To avoid this harm, governments and investors must include front-line communities in decision making rather than tokenistic consultation.

Researchers call for a new shared, international commitment to tackle antimicrobial resistance as a global public good.

There has been a growing interest in China’s rapid economic growth, particularly agriculture-led growth and poverty reduction. In fact, China and Africa have developed their agriculture under ...

Using the case study of the Kibera slums, this paper takes a medical anthropological approach to discuss and explain the untold and common practice among the urban poor in developing countries that is ...

This report explores effective civil society networks, how such networks can improve advocacy and social accountability.

The A2 farms in Matobo are in some of the most remote parts of the district. These are predominantly livestock farming areas, with cattle being the dominant livestock type. Getting to these areas in ...

There is a growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings. Drawing lessons from the ...

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, ...

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 ...

During COP30, IDS is co-hosting a side event on The Central Role of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities in Just Energy ...

Reflection on how social protection in protracted crises can be reimagined through better coordination, national leadership ...

Our research partnerships examine how to tackle deeply entrenched inequalities that lead to social and economic injustices. Our work draws attention to the needs of people living in chronic poverty, ...