Suvojit Chattopadhyay (MAGov09) tells us more about social safety nets in developing countries and their role in recovery from crises like Covid-19. More...

PhD Researcher Md Mahmudul Hoque (Moni) brings stories of working children from Dhaka. Calling for government, agencies, businesses to further immedia… More...

It is now more than 6 months since we've met Covid-19. The world is now much different than what it was half-a-year ago and it is still changing. Wher… More...

Women heads of state have demonstrated highly effective approaches to pandemic control during the current crisis. Why are they so successful, and what… More...

Sanjana Kuruppu (MADev02) asks what are child labourers doing during this emergency/right now? Who is watching out for them, what needs to be done and… More...

Find out how IDS alumni around the world have adjusted to new ways of working and living during the Covid-19 pandemic including their contributions to… More...

IDS student Shilpita Das (MAGov20) asks if restrictive authoritarian regimes will be more prevalent post Covid-19, and if they will be more dangerous … More...

Find out how IDS alumni around the world have adjusted to new ways of working and living during the Covid-19 pandemic including their contributions to… More...

Jennifer Uchendu (MADev13) writes on the parallels between the COVID-19 pandemic and climate change More...

Gender & Dev students Isabelle Tickel, Madhurima Sanyal & Rebeca Moreno Sandoval tell us how women are unduly affected by health pandemics and ask for… More...

Suvojit Chattopadhyay (MAGov09) outlines the current context of COVID-19 in Kenya and proposes four policy recommendations for its government More...

Wazeh Nicoline Nwenushi (MAGen28) tells us more about the response to Covid-19 by the women and youth of Cameroon More...

Tanjila Mazumder Drishti (MAGlob10) tells us about the challenges facing Bangladesh in preventing the spread of Covid-19 through preventative measures… More...

Tech innovation creates complex realities for global development. USAID’s Digital Strategy shows consideration for changing role of tech in people’s l… More...

Deviana Dewi (MADev08) on challenging sterotypes, fighting bias, mainstreaming the gender lens, and understanding & respecting women's choices More...

People with visual disabilities in the United Kingdom face barriers to cast their votes independently. Despite being dismissed by the Government, tech… More...

India’s development assistance through concessional grants and loans has more than doubled in the last five years, maintaining influence in Latin Amer… More...

Latin America women have mobilised to demand access to education, contraceptives, and abortion as restrictions on access to sexual and reproductive he… More...

Humans have destroyed half of earth's forests. “Seed bombers” are marketed as saviors of the planet. While technology is essential to solve problems; … More...

Current student Nandhini Jaishankar's (MADev13) looks at what the history of women in Afghanistan tells us about women's rights as Human Rights More...

IDS PhD Researcher Jorge Ortiz-Moreno (PHD19) shares his experience of using participatory methods to encourage you to think about how you too can hea… More...

María Mónica Monsalve (MSCCCD10), journalist from Colombia and IDS student invites us to reflect on the struggles of murdered environmental leaders in… More...

IDS student Jennifer Uchendu (MADev13), shares her thoughts on the emergence of eco-anxiety, proposing that it is both a challenge and opportunity for… More...

Watch this video created by MAGov20 student, Clara Calabuig Martínez, about the protests in Barcelona last year. Giving a voice to the protesters dema… More...