IDS students from the MA Gender and Development programme share insights from their own national contexts, highlighting how ...

The taxation of the wealthy represents one of the key challenges for tax professionals and policymakers across the world, ...

As followers of this blog will know, I have recently been in South Africa where debates about land reform provoke strong reactions, particular when Zimbabwe is mentioned. At the end of August, ...

This policy brief reviews why the ‘goldmine argument’ - related to the taxation of informal economies - is false.

The global politics around protracted crises has shifted, with more commitment from donors to engage in these settings. Over the past 20 years, international support for social protection has grown, ...

This paper explores the evolving politics that shape international aid agendas and social assistance delivery in contexts of protracted crises.

Ahead of the G20 summit, IDS has been engaging with senior policymakers, including the South African government.

The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2025 highlights a powerful theme: Ending social and institutional ...

So, in conclusion, compulsory voting is undeniably effective at one thing: raising electoral turnout. For governments in ...

Land redistribution is not the flavour of the month. Many see it as impossible, an idealistic position more suited to the 1950s and 60s. Yet in an era of extreme inequality, when land concentration ...

To mark World Food Day, we caught up with MA Food & Development student Zoe Gowers, who shares her highlights of the ...

American academics facing threats to their work on health equities can apply to temporarily relocate to the UK to continue ...