Stephen D. Biggs, who has recently died, was at IDS from 1969 to 1973 and was part of a group who went on to make ...

Gaining access to land for the next generation is a struggle in Zimbabwe. There is huge demand as the last blog discussed, but there are very few simple options. Many young people have to cobble ...

Humanitarian action is essential to support people facing crisis, save lives, assist their recovery, maintain their dignity, ...

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 ...

Resilience has, in the past four decades, been a term increasingly employed throughout a number of sciences: psychology and ecology, most prominently. Increasingly one finds it in political science, ...

The National Policy for Children 2013 adopted by the Government of India in April 2013, adheres to the Constitutional mandate and guiding principles of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of ...

Notions of ‘progress’ pervade the modern world. Yet, ‘north’ and ‘south’ alike, policymaking for progress in innovation, sustainability and development tends to be ambiguous. Politicians speak of “the ...

Unpaid care work and social protection are intrinsically linked. Women and girls’ uptake of social protection provisions is affected by their unpaid care work responsibilities. Conversely these ...

Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, social protection in Syria has undergone rapid and profound changes. These are examined in a Briefing Paper based on background reports by ...

In a rapidly evolving global trade and development landscape, addressing trade-related challenges through aid for trade (AfT) remains highly relevant.

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) provides important lessons on Right to Food for ...