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, ...

The American election result is a surprising and significant blow to those of us who believe in equitable and sustainable development globally. It tells us that the argument made for progressive ...

Since 2009, the Boko Haram insurgency has become the most prominent source of violence in northern Nigeria, particularly affecting the north-east. The group’s activities, including bombings, ...

The Israeli parliament voted 92-10 to ban the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), the single largest provider of humanitarian aid in occupied Palestine. The ban, if implemented, risks halt ...

Each year the Economic and Social Research Council funds a number of scholarships for research in the social sciences.

This article examines how neoliberal reforms mediate and influence relationships between emergent powers and African nations centred on agricultural development. It investigates the impact of South- ...

Heat adaptation interventions are essential for managing the health impacts of a changing climate. IDS is supporting HeatNexus (Heat Adaptation Nexus for Collaborative Research and Action), a cohort ...

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This paper reviews the evidence and concludes that, whether or not a ‘technical’ famine occurred, Israel’s use of food as a weapon of war against civilians in Gaza caused avoidable hunger and ...

The Centre for Rising Powers and Global Development is at the forefront of research and practical analysis that helps connect governments, donors, civil society, and academia to explore new way to ...

Resilience has, in the past four decades, been a term increasingly employed throughout a number of sciences: psychology and ecology, most prominently. Increasingly one finds it in political science, ...