Read the new blog from IDS researcher Ian Scoones titled 'Learning lessons about Zimbabwe’s land reform: A short film on the farmer exchange visits'.

On 10 July, alumni from the IDS MPhil in Development Studies class of 2006 (MP28) gathered in Brighton for a 20-year reunion.

Distrust in the state is widespread among young South Africans, contributing to polarisation and raising urgent questions for ...

This policy brief argues that the exchange of tax data must be understood and governed as an exercise of public authority.

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

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.

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 ...

This working paper examines if and how social protection systems and programmes can be sustained in conflict-affected contexts, with a particular focus on findings from the Better Assistance in Crises ...

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 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 ...

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 ...