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What to do with a global majority: making the most of a UN tax convention

The negotiations on ‘Pillar One’ at the G20/OECD Inclusive Framework have shown quite how much effort governments are willing to devote to a negotiation the outcome of which may never come into effect. After attending negotiations on the United Nations Framework Convention on Tax earlier...

Martin Hearson

22 May 2024

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South Africa decides 2024 part 2: the state of the parties

True or false? First, one country holding elections this year has 350 registered political parties, 52 of which will appear on its national ballot. Second, one of the 350 is named ‘Basic Income Grant’ and promises to give every adult citizen free cash transfers every month. Or third, this...

Stephen Devereux

22 May 2024

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Visual methods and working with migrant people in an urban setting

Inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) systems in off-grid towns are an emerging area of concern as worldwide trends point towards a rapid movement of vulnerable rural populations migrating to towns. WASH systems for vulnerable populations migrating to the cities have always been a...

Prakash Ransing & 3 others

21 May 2024

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Towards a conflict-sensitive role for grassroot organisations in social protection in Sudan

A year of conflict has deepened the dire humanitarian crisis in Sudan. This crisis is deeply rooted in the poor governance of Sudan characterised by concentration of power and resources amongst a network of military, private and political elites. It is a political crisis with roots in a long...

Hassan-Alattar Satti

20 May 2024

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Economic democratising, environmental crisis and just transitions

Our blog series on ‘Democratising the economy for justice and legitimacy’, launched last year, discussed how the processes of environmental decay, social deprivation and economic and political concentration were both generating discontent and creating growing interest for democratising the...

Anabel Marín

Jodie Thorpe

16 May 2024

Student Opinion

Advocating for diversity and accessibility: reflections on a podcast

Jigyasa Agarwal, class of 2023 (Master’s in Governance, Development and Public Policy) guest-edited two episodes of IDS’ Between the Lines podcast. In the episode ‘Intersections in Education: Disability, Development, and Gender’ she interviewed three students from IDS and the...

Jigyasa Agarwal

16 May 2024

Student Opinion

IDS student with invisible disabilities reflects on accessibility

Ana Palma Garcia, graduate of the IDS MA Power, Participation & Social Change, won the DSA’s Masters Dissertation Prize 2024 for her work entitled: “Co-constructing notions of inclusion with Deaf women in Colombia throughout cooperative inquiry”. To celebrate Global Accessibility...

Ana Palma Garcia (IDS Alum)

16 May 2024

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CDI@10: Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis

The term Contribution Analysis was introduced by the late John Mayne 25 years ago when he wanted to motivate people involved in development programmes to look at their rationale and impact critically. It opened the field of impact evaluation to alternative methods, when econometric methodologies...

Giel Ton

16 May 2024

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Are we learning from the past? Cooling lessons from India’s extreme heat

Several parts of Asia are currently reeling under the effects of extreme heat. Although heatwaves are a common occurrence in this part of the world, the change in frequency, duration and intensity of extreme heat is creating challenges for preparedness and planning for day-to-day survival for...

Mihir Bhatt & 3 others

15 May 2024

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South Africa decides 2024 part 1: the state of the nation

On 29 May, South Africans will join voters from more than 60 countries at the polls this year. This is a pivotal moment in South African history, with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party facing defeat for the first time, 30 years since the first democratic election in April 1994...

Stephen Devereux

14 May 2024

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Can a new global wave of land redistribution emerge?

At the International Global Land Grabbing conference held recently in Bogota, Colombia, we held a ‘dialogue session’ with about 50 academics and activists, asking whether land redistribution had a future. I co-facilitated the session with Morgan Ody, the General Coordinator of La Via...

Ian Scoones

13 May 2024

Opinion

Our collective path: the Inclusive Rigour Co-Lab story

In 2021, as the world was facing COVID lockdowns, anxieties and isolation, a group of us from varied learning and evaluation backgrounds—academics, practitioners, peacebuilders—connected with each other. Our lives and work spanned different corners of the globe: Mali, South Sudan, Colombia,...

Marina Apgar & 10 others

7 May 2024

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What to do with a global majority: making the most of a UN tax convention

South Africa decides 2024 part 2: the state of the parties

Visual methods and working with migrant people in an urban setting

Towards a conflict-sensitive role for grassroot organisations in social protection in Sudan

Economic democratising, environmental crisis and just transitions

Advocating for diversity and accessibility: reflections on a podcast

Jigyasa Agarwal

IDS student with invisible disabilities reflects on accessibility

Ana Palma Garcia (IDS Alum)

CDI@10: Replace Impact Evaluation with Contribution Analysis

Are we learning from the past? Cooling lessons from India’s extreme heat

South Africa decides 2024 part 1: the state of the nation

Can a new global wave of land redistribution emerge?

Our collective path: the Inclusive Rigour Co-Lab story

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