IDS’ Cities Cluster hosted a hybrid seminar examining the challenges and opportunities presented by the growing phenomenon of ...

In November 2022, the then Emergency Relief Coordinator (ERC), Martin Griffiths proposed an “initiative to pilot a people-centred, agile, locally-driven response in a number of countries” to the ...

As global dialogues focus increasingly on the interaction between trade and the environment, the United Kingdom has placed efforts to ensure that trade interventions complement its environmental ...

The EUDR and collaborating for just trade policy. The European Union (EU) has been a leading proponent of using trade policy to pursue its environmental goals. The value of imports into the EU are ...

This article examines how neoliberal reforms mediate and influence relationships between emergent powers and African nations centred on agricultural development. It investigates the impact of South- ...

There is growing debate on the need for transformational approaches to tackle the challenges facing development in the face of climate change. If current incremental approaches to preventing dangerous ...

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

has emerged around their relative efficacy. Some commentators see diversity as a continued source of strength, positioning foundations to address the complexity, contingency and negotiated nature of ...

This review of the evidence on sexuality and poverty is undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as part of a larger Accountable Grant from the UK Government’s Department for ...

In a world that is increasingly affected by a rise in authoritarianism and populist politics, our research supports the actors who are promoting progressive social change, helping them generate the ...

Nutrition surveillance – or the systematic and periodic collection of information on nutrition – is vital to the capacity of governments and other agencies to track their progress towards reducing ...

Mexico has unusually high rates of maternal mortality, particularly among poor, rural and indigenous communities. In 2005 the rate was 63.4 deaths per 100,000 live births, rising to 128 in the ...