Ahead of the G20 summit, IDS has been engaging with senior policymakers, including the South African government.

Land redistribution is not the flavour of the month. Many see it as impossible, an idealistic position more suited to the 1950s and 60s. Yet in an era of extreme inequality, when land concentration ...

Bringing together tax professional from low-income countries, this year’s Research on Tax and Development course has ...

Maybe it is clichéd to observe that we face unprecedented global polycrises, but our worlds do seem to be literally and ...

So, in conclusion, compulsory voting is undeniably effective at one thing: raising electoral turnout. For governments in ...

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2025 highlights a powerful theme: Ending social and institutional ...

Tackling critical contemporary challenges such as climate change, poverty and injustice requires knowledge co-creation and collaboration to inform decision-making that is based on local, national and ...

American academics facing threats to their work on health equities can apply to temporarily relocate to the UK to continue ...

Thousands of young people protested chronic power and water shortages across Madagascar, after long-term state failures.

To mark World Food Day, we caught up with MA Food & Development student Zoe Gowers, who shares her highlights of the ...

This briefing examines the politics of social assistance in Yemen, where support is dominated by international humanitarian aid. With contested authority, the Government of Yemen (GoY) has a limited ...

Hunger is a crime against the people of South Africa. Who are the criminals? South Africa’s Constitution commits the state, ...