In this podcast Martin Griffiths presents his own definition of the concept of humanitarian diplomacy which includes independent and principled mediation to end conflicts.

When we last explored what was happening to young people across our field sites in 2016, the experience of ‘waithood’ was very evident (see our ROAPE paper for a discussion). This is a period between ...

Gauthier Marchais, Research Fellow at IDS, has won the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award of the Comparative and ...

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

Institute of Development Studies IDS Room 221 and online on Zoom. In the highly insecure borderlands of Somalia and North-Eastern Kenya, communities are driving their own governance and resilience, ...

Robins, S., von Lieres, B., (2003) Governance from Below: Rights, Global Citizens and Local Spaces of Participation, UWC Working Paper Citizenship, Participation, and ...

Wealthy Africans face lower effective tax rates than average citizens, replicating a trend already demonstrated for the relative tax burden of small and large companies. This situation is ...

Initiatives that emerged during the Covid-19 pandemic provided marginalised communities with dignified access to food and can ...

Global risks of zoonotic disease are high on policy agendas. Increasingly, Africa is seen as a ‘hotspot’, with likely disease spillovers from animals to humans. This paper explores the social dynamics ...

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

There is growing debate on the need for transformational approaches to tackle the challenges facing development in the face of climate change. If current incremental approaches to preventing dangerous ...

Are designers doing development? Do development professionals practise design? Designers and development practitioners have ...