After weeks of mounting demonstrations in Madagascar, Gen Z Mada social movement has mobilised to bring about change.
Join us for this special Sussex Development Lecture in which Dr Suraj Milind Yengde will talk about this book Caste: A Global ...
Despite its potential to provide councils with independent financial resources, Sri Lanka's rate assessment system remains underutilized.
The taxation of the wealthy represents one of the key challenges for tax professionals and policymakers across the world, ...
IDS students from the MA Gender and Development programme share insights from their own national contexts, highlighting how ...
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.
Ahead of the G20 summit, IDS has been engaging with senior policymakers, including the South African government.
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 ...
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 investigates the politics of social assistance in protracted crises, focusing on the nexus of social protection and humanitarian assistance.
The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty 2025 highlights a powerful theme: Ending social and institutional ...