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

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

IDS researchers and PhD candidates are out in force presenting at this year’s Development Studies Association (DSA) conference – the biggest of its kind in Europe – and which takes place in Dublin ...

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