Using the case study of the Kibera slums, this paper takes a medical anthropological approach to discuss and explain the untold and common practice among the urban poor in developing countries that is ...

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, ...

When it comes to elections, narrative building can go in either direction. Two more IDS alumni discuss the Indian elections.

The relationships between energy and development are complex, compounded by increasingly differentiated situations amongst developing countries and within them. Moreover, the manner in which energy ...

has emerged around their relative efficacy. Some commentators see diversity as a continued source of strength, positioning foundations to address the complexity, contingency and negotiated nature of ...

The Great Green Wall initiative is a tree planting restoration project that stretches from Senegal to Djibouti, 5,000 miles (8,000km) across Africa’s Sahel region. It is failing in its aims and needs ...

There was a period in the late 19th and 20th centuries when the worlds of art and science were seen as opposed to one another ...

We are pleased to announce the launch of the Knowledge for Development and Diplomacy (K4DD) programme, supporting the UK ...

Watch now Just over a year out from the COP30 climate conference in Belém, unprecedented drought and devastating fires have reminded the world that the Amazon rainforest is still critically threatened ...

This K4DD report explores the effectiveness of different approaches to community-based conservation in East Africa and their ...

The debate on the role of business, markets and states in development has a long history, marked by divergent and often strongly held perspectives, but also relatively rapid shifts in understanding ...

Moyo, B (2011) 'Transformative Innovations in African Philanthropy' The Bellagio Initiative, Brighton: IDS ...