Research Themes Explore Learn Learn at IDS Considering studying at IDS? Reasons to study at IDS Postgraduate degrees Learning for development Visiting research students News and opinion News Opinion ...

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

Global risks of zoonotic disease are high on policy agendas. Increasingly, Africa is seen as a ‘hotspot’, with likely disease spillovers from animals to humans. This paper explores the social dynamics ...

Research Themes Explore Learn Learn at IDS Considering studying at IDS? Reasons to study at IDS Postgraduate degrees Learning for development Visiting research students News and opinion News Opinion ...

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 ...

There has been a growing interest in China’s rapid economic growth, particularly agriculture-led growth and poverty reduction. In fact, China and Africa have developed their agriculture under ...

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 ...

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 ...

Where do you shit? In developing countries, the answer may determine whether you live or die. Around 2.6 billion people defecate in the open. The consequences are dire: shit carries disease and is a ...

Accountability Lab Liberia aims to build a new generation of active citizens and responsible leaders across the country. The Lab’s activities are working to shift accountability dynamics in Liberia in ...

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 ...

This paper considers what Africa’s response should be to the OECD’s base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) project. The paper acknowledges that BEPS concerns for developing countries (such as those ...