New research from the International Centre for Tax and Development (ICTD) provides crucial insights into the challenges and ...

The stop order on USAID is damaging critical humanitarian and development work around the world, says Peter Taylor, Director ...

A System in Flux Since 2015, the social assistance system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI) has been largely inactive due to fiscal constraints, political instability, and administrative ...

The launch of this global initiative was one of three priorities of the Brazilian G20 Presidency. There is no world leader ...

What are the new businesses being established in the small towns of Zimbabwe? As the last blog has illustrated our long-term study of Mvurwi, Chatsworth and Maphisa shows a variety of changes, with ...

Lucas dos Santos Miranda, MA Globalisation, Business & Development student, joined IDS as part of a double master’s programme ...

The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy.

Understanding and advancing how evidence can be used to inform decisions to improve people’s lives is a crucial priority for IDS. This is especially important for evidence-led solutions that need to ...

Bruna Viana de Freitas studied MA Power, Participation & Social Change (MAP) at IDS in 2021-22 and went on to set up Cúrcuma, a consultancy working with participatory approaches for justice and ...

The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) proudly celebrates the graduation of its 2025 cohort, marking a momentous ...

Aranya Sawhney Malik, MA Development Studies student blogs about the importance of studying international development.