In a rapidly evolving global trade and development landscape, addressing trade-related challenges through aid for trade (AfT) remains highly relevant.

At least 15 million South Africans suffer from food insecurity. That means they don’t have enough nutritious food to live ...

Peter Taylor, IDS Director, calls UK aid budget cuts to fund increase in defence spending as a devastating blow.

Since the fall of the Assad regime in December 2024, social protection in Syria has undergone rapid and profound changes. These are examined in a Briefing Paper based on background reports by ...

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) provides important lessons on Right to Food for ...

Cape Town became a powerhouse of collaboration, invention, and dedication to addressing one of humanity's most serious challenges: adjusting to an increasingly warming climate.

Amid geopolitical risks there is a rise in trade protection, and the threat of Trump’s tariffs have only escalated the ...

In this paper we assess the forestry tax regime in Ekiti State, where forests represent more than 50 % of land area and forest revenue has been historically relevant.

This paper investigates the role of crises (e.g. armed conflict, displacement, climate-related disasters, Covid‑19, and economic crises) in driving negative poverty trajectories in Nigeria, alongside ...

With a whole new generation of young people demanding land and livelihoods across the land reform areas, we have been asking what are young people doing to make a living and where? In our study we ...

This paper investigates the sudden 2019 termination by the United States Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) of trade with India as a quasi-natural experiment. Given the re-election of Donald ...

This paper examines the welfare effects of the unilateral trade preferences scheme of the Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) for UK–India trade on households in India. The design of unilateral ...