Across the African continent, professional qualification is perceived as a panacea for youth employment, particularly if the ...

After weeks of mounting demonstrations in Madagascar, Gen Z Mada social movement has mobilised to bring about change.

IDS students from the MA Gender and Development programme share insights from their own national contexts, highlighting how ...

The taxation of the wealthy represents one of the key challenges for tax professionals and policymakers across the world, ...

Despite its potential to provide councils with independent financial resources, Sri Lanka's rate assessment system remains underutilized.

As followers of this blog will know, I have recently been in South Africa where debates about land reform provoke strong reactions, particular when Zimbabwe is mentioned. At the end of August, ...

Ahead of the G20 summit, IDS has been engaging with senior policymakers, including the South African government.

Maybe it is clichéd to observe that we face unprecedented global polycrises, but our worlds do seem to be literally and ...

Land redistribution is not the flavour of the month. Many see it as impossible, an idealistic position more suited to the 1950s and 60s. Yet in an era of extreme inequality, when land concentration ...

This policy brief reviews why the ‘goldmine argument’ - related to the taxation of informal economies - is false.

This paper explores the evolving politics that shape international aid agendas and social assistance delivery in contexts of protracted crises.

So, in conclusion, compulsory voting is undeniably effective at one thing: raising electoral turnout. For governments in ...