An IDS alumni asks why the politics of fear strategy works so much better for some population targets than others?

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

Cornwall, A. (2002) Making spaces, changing places : situating participation in development. Working paper series, 170. Brighton: IDS.

Case Study Report: The Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience in Nepal Published on 30 July 2026 ...

This paper considers what Africa’s response should be to the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project. The paper acknowledges that BEPS concerns for developing countries (such as those ...

Expert research view on whether countries should follow the policies of Indonesia that led to its success with nickel mining.

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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 ...

This background paper focuses on the potential role that international science and technology ‘foresight-type’ activities might play in informing decision-making processes about innovation, ...

Initiatives relating to sexuality in the development and humanitarian sectors have been approached from a negative, risk-based perspective.

In this blog post, IDS student Zarak shares some top tips for finding a dissertation supervisor while doing your master’s at IDS.