Nicholas Nisbett at IDS argues that infrastructure should not just be seen as roads but also as services, such as social care and nurseries.

Join Matías Bianchi on his new book State vs Algorithm which will explore how digital corporations, concentrated wealth, and ...

The new Zimbabwe Growth and Jobs Report from the World Bank argues for a major structural transformation of the economy, taking advantage of the recent period of relative macroeconomic stability and ...

Theories of change are at a crossroads. They are both growing in use, and their value is increasingly questioned as meeting the challenges of the moment. Building on debates hosted by the Foreign, ...

Democracy is in crisis. Anti-democratic politicians and anti-rights movements are becoming more popular. Simultaneously, growing inequality around the world – a product of neoliberal capitalist ...

IDS, in partnership with the University of Sussex, has today been ranked first in the world for Development Studies in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026, for the tenth consecutive year.

AI-enabled mass surveillance systems supplied and funded by China violate fundamental freedoms, researchers warn. Concept digital technology image with CCTV camera surveillance. Credit: ART STOCK ...

This report provides the most comprehensive account to date of smart city surveillance in Africa. Expert researchers draw on their contextual experience of their own countries in detailed reports on ...

This Working Paper examines how access to social assistance is reconfigured during conflict in Niger’s Tillabéri and Diffa regions. Using social network research, we find that traditional solidarity ...

World renowned political economist and author, Jason Hickel, ICREA Professor at the Institute for Environmental Science & Technology (ICTA) at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, will be the guest ...

The UK government has announced it has dropped its plan to introduce a new mandatory digital-ID system for anyone wanting to work in the UK. It was not alone in wanting to introduce a digital means of ...