Priorities for providing affordable housing and obstacles to addressing gaps in the housing market are examined in this K4DD blog.

In every crisis – natural or man-made, short or protracted, ordinary people and their local structures help one other and organise support through networks that start at home and often stretch around ...

In this blog post, Maria reflects on the questions she asked when she first arrived: How can I make the most of this ...

In the absence of adequate formal assistance, many communities rely on informal solidarity mechanisms for support in meeting daily needs, building resilience, and responding to multiple shocks and ...

The recent announcement of a £11.5 million investment by UKRI into an AI evidence synthesis project makes it sound like we ...

Land is central to contemporary debates about politics as anyone in Zimbabwe knows well. Land sustains the livelihoods of millions through farming, livestock keeping, hunting and collecting. Such ...

This paper reports on research undertaken on local social solidarity and mutual assistance mechanisms in the Republic of Niger, investigating the different forms these take and their contributions to ...

With climate impacts intensifying in protracted crises, urgent action is needed to broaden engagement beyond short-term shocks.

The Institute of Development Studies has once again opened its doors to a vibrant new cohort of postgraduate and PhD students ...

Next week several hundred participants from across the world will gather in Cape Town for a global conversation about the politics of land and resource struggles at the Land, Life and Society ...