🚀 Appel à contributions ouvert! 'Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2026' accepte désormais les propositions. Partagez des analyses audacieuses et des perspectives nouvelles sur les dynamiques en Afrique centrale. 🗓 Date limite: 16 avril 2026 🔗 Plus d’info: https://bit.ly/call-conjonctures

"Instead of offering supportive and compassionate pathways towards improved livelihoods, (these policies) have become a means for policing and punishing the poor 🔎 From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2492

Sabina Alkire’s recent interview with Revista E&N touched on a range of insights on the MPI, successes and challenges in tackling poverty & how the private sector can be actively engaged. Read more: www.revistaeyn.com/centroameric... Join the OPHI Summer School: www.revistaeyn.com/centroameric...

I agree with this essay, though my experience dealing with policy makers is that they’re actually more ahead of the game on this than they’re getting credit for. I think a follow up essay has to contend with building the moral leadership to be trusted to lead through a polycrisis.

🚀 Call for contributions now open! 'Conjonctures de l’Afrique centrale 2026' is now accepting submissions. Share bold insights and fresh perspectives on Central Africa’s evolving dynamics. 🗓 Submission deadline: 16 April 2026 🔗 More details and guidelines: https://bit.ly/call-conjonctures

The most powerful learning happens between peers. Last week in Pretoria, we brought together delegates from across Southern Africa to share real‑world experiences building secure Data Labs for evidence‑based policy. 🎥 Watch the video to hear directly from participants.

📢 Nouvel article à découvrir ! GlobalDev a récemment publié un article de blog qui s’appuie sur le rapport « L’emploi des jeunes en milieu rural dans l’UEMOA », rédigé par Andrea Dsouza et Joël Cariolle. Découvrir l’article 👉 globaldev.blog/fr/emplois-i...

📣 New IOB blog by Nadia Molenaers: “Development cooperation and the shrinking space for democratic debate” As civic space contracts, development actors face growing hurdles. Safeguarding democratic debate is essential for meaningful, lasting cooperation. 👉 Read more: https://loom.ly/ruSeF1s

The recent 14th #WTO Ministerial failed to deliver the reform needed. Part 2 of a blog post explains how WTOs decision-making & participation processes need to change, so trade policy can live up to its promise of benefits for all, not just the few. 👇 https://ids.pulse.ly/zzfyzo2akn

"But we have to acknowledge that such approaches to statecraft and knowledge-making have failed, and in the face of accelerating, intersecting uncertainties – what some parse as ‘the polycrisis’ – are likely to fail more frequently." Our latest blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2530

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📬 New WIDERAngle out now! The latest issue looks at evidence in action: policy‑driven conferences in South Africa and India, tax consent, automation, climate shocks, and inclusive growth across the Global South. Read more: go.unu.edu/cJkw4

The night Brazil said no to Trump (and changed the internet forever) www.tni.org/en/article/t...

"When selecting a photo to bring colour to the blog you’ve spent hours copy-editing, have you considered whether it disrupts the colonial gaze, or might it—perhaps inadvertently—reinforce these entrenched power structures?" ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2006

😍 The ABI's ALMA-Lecture Series 2026 is online! Meet our brilliant guests @toni.bsky.team @somdeepsen.bsky.social, María Cárdenas & Rosa Cordillera A. Castillo who will each contribute a Global Southern perspective on current world politics. Full program www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/alma...

Last week, the Institute hosted Philippe Lazzarini at the end of his tenure as Commissioner-General of @unrwa.org to discuss the future of the Agency, and how the war in Gaza, and the response of the international community, has contributed to the erosion of the rules-based order. shorturl.at/zUP6Z

The 14th WTO Ministerial Conference (MC14) failed to deliver the reform needed. In a 2 part blog post, @amritasaha.bsky.social and colleagues including @uktpo.org and RIS explain the current problems with WTO and the changes needed 👇 https://ids.pulse.ly/icvssfmp5x #InclusiveTrade #InclusiveGrowth

VNRs are country-led, country-driven reports on national progress to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. MPIs can be used in VNRs to provide key data on SDG Target 1.2, the eradication of multidimensional poverty, & other linked SDGs. More on MPIs in the VNRs: ophi.org.uk/publications...

📣 The Strait of Hormuz closure has triggered a nitrogen fertiliser crisis, disrupting supplies critical to European agriculture and African food security. This moment demands strategic industrial collaboration between both continents. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4sfNDA1

Since the start of the war, GIGA experts have been providing in-depth analyses of the ever-changing situation in the Persian Gulf. ➡️ These GIGA Insights compile their analyses on the war in Iran: www.giga-hamburg.de/en/press/war... #GIGA #Iran #Israel #USA

Why does studying global development and international relations often feel stuck in the past? ✨ New paper urges a shift beyond stereotypes towards a fuller understanding of Africa. Cynthia Kamwengo, Newnham College & @radleyben.bsky.social , @cdsbath.bsky.social buff.ly/eLkpxLr

Reminder: this @isdcberlin.bsky.social call is still open until 7 April!

"Gender-focused climate solutions (...) often fail to engage with the deeper historical and structural forces driving the environmental destruction that disproportionately affects marginalized communities. #Gender #Climatechange #Colonialism ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=1980

What is called Palestine’s centrality is not a hierarchy of suffering. It is where imperial power concentrates and where resistance reveals connections across struggles, making visible how liberation in one place is tied to liberation elsewhere. www.tni.org/en/article/p...

New job opportunity at @refugeestudies.bsky.social ! Programme Coordinator for the University’s Oxford Sanctuary Community Providing support to individuals at the University who have lived experience of displacement. Deadline: 23 April. Details: www.rsc.ox.ac.uk/about/vacanc...

"But we have to acknowledge that such approaches to statecraft and knowledge-making have failed, and in the face of accelerating, intersecting uncertainties – what some parse as ‘the polycrisis’ – are likely to fail more frequently." ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2530

What is driving the sweeping transformation of land use across Africa – and how should we make sense of it? In a new ODID blog, Phillan Zamchiya introduces the concept of globalised extractive territorialisation. Read it here: www.qeh.ox.ac.uk/blog/contemp...

TNI Associate Researcher @dondeniamh.bsky.social travelled to Havana last month as part of an international medical aid convoy. Although exhausted by life under the blockade, Cubans are defiant, she writes in @irishexaminer.bsky.social. www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

Professor of International Relations at the Geneva Graduate Institute, Sara Hellmüller shares her views on women in peace on the Inside Geneva podcast hosted by @imogenfoulkes.bsky.social on Swissinfo. 👇 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

In this article, Professor @dominic-rohner.bsky.social argues that Europe’s future depends on strengthening democracy and massively investing in science. In a shifting global order, becoming a scientific superpower is key to resilience, talent attraction, and strategic autonomy. shorturl.at/96gcm

GLAC seminar: The ADF in #Congo: Islamic State in Africa or local militia? Join Kristof Titeca (https://loom.ly/hpXxgME) as he explores the ADF’s global, regional, and local dynamics through the lens of “loose coupling”. Tue 28 Apr 2026 12:30–14:00 CEST, online Register 👉 https://loom.ly/jn0-M1U

📚 New IQAS Issue: Reclaiming Voice – Afghan Women and the Politics of Knowledge Production, Part II This second part of a double issue (Vol. 56 No. 2) on the epistemic erasure of Afghan women highlights their resistance from within and beyond Afghanistan. hasp.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/journals/iqa...

#China aims to reach carbon neutrality before 2060. In her book, @weilagong.bsky.social highlights how climate policy is shaped by mid‑level officials on the ground. Join us on 14 April for a discussion with Weila Gong, moderated by @chusinan.bsky.social ➡️ www.giga-hamburg.de/en/events/co...

As illicit drug markets continue to expand, what forms of international cooperation can truly help reduce their flows? 🎥 Khalid Tinasti discusses his new book on International Drug Control Law. @gvagrad.bsky.social @gvagrad-ccdp.bsky.social #drug #drugcontrol www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jh-V...

Will development cooperation survive as a fragmented stream in a crowded ecosystem? Or be absorbed by geopolitical bargaining? Or partially repaired within a renewed multilateralism? Or can it be reimagined within a broader architecture of global public investment? www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2535

Following our recent workshops for racially minoritised early career academics, we urge those in our sector to hear their voices and work with us on better futures. Read the blog by Jekoniya Chitereka: buff.ly/0LkmqCO

How does tax audit frequency affect compliance? Our latest working paper finds that companies subjected to multiple audits increase their VAT liabilities. Repeated interactions are essential to foster durable compliance in developing economies. 🔗Learn more: go.unu.edu/deloj

What can we take away from #MC14? IDOS experts Axel Berger and @cbrandi.bsky.social summarise key challenges and assess the outcomes of #MC14 in a new IDOS blog post: blogs.idos-research.de/2026/03/31/a...

📢Where's the demos in Democracy? This report identifies how inequality and political exclusion is turning people away from democracy, but a renewed focus on engaging citizens in democratic systems and institutions can help to arrest the decline. Read: www.ids.ac.uk/campaigns/de... #Democracy

In this new publication, “D2A: a community-led smartphone tool for malnutrition screening in Kenya”, Ravi Bhavnani and Nina Sophia Link examine the potential of smartphone-based tools to strengthen child acute malnutrition screening in low-resource settings. www.graduateinstitute.ch/communicatio...

#BOOKTALK on Depletion with Professor Shirin Rai (SOAS): The Human Costs of #Caring: 9 April, 1 pm BST Who bears the hidden costs of #care, and what would it take to reverse that #depletion? Webinar hosted by the DSA-EADI Working Group on Land, Labour & Food www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-talk-...

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🔍 #Afrocentrism as an approach to understanding migration? The PolMig team has come out with their first joint publication, discussing an Afrotheoretical focus as a conceptual lens for rethinking migration, agency and political life in Africa. Read more: www.arnold-bergstraesser.de/en/news/afro...

Israel has branded itself as the “Start-up Nation,” projecting a glossy, tech-optimist state. This techwashing serves a fascist agenda, securing international legitimisation of the ongoing colonisation of Palestine, while inspiring authoritarian, tech-dystopias worldwide. www.tni.org/en/article/t...

"In what kind of world order will development cooperation exist, and what role will it play there? These are not merely technical questions. They are political and normative choices about what kind of international order remains possible" ✍️ Our latest blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2535

From tax administration to tax policy 📊 In this blog, Jonathan Msoni shows how collaboration between UNU‑WIDER and Zambia Revenue Authority, through administrative tax data, research partnerships, and skills‑building, can drive evidence‑based reforms. Read the blog 👉 go.unu.edu/OUzpQ

"But we have to acknowledge that such approaches to statecraft and knowledge-making have failed, and in the face of accelerating, intersecting uncertainties – what some parse as ‘the polycrisis’ – are likely to fail more frequently." ✍️ From our blog www.developmentresearch.eu?p=2530

To save #democracy we need to tackle political exclusion. Urgent steps need to be taken to rebuild the relationship between citizens and state to stem the decline of democracy 🌍 warns a new IDS report out today 👇 https://ids.pulse.ly/7xvmps6ljk

📢From SRHR to Development Justice|31 Mar 2026 Join the launch of the Global South Coalition for SRHR & Development Justice, ft. UNRISD’s Director, @magdalenasepulveda.bsky.social, who will explore how finance systems shape SRHR & development justice. 👉Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

📣 €300 billion in commitments is not the same as impact on the ground. Turning the EU’s Global Gateway into a pipeline of truly transformational projects remains slow and complex, especially in challenging contexts. Read the commentary 👉 bit.ly/4m0dACg