The UN Food Systems Summit stocktake four years on from the original (UNFSS+4) was a sombre affair at times, reflecting on ...

This Research Briefing introduces the concept of opportunity storylines to explore the impacts of plausible climate futures and identify which social protection systems could be used to reduce hunger ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Our Masvingo province A1 sites – 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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

This K4DD Briefing Note provides an overview of where land use and climate change programming, which focuses on governance and supply chains, can deliver adaptation benefits, and where there are risks ...

The global expansion of digital services – from streaming, e-commerce, and software, to online education – has created new tax challenges, particularly for developing countries. In Africa, governments ...