This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

Dietary diversity is associated with household or individual food availability and intake of nutrients from different food groups and is an important component of nutritional outcome. This study ...

The original “Sussex Manifesto” called for radical change in international debate and action about harnessing science and technology to development. It challenged the commonly accepted global division ...

We are delighted to announce that our MA Food & Development is changing name to MA Food Systems & Sustainable Development.

Read the new blog by IDS Researcher Ian Scoones, "Zimbabwe is growing without transforming” says the World Bank, but what ...

Andy Burnham became Prime Minister with a pledge to decentralise decision-making away from Westminster and into the hands of regions, hailing it as the “biggest rebalancing of power our country has ...

This paper provides a synthesis of five case studies on the relationship between sexuality and law. These case studies were undertaken as part of the Sexuality, Poverty and Law theme of the ...

Opening Up Or Closing Down? Analysis, Participation And Power In The Social Appraisal Of Technology Published on 28 September 2026 ...

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This review of the evidence on sexuality and poverty is undertaken by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) as part of a larger Accountable Grant from the UK Government’s Department for ...

Governments around the world are starting to realise that engaging their citizens more in shaping the decisions that affect their everyday lives improves both legitimacy and the quality of public ...