#DevPolicyRev OPEN ACCESS special issue out now. Edited by John Gaventa Colin Anderson Anu Joshi A4EA Research Institute of Development Studies onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677679/2…

We are delighted to share that the special issue of Development Policy Review on 'Citizen Action for Accountability in Challenging Contexts' is finally out! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14677679/2… Open access!

Out now in Environment & Urbanization , Dolf te Lintelo #HayleyMacGregor & I Institute of Development Studies have put together an article for the ARISE Framing ‘slums’: global policy discourses and urban inequalities - Sadaf Sultan Khan, Dolf Te Lintelo, Hayley Macgregor, 2023 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

My blog for ARISE on why we need to rethink definitions constructed by multilateral organisation for slums and informal settlements is up. Institute of Development Studies is a partner.

Durdiner (hard times) Diaries: Updates from the ground - Institute of Development Studies ids.ac.uk/opinions/durdi…

Great analysis workshop w/Durdiner Diaries team @ Dhaka! Institute of Development Studies @BIGD_bracu. Lots of interesting insights on how 'new poor' households are trying to recover post-#Covid in the current polycrisis. Naomi Hossain Imran Matin Naila Kabeer covid-collective.net/chronicles-of-… ids.ac.uk/opinions/durdi…

In a new article from A4EA research for Extractive Industries and Society John Agbonifo uses John Gaventa powercube to put a fresh perspective on fuel subsidy protests in Nigeria 👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl… Neil McCulloch Naomi Hossain Institute of Development Studies

After ten amazing years as Institute of Development Studies Director - what a privilege and a pleasure - my tenure comes to an end in April 2024. Please help spread the word about the search for my successor, to lead this wonderful institution and community on the next stage of its journey.

Happy 90th birthday--and wishing for many more years of an incredibly productive life--to one of the most iconic intellectuals of our times #AmartyaSen. So many of us have learned so much from his wide-ranging and profound contributions.

Finally our working paper on Tax and Gender is out! Great collaborating with colleagues Jalia Kangave and Vanessa van den Boogaard. Engendering Taxation: a Research and Policy Agenda – ICTD. International Centre for Tax and Development

New IDS Event! 'Disentangling government responses – How do we know when accountability work is gaining traction?' with Jonathan Fox, Brendan Halloran, Ima Akpan and Salbiyah Chair: Rosie McGee 23 April 2024, 13:00-14.30. Online and in-Person. Register👉zoom.pulse.ly/omzcw4wwba

I know it's under-funded & overstretched, but I'm so impressed by @NHS. I get doctor appointments much faster than when I lived in the US. Proactively preventive care too. An elderly relative has been looked after so well after a stroke. Fab. Take my taxes! More public services!

How do people solve their issues in difficult contexts? Through intermediaries and their networks. #governance. Our latest findings from #Mozambique, #Pakistan, and #Myanmar Institute of Development Studies, IESE, Oxfam, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, A4EA Research, Global Politics onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

Forgetting Rana Plaza. Naomi Hossain on the 11th anniversary of Bangladesh's worst factory fire, on today's duncangreenlse.bsky.social frompoverty.oxfam.org.uk/forgetting-ran…

The ongoing negotiations in the United Nations to agree on an international tax convention is an excellent opportunity to improve global cooperation in this field. It is necessary, among other issues, to increase taxes on the richest people, including on their wealth, and ensure

Hot off the press from our upcoming A4EA researcher!

Congratulations to colleagues from the A4EA Research programme for this recognition for their pathbreaking research on women’s participation in voting in Pakistan! ids.ac.uk/programme-and-… Sarah Khan Shandana Khan Mohmand

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Pleased to share an article that I wrote for OECD series on the next frontier of citizen participation. Comments welcome! Jonathan Fox ARC - also @arc-au.bsky.social @karen_v_brock Julia Fischer-Mackey, PhD Mariana Cepeda Abrehet Gebremedhin International Budget Partnership Open Gov Hub Trust, Accountability & Inclusion Collaborative UNODC CSU Transparency International U4 Anti-Corruption Resource Centre