The research topics identified in this issue of the IDS Bulletin raise important questions for policy making and programme ...

IDS Director says that the FCDO annual report lays bare the reality and scale of cuts to UK support for countries with great ...

IDS researchers say new Prime Minister Andy Burnham should implement these ideas to deliver his ambitions for the whole of ...

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

The paper suggests that feminist politics in India has not disappeared under funding law repression and authoritarianism it has adapted.

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

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

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

In May 2025, we invited participants from our research to visit each others’ sites. Four people – two men and two women – from each our four sites – Mvurwi, Matobo, Gutu and Masvingo – were chosen by ...

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.