Project

Analysing Nutrition Governance

The project examines what factors enable governments to commit to national nutrition strategies and deliver appropriate nutrition policies in the long run.

Project

Public Perceptions of International Development in the UK

With the world economy in a major downturn, the stakes for developing countries could not be higher. Public support for international development and aid will play a key role. But is there a domestic consensus on the UK's role in international development and what are its contours?

Journal Article

What Will it Take to Accelerate Improvements in Nutrition Outcomes in Odisha? Learning from the Past to Prioritize the Future

The Indian state of Odisha has made significant strides to address health and nutrition in the last 25 years. We used public data, policy and program documents, published literature, and interviews (n=75) with program and policy decision-makers, representatives from development partners, and...

25 May 2017

Working Paper

Dial ‘N’ for Nutrition? A Landscape Analysis of What We Know About m-Nutrition, m-Agriculture and m-Development

IDS Working Paper 481

Child undernutrition is one of the most devastating realities in many parts of the world. Globally in 2015, 159 million children below the age of five years were too short for their age (stunted) and 50 million were too thin for their height (wasted).

8 November 2016

Journal Article

Introduction: New Directions for African Agriculture

IDS Bulletin Vol. 36 Nos. 2

This year’s UN Millennium Report highlights the lack of progress in achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in sub-Saharan Africa. The Commission for Africa report (2005) similarly highlights the major challenges of poverty reduction on the continent. What role should agriculture...

28 January 2016

Working Paper

Reinventing Development Research: Listening to the IDS40 Roundtables

IDS Bulletin 38.2

The title of this article is knowingly immodest. Who, you may think, says development research needs to be reinvented? Who is IDS to encourage a series of meetings on such a theme? To tell you the truth, I do not think many at IDS had given the first question enough systematic thought – I...

28 January 2016

Past Event

Sussex Development Lectures

India’s Malnutrition Puzzles: What are they and why they should not be a distraction from action

IDS Director, Lawrence Haddad, examines the persistent challenge of malnutrition in India and assesses what more can be done to effectively tackle the challenge.

6 March 2014