International development is at a crossroads. The closure of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the ...

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 ...

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 ...

The global transition to clean energy is reshaping not only how communities produce and consume power, but also how households organise care work and manage daily subsistence tasks. Clean energy ...

IDS becomes a member of the Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty, launched at the G20 Summit in Rio de Janeiro in 2024.

Read the new blog by IDS Researcher Ian Scoones who talks about what happens when Zimbabweans flee xenophobic violence in South Africa.

Expert research view on whether countries should follow the policies of Indonesia that led to its success with nickel mining.

When Mpox was confirmed in Sierra Leone in January 2025, the country was not starting from zero. Ebola and COVID-19 had left ...

This report reflects what ICTD, based at IDS, has learned through its research collaborations with partners over the past 15 years.

The Humanitarian Access Initiative (HAI) has been promoting community-led humanitarian action across southern Somalia since late 2024. Now, it is time to assess what the project has learned about ...