As the 16 Days of Activism gets underway, an IDS student shares a powerful account of escaping war in Sudan through a ...

This Working Paper examines the role of social assistance in supporting coping, adaptation, and resilience, given the impacts of climate change and violent conflict in Niger.

The Government of Zambia (GoZ) and the UK Institute of Development Studies (IDS) organised a Solutions Session at this Summit which took place last week. It was designed to bring closer together the ...

Research conducted by the BASIC Research programme examined the implications of targeting choices in the northern states of Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders across federal, state and ...

This report highlights outcomes and recommendations from the T20 Side Event ‘Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Clean Energy Transition’, held in ...

Tahira Mohamed reflects on discussions from the recent BASIC Research International Conference ‘Social and Humanitarian Assistance in Crises: agendas, ambitions and aspirations for more effective ...

The A2 farms in Matobo are in some of the most remote parts of the district. These are predominantly livestock farming areas, with cattle being the dominant livestock type. Getting to these areas in ...

Zimbabwe’s new agrarian structure arose out of a political deal during the land reform of 2000 when land was allocated to both smallholders (A1 areas) and medium-scale farms (A2). A2 farms were ...

This paper presents findings from three case studies, covering Ethiopia, Niger and Nigeria that examine the issue of targeting social assistance in contexts of protracted crisis.

COP30 in Belém, local authorities in the UK are grappling with Local Nature Recovery Strategies (LNRS) to meet Nationally Determined Contributions in Sussex ...

The Catalytic Agenda social protection calls for stronger, sustained financing in fragile contexts and sets out a high-level roadmap for long-term reform.