This Working Paper examines the role of social assistance in supporting coping, adaptation, and resilience, given the impacts of climate change and violent conflict in Niger.

The Government of Zambia (GoZ) and the UK Institute of Development Studies (IDS) organised a Solutions Session at this Summit which took place last week. It was designed to bring closer together the ...

As the 16 Days of Activism gets underway, an IDS student shares a powerful account of escaping war in Sudan through a ...

This report highlights outcomes and recommendations from the T20 Side Event ‘Unlocking the Potential of Small and Medium Businesses and Entrepreneurs in the Clean Energy Transition’, held in ...

Research conducted by the BASIC Research programme examined the implications of targeting choices in the northern states of Nigeria. Drawing on interviews with stakeholders across federal, state and ...

Our sample of 50 A2 farms across Gutu and Masvingo districts range from the ‘highveld’ grazing areas to the north of Gutu to the peri-urban areas of Mpandawana and Masvingo. There is huge diversity ...

The Catalytic Agenda social protection calls for stronger, sustained financing in fragile contexts and sets out a high-level ...

This CDI Practice Paper addresses two portfolio-level evaluation challenges: (1) portfolio learning and synthesis – linking project, programme, and portfolio levels; and (2) realist theorising at ...

Reflection on how social protection in protracted crises can be reimagined through better coordination, national leadership ...

The A2 farms in Matobo are in some of the most remote parts of the district. These are predominantly livestock farming areas, with cattle being the dominant livestock type. Getting to these areas in ...