The Food Security Task Force declarations failed to emphasise agricultural growth, focusing instead on access and sustainable systems.

In this podcast, Philip Proudfoot, interviews Haneen Sayed, Lebanon’s Minister of social affairs who talks about her ...

This report synthesises learning from these audits and is part of a larger project that focuses on understanding the links between sexuality, gender plurality and poverty with the aim of improving ...

BASIC Research shows social protection can be sustained in conflict and crises. IDS shares key lessons and future priorities ...

Local organisations deliver most social assistance in KRI and Iraq, yet remain excluded from reform. New research highlights legal gaps and paths for change.

The relationships between energy and development are complex, compounded by increasingly differentiated situations amongst developing countries and within them. Moreover, the manner in which energy ...

Supporting social protection systems and providing social assistance in protracted crises is difficult. Access is often constrained; violence and insecurity make delivery dangerous; and governments ...

As climate shocks intensify in the global South, social protection systems face growing challenges. In Pakistan’s Chitral district, where climate vulnerability intersects with poverty and displacement ...

This report investigates the impact of digital innovations on accountability relationships within South Africa's social protection system.

As governments in lower-income countries confront tight fiscal space, rising service demands, and large informal sectors, knowing the true costs and returns of commonly used simplified or presumptive ...

As noted in the previous blog, there are a number of new land arrangements emerging on A2 farms under the (very) broad label of ‘joint ventures’. Some 2500 joint ventures have been formally registered ...

This year, the 16 Days of Activism calls on us to confront the violence we don’t always see- the kind that hides behind screens. Technology-facilitated Gender-Based Violence (TfGBV) is no longer a ...