In the second time in as many years, the World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a new Global Public Health Emergency: the Zika virus crisis has been born.
22 February 2016
The El Niño drought is hitting hard this year. Livestock in particular are suffering, as grass and water are scarce. Some fear that it could be as bad as 1991-92 when around a million cattle died.
22 February 2016
What does design for development actually mean in practice and how can we strengthen design for development and humanitarian work?
19 February 2016
The partial usage of toilets is a frontier subject for Community-Led Total Sanitation as well as the broader sanitation sector. Some members of a household may not use a toilet at all, while others may only use it some of the time.
18 February 2016
Ahead of the Contested Agronomy Conference, this blog post sets the stage for the debate and provides new insights to the understanding of knowledge politics within development-oriented agronomy, and the implications in the developing world.
18 February 2016
The STEPS Centre stand in full solidarity and support for colleagues at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), India after hearing of the circumstances leading to the arrests and raids carried out on the JNU campus in the last few days.
17 February 2016
STEPS member Dominic Glover spoke on Tuesday 16 February at the FAO's International Symposium on agricultural biotechnology in Rome. A video is available.
17 February 2016
IDS alumni, former staff members and research partners gathered at the Oxfam America offices in Washington, DC, on the night of January 28th to learn about and discuss the new IDS strategy.
17 February 2016
IDS Alumna Elena Olascoaga blogs about raising gender awareness and the projects she has led since leaving IDS.
15 February 2016
Why is it that droughts always seem to surprise, despite the warnings? The current El Niño drought is no exception, and the patterns of response (and lack of response) are remarkably familiar when looking back at the 1991-92 El Niño drought.
15 February 2016
What can development innovation learn from the discovery of gravitational waves? IDS's Digital Cluster leader explains.
12 February 2016
Think tanks could be muzzled by UK charity anti-advocacy clause despite governments focus on research uptake.
10 February 2016
