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Yellow Monday
IDS Yellow Monday (YM) is a weekly internal newsletter for current IDS Staff and Students. YM includes news, member travel and new publications and IDS Alumni can get exclusive access here.

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Ideas From IDS: Graduate Papers from 2016/17

We are pleased to present this first edition of published term papers authored by IDS graduates (2016/17) from across our suite of master’s degrees.

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Conditional Cash Transfer Comes to Nigeria

Titilayo Soremi (MSCCCD04) tells us how CCT is coming to Nigeria, not as a codified policy or policy instrument, but as an idea, an idea that docked in sub-Sahara Africa, and now makes sway to spread.

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IDS Student Career Session - Research

IDS Alumni share personal advice and guidance on careers post-IDS with students

Perspectives, Provocations & Initiatives

Copyright Mamunur Rahman

Mamunur Rahman regional finalist for Alumni Awards - South Asia

A report from Shishu Aangina's Workshops on Gender Equality, Mental Health and Wellbeing for Youth

Rural development in Indonesia: Towards accountable village governments.

Video: Q&A on Gender Justice

Still rising: women’s movements in a changing world

Barabaig: Life, Love and Death on Tanzania's Hanang Plains

Bangladesh Alumni Development Talk Success

Kenyan Alumni Recognize Governor Mvurya’s Achievement as No Mean Feat.

Know Your Network

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Know Your Network: Emmanuel Nshakira Rukundo (MAPov04)

Know Your Network: Alan Fowler DP94

Know Your Network: Marika Niitsu (MA20)

Know your network: Xian Warner (MAGen23)

Know Your Network: Md Mamunur Rahman (MA20)

Know Your Network: Sarita Rachod (MA12)

Know Your Network: Nayelli Torres Salas (MAGen27)

Know Your Network: Mahmuda Rahman Khan (MA7)

Learning Opportunities

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Humanitarian Studies Conf: Crisis and Reponse (Aug 2018, The Hague)

Conference presentations/Communique: Children, Poverty and Inequality in Africa

Free online course on Pathways to Sustainability

Cities and Urbanisation: free online lectures

STEPS Centre E-book 'Agriculture and Food' FREE

Melissa Leach talks about 'Tackling Health-related Global Challenges'

E-learning resource packs and webinars

Ruptures and Ripple Effects in the Middle East and Beyond

Alumni exchange

Communication, By Joan M. Mas CC BY-NC 2.0

Writing a Policy Brief - guidance from IDS

Mistakes, crises and research independence - recommended article

PhDs online and past MA/MPhil dissertations available in BLDS

Career Opportunities

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Post-Doc, Gender and Development Apply Oct12

IDRC Research Award 2019 (5 Sept)

Reporting Grants for Women’s Stories

Research for All - Call for Papers

DFID entry scheme for advisors (DESA)

Call for Papers: Special Issue "The Role of Forests for Achieving the SDGs" (30 Jun)

Range of Jobs with IDInsight, across countries: rolling applications

Making and Keeping Memories

Image: By Isabele Bachtold-Melissa Leach making a speech after the panto

IDS Panto 2017: A Review of MEGA!

Alumni Reunion 6 Jul 2009 -Robert Chambers Workshop

IDS Panto- 2013: The Prince: A Machiavellian Odyssey

IDS Panto 2014: the N7 invite Baron Von Walmart to dinner

IDS Panto 2008: Community-led Total Singing

IDS Panto 2007: a meeting in Brussels

IDS Panto 2004: Quest for the Holy Grail of development studies

IDS Panto 2001: The Space Working Group (SWOG)

IDS Features

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Ideas From IDS: Graduate Papers from 2016/17

Conditional Cash Transfer Comes to Nigeria

IDS Student Career Session - Research

IDS Student Career Session - Government/Public Sector

IDS Student Career Session - Business Oriented

Alumni Advisory Committee Members

IDS Student Career Session - Multilaterals

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Team Leader/Foreign Assistance and Expert, DoS Examining Financial Burden-Sharing, U.S.
Team Leader/Foreign Assistance and Expert, DoS Examining Financial Burden-Sharing, U.S.
Thursday, 16 August, 2018 - 08:45

Analyst, DoS Examining Financial Burden-Sharing, U.S.
Analyst, DoS Examining Financial Burden-Sharing, U.S. Social Impact is a global development manageme…
Thursday, 16 August, 2018 - 08:41

Head of Office/Country Representative Pakistan
The German Red Cross (GRC) is part of a worldwide community assisting victims of conflicts and disas…
Thursday, 16 August, 2018 - 08:44

Programme Coordinator Latin America and Knowledge Management
Water Integrity Network Vacancy Programme Coordinator Latin America and Knowledge Management WIN is …
Thursday, 16 August, 2018 - 08:42

International Expert in Institutional Development
International expert in institutional development (m/f) – Kampala, Uganda Teacher training educa…
Thursday, 16 August, 2018 - 08:17

Strategic Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation Adviser - Health
The Australian Government’s Fiji Program Support Facility announces: Strategic Planning, Monitorin…
Wednesday, 15 August, 2018 - 08:45

Coordinateur Renforcement des Investissements Productifs et Energétiques en Mauritanie
Coordinateur (h/f) Renforcement des investissements productifs et énergétiques en Mauritanie pour …
Wednesday, 15 August, 2018 - 08:42

IT and CMMS/MIS/ERP Implementation Experts
FINCON Services Inc. is recruiting IT experts for a proposed computerized maintenance management sys…
Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 - 10:42

Policy Adviser – Health
Policy Adviser – Health Haywards Heath, UK £40,500 per annum Permanent Sightsavers is looking fo…
Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 - 10:40

Climate Change Consultant
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Tuesday, 14 August, 2018 - 10:39