As part of our analysis of the story of land reform over 25 years, we have also been looking at communal areas that are nearby our A1 sites. These are where many people who invaded the farms and were ...

In this blog, we share how the K4DD programme is managing the transformation in the rapidly changing demand for evidence.

Biometric digital-ID cards should only be introduced once safeguards are in place, and with the consent and participation of ...

The world is experiencing more conflict now than since 1946. This blog explores state fragility and cascading climate risks ...

In this IDS Sparks event, we have selected four bold ideas which offer possibilities for tackling some of the biggest issues of 2026 ...

After decades of export-focused economic policy, Mexico is looking back at its domestic market. Last year, the government ...

This year is the 60th anniversary of the Institute of Development Studies based at the University of Sussex. IDS has been an independent institute linked to the university since June 1966, so the ...

On 3 January, a US-led military operation extracted Venezuela’s dictator Nicolas Maduro despite his careful and secret ...

Calls are mounting to shift towards a good enough approach for targeting social assistance in situations of protracted crises ...

This paper examines the distributional dynamics of zakat in Pakistan, helping understand non-state welfare provision in a Muslim-majority country.

The term ‘development’ has been central to global conversations for decades, but the way it is understood, practised, and questioned has shifted dramatically. In this Between the Lines podcast episode ...

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) announces today that Professor Anuradha Joshi has been appointed as its new ...