The human cost of USAID cuts in Uganda
The sudden collapse of USAID in 2025 sent shockwaves through Uganda’s HIV response and the people hardest hit are those the system was alrea...
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Between the Lines
This podcast series explores books with ideas for positive social and environmental change. Each month we feature a book and an interview with its author. The discussions give an insight on...
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20 of 82 episodesClimate resilience and poverty reduction in Africa
As climate shocks become more frequent across East and Southern Africa, building resilience is critical to reducing poverty and improving we...
Who powers innovation systems in Africa?
African countries must work more closely together at regional and continental levels if they are to overcome barriers to innovation and driv...
Social protection for food security and nutrition: A business case
Social protection is seen as a solution to many problems of development, including poverty, food insecurity and access to services. But we a...
In conversation with the Hon. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
IDS was recently honoured to welcome the Hon. Prime Minister of Sri Lanka, Dr Harini Amarasuriya to mark the 60th anniversary of IDS. She sh...
Building disability inclusive futures
Disability is very much part of the human experience, with an estimated 16% of the world’s population experiencing significant disability. D...
Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley
A just transition is the fair and inclusive process of moving to a low-carbon, sustainable economy while ensuring workers, communities, and...
What is Development?
The term ‘development’ has been central to global conversations for decades, but the way it is understood, practised, and questioned has shi...
Equity in research for development
Creating equity in research collaboration sounds straightforward - but it often isn't. Whilst everyone can agree that splitting the power, r...
An interview with Haneen Sayed, Lebanon's Minister of Social Affairs
For the past five years Lebanon has faced crisis upon crisis including; economic collapse, the Beirut Port blast, and Israel’s war. But now...
Debating policy recommendations about inclusive social protection in protracted crises
Governments need to focus on local practical delivery, and people focused mechanisms, including dignity to deliver more effective social ass...
Breaking the silence on caste in academia
Caste isn’t just a South Asian issue — it shapes who speaks, who listens, and who is heard in academic and development spaces worldwide. In...
Between roles: Mother, student, or self?
What does it mean to navigate motherhood while pursuing a postgraduate degree? How do students balance identity, care, and academia in a wor...
Dignity in development
The development sector proclaims that it values dignity. Yet it often breaks this promise, with people leaving encounters with charities fee...
The empathy fix: Why poverty persists and how to change it
A poverty line of $6.85 a day, as used by the World Bank , indicates a substantial level of deprivation, impacting the lives of billions glo...
Humanitarian diplomacy in a world gone mad
Humanitarian diplomacy is a broad landscape and possibly one with internal contradictions. For example, traditionally humanitarian agencies...
Strategies for building solidarities for gender justice
Significant progress on gender equality has been made in past decades, but in recent years gender and sexual rights have become increasingly...
Evidence for hope: The emerging sustainability revolution
Understanding and advancing how evidence can be used to inform decisions to improve people’s lives is a crucial priority for IDS. This is es...
Navigating uncertainty: Radical rethinking for a turbulent World
In this podcast IDS Research Fellow Shilpi Srivastava is in conversation with Professor Ian Scoones who talks about the issues in his new bo...
Reimagining Social Protection
Social protection features in numerous country policies and development agency strategies, as well as in several Sustainable Development Goa...