Those working in humanitarian aid need to build and advance humanitarian diplomacy; reconnect with human rights; use legal ...

Following on our previous blog which reported on the perspectives to emerge from a meeting of researchers and funders from the global South and North on visioning equitable research partnerships, we ...

Vital water and sanitation projects, especially in low-income and crisis-affected regions, are facing severe setbacks. This World Water Day,V ...

Thirty years of civil war, insurgency, and counterinsurgency in Somalia and neighbouring northeastern Kenya have hollowed out state services and left borderland communities beleaguered. Yet in this ...

There is a large literature on the economic returns to education around the world. Most of this points to the value of schooling in simple economic terms for boys and girls at both primary and ...

Mpox was perceived to be a mild disease which had implications on the study population’s behavioural practices affecting ...

This brief summarises key considerations regarding cross-border dynamics between the Republic of Burundi and the United Republic of Tanzania in the context of viral haemorrhagic fever (VHF) outbreaks ...

Martin Griffiths will work with IDS to create new coalitions for humanitarian reform, human rights, and humanitarian diplomacy in a context of rising impunity and unprecedented challenges to the ...

Does the gender of household survey respondents affect the accuracy of reported food consumption? Findings from a randomisation-based survey of beneficiary households in the Productive Safety Net ...

Initiatives that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic provided marginalised communities with dignified access to food and can play a much larger role in shaping a fairer food system.

International development and global humanitarian assistance has been uprooted at the beginning of 2025 due to a series of budget cuts announced to Official Development Assistance (ODA). Most notably, ...