Zohra Jalal, MA Gender & Development and Chevening Scholar, outlines the key pieces of advice for applying for this funding.

Germany’s initial open-door policy quickly gave way to political backlash, societal tensions, and restrictive shifts in ...

This framing paper, developed by the World Food Programme (WFP) and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), outlines the ...

IDS Researcher Robert Chambers books (authored or co-authored) have been made open access for all to read for free.

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...