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Whose realities count as targets of religious otherisation?

Participatory methodology is key to make visible the invisible survivors and victims of violence based on religion or belief. This week on the 22 August, the UN commemorates the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. While individuals experience violence for all kinds of...

Mariz Tadros

21 August 2023

Opinion

Flexible accumulation in the drylands: the role of informal institutions in southern Tunisia

This blog provides a brief overview of the eighth chapter of our newly published book Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development edited by Ian Scoones. This chapter reflects on the experience of young entrepreneurial pastoralists in Douiret in the drylands of Southern Tunisia, and how they are...

Linda Pappagallo

18 August 2023

Opinion

‘Ceylon Tea’, no sugar please

During the beginning of May 2023, I saw flyers for and joyful posts about ‘coronation tea’, with photos of the steaming hot drink alongside snacks and sweets. It was all very British, probably seemed like good fun to those people. To me, however, tea is closely intertwined with the story of...

Amalini De Sayrah, current IDS student

17 August 2023

Opinion

Durdiner (hard times) Diaries: Updates from the ground

In our Durdiner Diaries project (in Bangla, Hard times diaries), we have been tracking ‘new poor’ households in Bangladesh, studying their experiences of life before, during and after Covid. These are households that were not poor before Covid, but the impact of the pandemic made them...

Niranjan J. Nampoothiri & 7 others

17 August 2023

Opinion

Depoliticising politics

Lebanon’s political economy has long been characterised by the dominance of localist forms of governance, typified in the political familism and patrimonialisation of local leaders within communities in a political cultural of za’amatiyya (idolised leadership). In this blog, IDS student...

Marwan Issa, , current IDS student

16 August 2023

Opinion

Reversing domestic workers’ rights: Stories of backlash and resilience in Delhi

A period of crisis and upheaval is causing serious consequences for the rights of domestic workers. Conditions of economic precarity, work, and income insecurity have long characterised their lives. We are witnessing a clear backlash against domestic workers’ rights. Like other informal...

Sudarsana Kundu

Shraddha Chigateri

16 August 2023

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Zimbabwe’s election: what are the parties saying about land, agriculture and rural development?

At last one of the major parties contesting Zimbabwe’s election on August 23 has produced a manifesto – in this case the Citizens’ Coalition for Change (CCC), which was launched last week. ZANU-PF remain without one, claiming that they are running on their record. Other parties have...

Ian Scoones

14 August 2023

Opinion

Livestock insurance in southern Ethiopia: calculating risks, responding to uncertainties

This blog is based on the seventh chapter of the newly published book Pastoralism, Uncertainty and Development edited by Ian Scoones. Insurance is often proposed as a way of offsetting risks and responding to disasters. Index-based livestock insurance (IBLI) has been offered to pastoralists...

Masresha Taye

11 August 2023

Impact Story

Co-creating art to spur dialogue

From 2022 -2023, a number of projects at IDS have demonstrated how effective arts-based methods are in giving people a voice and facilitating meaningful and equitable dialogue. Migrant stylists and researchers co-create art installation A working nail salon in a glass pavilion in an Amsterdam...

10 August 2023

Opinion

Integrating law and nutrition in Zambia

The piece reports on a recent workshop convened in Lusaka, Zambia, which shared the findings of the research project “The ‘right to nutrition’ in its social, legal and political context” and what it means for Zambia, and enabled conversations to strengthen action on a right to nutrition...

Jody Harris & 2 others

8 August 2023

Opinion

Catch up on Zimbabweland – top blogs so far this year

The blog is taking a break for a few weeks as holidays and book-writing deadlines beckon. But there’s plenty to catch up on if you haven’t already. Here’s a list of the ‘top 10’ most viewed posts of 2023 (so far) that have been published during the year. This year there have been a...

Ian Scoones

7 August 2023

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7 August 2023

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Whose realities count as targets of religious otherisation?

Flexible accumulation in the drylands: the role of informal institutions in southern Tunisia

‘Ceylon Tea’, no sugar please

Durdiner (hard times) Diaries: Updates from the ground

Depoliticising politics

Reversing domestic workers’ rights: Stories of backlash and resilience in Delhi

Zimbabwe’s election: what are the parties saying about land, agriculture and rural development?

Livestock insurance in southern Ethiopia: calculating risks, responding to uncertainties

Co-creating art to spur dialogue

Integrating law and nutrition in Zambia

Catch up on Zimbabweland – top blogs so far this year

Positive outcomes from our professional development learning programme

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