As the world experiences a decline in democracy, nearly three out of four people now live in countries with autocratic ...

Investment in global development – whatever we call it – needs to be accountable, and meaningful for those who count on it ...

Women from religious minority communities in Asia and Africa are groomed for sexual exploitation and coerced religious ...

This Research Briefing explores PSNP effectiveness by evaluating whether households leaving, or “graduating”, are (1) Better off than when they first entered; (2) Better off than those remaining; and ...

Maroof Khan attended our Enabling Empowered CEI in Global Health Research short course, in his capacity as CEI Manager.

This Policy Briefing synthesises emerging lessons from research conducted by the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research programme, predominantly in the northeastern region of the country (which ...

IDS-led research is using innovative ways to work collaboratively with women’s rights activists for gender justice.

The existing wisdom on efforts to promote accountability highlights the importance of ‘thinking and working politically’ and moving from confrontational to collaborative approaches. This is ...

MA experience leads to collaboration for policy change A module during her MA Development Studies (2023–24) prompted Nooreen ...

Nigeria recently overhauled its tax and revenue systems, an achievement in which ICTD tax course alumnus has played a ...

As our current strategy period draws to a close, the IDS 2024-25 Annual Review provides an opportunity to celebrate the successes of the last twelve months, and to examine the longer-term influence of ...

As part of our ongoing research on Zimbabwe’s land reform after 25 years, we have been exploring what is meant by ‘home’ and ‘belonging’. Across around 100 interviews undertaken in all our sites, we ...