, especially under the leadership of charismatic its previous President Lula da Silva.
24 March 2016
Both hunger and undernutrition are widespread in Pakistan. This is despite the fact that food securityis often cited as a policy objective by the government and international donors. So what’s going wrong?
23 March 2016
China's top policymakers face the challenge of transforming the coal-dominant energy sector towards a cleaner, more efficient and safer energy system against the background of slowing economic growth.
22 March 2016
IDS's Ben Ramalingam reflects on the story of 'a lucky man' and our approach to development.
21 March 2016
I spent much of last week at the final conference of a project I have been involved in over the past 4 years on zoonoses, ecosystems and wellbeing in Africa. The conference highlighted the idea of ‘One Health’, aimed at linking human, livestock and ecosystem health.
21 March 2016
Kay Lalor synthesizes of some of the key arguments and ongoing conversations from the new Edited Collection, in which contributors examined the role of law in sexual and gender justice.
18 March 2016
Human relationships are the unquantifiable that must be accounted for in global health according to the editor of a new STEPS book on One Health. "We are destroying the planet, and becoming caged rats or dogs.
17 March 2016
Reflections on the World Bank Fragility Forum which met recently to discuss how to meet the challenges of fragile and conflict affected states.
16 March 2016
Co-organised by the Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa Consortium and the Zoological Society of London with support from the Royal Society, this symposium is bringing together leading experts from different fields to discuss ‘healthy ecosystems, healthy people’.
15 March 2016
I want to share valuable insights I gained into making participatory workshops more inclusive, especially for people living with disabilities, following a recent experience where I was fortunate to facilitate a workshop in Uganda.
15 March 2016
La volatilidad en los precios de los alimentos afecta, en las sociedades modernas, a la producción de alimentos sanos y a los habitos alimentarios de las personas y la vida misma.
14 March 2016
A few weeks back we hosted a conference on 'Contested Agronomy'. I was asked to provide some comments in the final session. I first wondered how agronomy and the practice and politics of agricultural research had changed in recent decades.
14 March 2016
