Publishing an IDS thesis – better late than never
IDS Alumnus, Wadan Narsey, blogs about publishing his thesis, and his active involvement during the 30 years prior, working locally in Fiji on development issues.
8 February 2016
IDS Alumnus, Wadan Narsey, blogs about publishing his thesis, and his active involvement during the 30 years prior, working locally in Fiji on development issues.
8 February 2016
As the lightning emergence of Zika virus comes just as the Ebola crisis in West Africa appears finally to be under control, what are the implications of the virus on sexual and reproductive health and rights?
8 February 2016
One of the many exciting things I did when visiting our field sites in Zimbabwe at the end of last year, was to help hand out a new set of booklets based on our ‘Space, Markets, Employment and Agricultural Development’ project, that has now concluded.
8 February 2016
Last week, the government of India announced 20 cities as winners of the recently concluded 'Smart City Challenge'. The government claims that smartening the cities will make them inclusive and sustainable, through the adoption of 'smart solutions'.
5 February 2016
As the Institute of Development Studies enters its fiftieth year, it is fitting that its flagship publication, the IDS Bulletin, should turn to an open-access mode of publication.
4 February 2016
Reflections on the latest World Development Report and insights from IDS's Ben Ramalingam on how we can unlock digital dividends for the 4 billion have-nots
4 February 2016
The China Africa Research Initiative has announced the Fall 2015 winners of its SAIS-CARI Fellowship Programme. Research projects will start between January 2016 and April 2016, and two researchers associated with STEPS are among the winners.
3 February 2016
Last week the House of Lords voted against the plans to scrap the child poverty target with a clear majority of 92. Much credit goes out to the passionate and perseverant activities of anti-poverty campaigners, NGOs and wider public argues Keetie Roelen.
2 February 2016
Over the last year or so we have been doing some work exploring how the Indian seed sector might contribute to African agriculture, boosting productivity and assisting in particular smaller, poorer farmers.
1 February 2016
31 January 2016
On Thursday, India announced the first 20 cities to receive funding to become 'Smart Cities'. It's a high profile mission to modernise and transform urban infrastructure, especially using digital technologies like sensor networks and data centres.
31 January 2016
Despite recent OECD agreement on international tax cooperation, disputes between countries over Google tax payments hints at potential for "global tax wars" amongst OECD countries
29 January 2016