The conference is the culmination of a five-year international research programme, BASIC (Better Assistance in Crises) ...

This Policy Briefing synthesises emerging lessons from research conducted by the Better Assistance in Crises (BASIC) Research programme, predominantly in the northeastern region of the country (which ...

Wondedzo and Sanangwe near Masvingo town and Clare and Lonely A near Chatsworth in Gutu – are classic dryland maize growing areas. In good years, many tonnes of surplus are produced for sale or ...

Examining the implementation of VAT on cross-border digital transactions in Senegal, focused on transactions involving digital B2C services.

In response to the war, the Lebanese Ministry of Environment converted public buildings into shelters, while the Ministry of Social Affairs distributed emergency cash aid through the NPTP/ESSN program ...

Dr Rosalind Willi recently passed her viva voce, with no corrections. The focus of her thesis was the wellbeing of Syrian Armenian children in situations of displacement and return. In this blog she ...

There are institutional trade-offs facing negotiators of Protocol 1 under the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation.

Florian Dierich is a consultant currently working as an Associate Research Officer with the International Tax Team at the IDS-based International Centre for Tax and Development. His work focuses on ...

“The Anxious Generation” by Jonathan Haidt is considered essential reading because it provides a well-researched, urgent examination of how digital technology – especially smartphones and social media ...

The paper discusses the growing interest in using social protection to address climate-related vulnerabilities and strengthen resilience, particularly in conflict-affected settings.

More than half the world’s population live in urban areas. Many growing towns & cities are marked by inadequate sanitation & sewage facilities.