International development

Speaker: Professor Tiziana Leone

This inaugural lecture will look at key issues in the study of women’s health through the lens of reproductive histories, looking at both contingent and cumulated events to include physical and mental shocks such as conflict and disasters which would eventually have an impact later in life.

The overview will start with the challenges of studying this topic in a low resource settings. It will then focus on key challenges and priorities in social science research from menarche to menopause and beyond going via key events such as abortion, maternal health care services in order to understand how women’s ageing process can be affected by their reproductive pathways.

WTO Tariff & Trade Data
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Recently launched the WTO Tariff & Trade Data, an online platform providing enhanced access to official tariff and trade figures for over 150 economies,  The database — currently in its beta version for preliminary release —includes bilateral trade datasets, time series views, and reports on export and import patterns by product and trade partner. It also has country profiles and information on product categories.

EADI is the leading European network in the field of Development Studies with more than 100 institutional members in more than 25 countries. . Our new Working Group on Latin American Development Studies is hosting its very first webinar, and our thematic focus is on Agriculture today.

According to multiplenewsreports, USAID workers have been ordered to destroy or burn records, including classified records. Current reporting indicates conflict

PubMed is incredibly reliable. And a lot depends on it. It’s an ecosystem built around MEDLINE, the steady feed of new publications…

Guest blogger Poppy Bullen offers insights on how humanitarian organizations can ethically incorporate storytelling into their communications. Storytelling remains one of humanity’s most fund…

Read the report HTML document PDF download (4 MB) Datasets (.ods) (2 MB) Published: 26 Feb 2025 Review This review finds that UK aid is being spent in an increasingly challenging global context, with extreme poverty concentrated in places severely affected by conflict and climate change.

The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals are dangerously off track. The prevailing “gap-filling” approach to SDG financing has proven inadequate, failing to deliver the scale, impact or equity required. Global efforts remain fixated on mobilizing additional financing rather than embedding the SDGs at the core of economic and financial systems. Blended finance, often heralded as a silver bullet, has fallen short: public resources dominate blended deals, often de-risking private initiative in lower-risk, lower-impact projects. To redirect this trajectory, the international financing architecture must be reshaped around the SDGs.

Mountains and glaciers - Water towersFor billions of people, mountain meltwater is essential for drinking water and sanitation, food and energy security, and the integrity of the environment.But today, as the world warms, glaciers are melting faster than ever, making the water cycle more unpredictable and extreme. And because of glacial retreat, floods, droughts, landslides and sea-level rise are intensifying, with devastating consequences for people and nature.

Early warning systems (EWS) Early Warnings for All is a groundbreaking initiative to ensure that everyone on Earth is protected from hazardous weather, water, or climate events through life-saving early warning systems by the end of 2027. It is supported by the United Nations. This website maps funding initiatives funded by multilateral banks and climate change funds. It has mappings and data on gaps in funding.

Oxfam, through the four-year, multi-country program Together Against Poverty Project -Phase II (TAP2), has implemented impactful interventions contributing to strategic policy and practice outcomes in agriculture, aid effectiveness, and gender equality. Throughout the project, Oxfam has undertaken continuous learning and adaptation to ensure that our different advocacy and program tactics and strategies, which include research, […]

How to Use National MPIs as a Policy Tool: From Metrics to Policy is a comprehensive guide developed by UNDP and OPHI to help policymakers leverage the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) beyond mere measurement, using it as a practical tool to shape public policy.This handbook explores the strategic tools and skills used to introduce and institutionalise a new form of poverty measurement in government – the Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) – to help guide effective poverty reduction policies. 

Countries in conflict face a complex set of challenges that may hamper their ability to undertake adequate follow-up and review of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, including a meaningful voluntary national review (VNR). The present document offers insight into the distinctive VNR experiences of countries in conflict, highlighting practical approaches and lessons learned. Without being prescriptive, it provides a collection of bite-sized information and illustrative country cases to inspire national Sustainable Development Goal coordination teams in countries in conflict to alter their approach for a more meaningful VNR.

This summary report highlights findings from the UN Secretary-General’s review of global progress on gender equality 30 years on from the 1995 Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. While the findings point to advances such as anti-discrimination laws and gender-responsive climate plans, they also note persistent gender discrimination and emphasize the platform’s continued importance, including in reaching the Sustainable Development Goals.

In this episode of VoxDevTalks, Nobel laureate Simon Johnson discusses the global economy, impacts of deglobalisation, and rise of artificial intelligence.

This brief examines the potential impact of higher US tariffs on Asian economies and explores the resulting policy implications.