Institute of Development Studies1dOpinion
Research and action to tackle antimicrobial resistance and infectious diseases
The 21st century has seen an upsurge in health threats which are complex both in their origins and how they play out in the ...
Institute of Development Studies1d
Key Considerations: Mutual Aid Lessons and Experiences From Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan
The civil war in the Republic of Sudan, which began in April 2023, has fuelled and exacerbated an already severe humanitarian crisis. As of September 2024, over 25 million people – half the country’s ...
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Institute of Development Studies1dOpinion
Global health must be a central pillar of the UK’s reengagement with China
Following Foreign Secretary David Lammy’s visit to Beijing as part of an effort to normalise relations, we need to think through reengagement with China on global health and development.
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New funding to improve risk modelling for bird flu
The ‘Zoonotic influenza preparedness: a transdisciplinary One Health approach’ (ZIP) project seeks to develop new ways of thinking about the risks factors for bird flu (avian influenza), a disease whi ...
Institute of Development Studies3dOpinion
Why don’t governments collect more revenue? The answer is complex but here are some new insights
Lack of trust and cooperation may lead ministries to agree to unnecessarily low annual revenue collection targets for tax ...
Institute of Development Studies1d
Is extreme rainfall leading to ‘green drought’ in Western India?
Climate change is causing shifts in rainfall patterns across the world, damaging agriculture and livelihoods and impacting millions of lives globally. In India, farmers in rural Gujarat are caught in ...
Institute of Development Studies3dOpinion
Disability as an international development issue: an IDS perspective
It is often assumed that people with disabilities are a small minority group. However, the latest global estimates are that ...
Institute of Development Studies2d
Key Considerations: Humanitarian Responses to Famine and War in Sudan
The Republic of Sudan is suffering a catastrophic famine. The entire country is in food crisis or food emergency. In July 2024, the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) declared famine ...
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Breaking the Next Taboo: Menstrual Hygiene within CLTS
Menstruation is a natural and healthy part of the life of women and girls, but is often a taboo subject, not easily talked about, which can lead to feelings of embarrassment and shame. It can also ...
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First two students begin double master’s as the result of Brazilian partnership
IDS has partnered with Escola de Administração de Empresas de São Paulo (FGV EAESP) on a double master’s programme, offering ...
Institute of Development Studies7dOpinion
Placing youth at the centre of agrifood systems research and practice
Today’s youth generation holds a large stake in the future of sustainable agrifood systems worldwide. Youth are recognised as ...
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Institute of Development Studies4dOpinion
A new politics of uncertainty? From risk to uncertainty, from control to care
As the Navigating Uncertainty book shows, the politics of risk are centred on calculative, technocratic control, where we assume we can predict, model and manage. A politics of uncertainty by contrast ...