This new IDS Between the Lines podcast features experts who are talking about who powers innovation systems in Africa.

This paper examines the political economy of the agricultural policy processes in Malawi through the lenses of the fertilizer subsidy programme that has raised the profile of the country on the ...

Taking Syria as a country case study from 2011–24 when the Assad regime fell, this paper assesses whether existing social protection programmes – notably consumption subsidies, pensions, and the ...

A South Asian student gives their view on climate change and living in London during the record-breaking heatwave.

This briefing note explores what happened to social protection in Syria in the months that followed the fall of the Assad regime. It identifies spaces for social protection reform and rehabilitation.

This working paper is one of a series exploring if and how social protection is sustained in situations of conflict. Taking Iraq as a country case study, and focusing especially on areas affected by ...

This June, the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) celebrated the 60th anniversary of its foundation in the midst of the First Development Decade (1960-70). This anniversary is an opportunity to ...

When Donald Trump stood on the White House lawn in April 2025 holding a large, laminated poster announcing the first round of trade tariffs to be imposed on different countries, the Trade Policy ...

This working paper reviews research about how social protection systems and programmes can be made more resilient in crisis situations, especially conflict settings. It draws on country case studies ...

If climate policy is to become more grounded, more inclusive and more effective, the challenge is not only to improve the ...