Institute of Development Studies (Brighton)

November 29

Africa: Sustainable Diets - What Are They? Why Should We Care? [guest blog]

Yesterday I attended a workshop on Sustainable Diets hosted by the Daniel Carasso Foundation, Bioversity International (a CGIAR centre) and FAO. Read more »
Africa: How to Identify Who Suffers Most From Riots and Why Does It Matter for Policy? [opinion]

Rioting has received a great deal of attention from policymakers, scholars and the general public in the recent past notably due to the presence of high profile riots in Europe... Read more »

Egypt: Fascism - the Ugly Face of Unruly Politics [analysis]

When protestors gathered in public squares in Cairo, Sanaa, Tunis, London, New York (and the list goes on) over the course of the last couple of years, there was a celebration of... Read more »

Africa: A Policymaker's Confessions - Between Knowledge Based Approaches and Political Vigour [guest blog]

We were treated to a fascinating Sussex Development Lecture yesterday from Hege Hertzberg, Political Director for Development in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Read more »
Africa: Managing Policy Rents for the Green Transformation [guest blog]

Last week I attended a conference at the German Development Institute (DIE) concerned with green industrial policy. It concentrated on rent management for the green transformat Read more »
Africa: Growing Their Own Jobs? Agriculture and Unemployment [guest column]

Unemployment among young people in Africa is increasingly recognised as a first order development challenge. Coming on the heels of sustained investment in education and... Read more »

Egypt: After the Arab Spring - the Birth of a New Political Model? [guest blog]

The power and promise of Tahrir Square has given way to a slower, less dramatic process of change in Egyptian politics and society - but one that will have at least as much impact... Read more »

Africa: Jan Pronk - There Is No 'Post Conflict' [opinion]

At the Hans Singer Memorial Lecture last night (a joint initiative of IDS and the German Development Institute in Bonn), Jan Pronk gave us his views on peace building and... Read more »

Africa: The March of the Index [opinion]

Several weeks ago, I spent a day in the heart of London attending two index launch events. One concerned the Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance 2012, the other the Global... Read more »

Africa: Agricultural Saviours - Young, Senior and Dead [opinion]

Three items of note today, all - in one way or another - about agricultural development and saviours. Read more »
Africa: Time to Listen [opinion]

The Participate team spent much of last week preparing for and engaging with the High Level Panel. The panel was very open and responsive to our message, and a number of panel... Read more »

Africa: Resilient Wellbeing - Climate Change, Migration, Urbanization [guest blog]

It is a frequent complaint - and justified - that no-one gets enough time to think these days. We decided to schedule an exploratory day to see what could and should be researched... Read more »
Ethiopia: Ethiopia After Meles [guest blog]

Meles Zenawi, the long-serving Ethiopian Prime Minister since 1995 and leader of the Ethiopian People's Revolutionary Democratic Front (EPRDF) coalition, passed away in August. His... Read more »

Africa: Are You Getting Excited About 'Formulary Apportionment'? [guest blog]

I thought not. And, by the way, formulary apportionment is not directly connected to children's milk food formulae - although more of it in our lives should ensure that more... Read more »

Africa: Learning Partners - Participate and the High Level Panel [guest blog]

The previous blogs this week have described the nature of the Participate initiative and the context of the HLP meeting taking place this week; yesterday's blog in particular, by... Read more »
Africa: 'Global Development' - the New Buzzword? [guest blog]

Is 'Global Development' becoming a new development buzzword? A quick Google search would certainly suggest it could be. The phrase is increasingly popular in describing a global... Read more »

Africa: Post-2015 High Level Panel to Prioritise the Perspectives of Voiceless People

Yesterday afternoon during the Civil Society Pre-Meet to the HLP, Nelson Muffuh, the Outreach Coordinator of the HLP updated civil society representatives on the HLP process. Mr.... Read more »
Africa: Hunger and Malnutrition - Then and Now [press release]

For those of you who grew up listening to mix tapes (for the under 30s read "playlists"), the IDS Virtual Bulletin is for you. Read more »
Africa: What Would You Say to the High-Level Panel On Post MDG Agenda? [guest blog]

At lunchtime tomorrow Participate has a space within the meeting of the High Level Panel (HLP) on the post-2015 development agenda to present the work of the initiative, and to... Read more »

Africa: Global Development Goals - End of the Beginning or the Beginning of the End? [guest blog]

Yesterday I gave evidence to the UK's International Development Select Committee, the body of MP's that, among other things, holds DFID to account. The Committee is conducting an... Read more »
Africa: Participation in the Post-2015 Policy Process [guest blog]

From their inception and formal agreement in 2000, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) have played a significant (and also ambivalent) role in shaping policy agendas, directing... Read more »

Africa: What Keeps Unpaid Care Off Development Agendas? [guest blog]

Last week at the United Nations in New York I was asking what keeps unpaid care off development policy agendas. By care, I was referring to meeting the material and/or... Read more »
Africa: Plan International and Nutrition - Helping to Scale? [guest blog]

Founded 75 years ago, Plan is one of the oldest and largest children's development organisations in the world. Read more »
Africa: Sofi 2012 - Hunger Numbers Rise in Sub-Saharan Africa [guest blog]

The State of Food Insecurity in the World report (known as SOFI) came out today, ahead of next week's World Food Day. Read more »
Africa: Transforming Nutrition - Assessing the Size of the Task on World Food Day [guest blog]

Tuesday is World Food Day and - given that world food prices are once again making the headlines, it seems timely to be assessing the state of undernutrition in the world. But it's... Read more »

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