Accountability is now a buzzword in contemporary development debates. It is central to development policy, whether government accountability (as a central component of good governance), corporate ...

Prioritise critical minerals for renewables to meet electrification goals at COP31, say researchers at the Institute of ...

Social insurance systems have played a major role in the development of modern fiscal states. In high-income countries they have both been a large source of public revenue, and have supported wider ...

How do we evaluate food systems change when interventions keep adapting, many actors influence outcomes, and the changes we ultimately seek may take years to emerge? Agricultural ...

As we mark the International Day of Care and Support, Misturah Owolabi-Adeyemi – MA Gender & Development student (class of 2027) and Commonwealth Shared Scholar – reflects on how we talk about care ...

The protests in the world’s largest democracy have been over India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls ...

During his campaign, Lula called out his rival’s closeness to Trump – including Flávio Bolsonaro’s promise to hand over ...

John Gaventa, who has been a valued colleague at IDS for the past 30 years, including as a previous Director of Research, reflects on his time at the Institute as he moves on to retirement. Looking ...

The media analysis of femicide presented in this working paper is part of the multiyear programme Lost Souls, White Bowls: Documenting Vietnamese Femicide through Art, Documentary, and Research.

This event brings together researchers from Bangladesh, the United States and the UK to discuss AI governance in the Global South.

Read the new blog by IDS Researcher Peter Taylor, 'The “Equitable partnerships” conundrum: Reflecting on how aspirations for equity in large research consortia can lead to action.' ...