Conflict, Fragility and Displacement, has launched to coincide with the IDS-hosted conference, organised by the  BASIC ...

With the window for applying for the Chevening Scholarship closing next month, we reached out to some IDS graduates who were ...

Mamdani’s campaign reminds us that democracy isn’t merely about elections, it is about how power is distributed and claimed.

Zimbabwe’s national statistical agency, ZimStat, recently reported that 76% of the national economy is informal. This should be of no surprise to anyone, but what to do about it is the big question ...

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

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 ...

Investment in global development – whatever we call it – needs to be accountable, and meaningful for those who count on it the most, as well as for those who contribute to investing in it – whether ...

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 ...

BASIC Research in Borno, Nigeria, demonstrates that the provision of social assistance can help build the capacity to escape poverty, even in crises. Studies show that social assistance improves poor ...