Across the African continent, professional qualification is perceived as a panacea for youth employment, particularly if the ...

After weeks of mounting demonstrations in Madagascar, Gen Z Mada social movement has mobilised to bring about change.

IDS students from the MA Gender and Development programme share insights from their own national contexts, highlighting how ...

Despite its potential to provide councils with independent financial resources, Sri Lanka's rate assessment system remains underutilized.

The taxation of the wealthy represents one of the key challenges for tax professionals and policymakers across the world, ...

Maybe it is clichéd to observe that we face unprecedented global polycrises, but our worlds do seem to be literally and ...

Ahead of the G20 summit, IDS has been engaging with senior policymakers, including the South African government.

This policy brief reviews why the ‘goldmine argument’ - related to the taxation of informal economies - is false.

Land redistribution is not the flavour of the month. Many see it as impossible, an idealistic position more suited to the 1950s and 60s. Yet in an era of extreme inequality, when land concentration ...

The global politics around protracted crises has shifted, with more commitment from donors to engage in these settings. Over the past 20 years, international support for social protection has grown, ...

This paper investigates the politics of social assistance in protracted crises, focusing on the nexus of social protection and humanitarian assistance.

This paper explores the evolving politics that shape international aid agendas and social assistance delivery in contexts of protracted crises.