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Growth first: Equality later? Dangerous Ideas in Development, December 2011

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:28:17 +0000

Growth first, equality later: Is it time to redress the balance? Dangerous Ideas in Development, December 2011

MDGs: A race against time - David Bull, Executive Director, Unicef UK

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:16:59 +0000

MDGs: A race against time. Sussex Development Lecture by David Bull, Executive Director, Unicef UK

Emma Visman (Humanitarian Futures programme) IDS Climate & development seminar

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 14:11:34 +0000

IDS and University of Sussex Climate Change and Development Change Seminar Series

Thursday 24 November
‘Climate & development: Connecting Climate Science and Humanitarian Organisations’,
Emma Visman (Humanitarian Futures programme).

For more information on the IDS Climate Change Team visit:
http://www.ids.ac.uk/research-teams/climate-change-team

David Bull (UNICEF UK) and Matthew Lockwood (IDS) discuss Climate Change

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:25:09 +0000

As representatives from the world’s governments, international organisations and civil society gather in Durban for 2011’s major climate change conference (COP17), IDS' Nick Perkins interviews David Bull (Executive Director of UNICEF UK) and Matthew Lockwood (IDS Climate Change Team Leader) about the key issues at stake.

We ask what COP17 might achieve, how the current economic climate is impacting on public engagement around climate change, and what might feasibly replace the Kyoto Protocol. We also examine the role of children and young people - in the UK and elsewhere - as active citizens engaged on the issue of climate change.

Hugh Elliott talks about AngloAmerican’s approach to conflict prevention and management

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:51:25 +0000

Hugh Elliott (Head of Government Relations, Anglo American), discusses ‘Mining and conflict prevention: an insider’s view - Anglo American’s approach to conflict prevention and management’. This event forms part of the 'Business and Development' seminar series, hosted by IDS' Globalisation Team. www.ids.ac.uk/go/media/events/business-and-development

Hugh Elliott (Anglo American), Dinah Rajak (Uni of Sussex) and Noshua Watson (IDS) are interviewed

Fri, 02 Dec 2011 13:48:11 +0000

Hugh Elliott (Head of Government Relations, Anglo American), Dinah Rajak (Researcher, University of Sussex) and Noshua Watson (Research Fellow, Globalisation Team, IDS) are interviewed on the seminar ‘Mining and conflict prevention: an insider’s view - Anglo American’s approach to conflict prevention and management’, held at IDS on the 29 November 2011 as part of the Business and Development Seminar Series.

IDS Big Question for Development, December 2011: Zimbabwe's Land Reform

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 15:30:51 +0000

Each month we speak to one or two people working on development issues across the world, finding out a bit about their work and asking them ‘What do you think is the big question that Development Studies needs to answer? This month we focus on Zimbabwe’s contentious Land Reform.

Just over ten years ago, President Robert Mugabe introduced a ‘fast track land reform’ programme in Zimbabwe. Since then most of the country’s white farmers have been forced from their land, which was handed over to about a million black Zimbabweans.

The often violent programme has created a new agrarian structure and had far-reaching consequences. But IDS research has shown that it is not the complete economic disaster widely portrayed.

To find out more we spoke to Professor Ian Scoones, the study’s lead author, and Professor Mandivamba Rukuni, Director of the Afrika Wisdom Leadership Academy and formerly Chair of the Commission of Inquiry into Zimbabwe’s Land Tenure Systems.

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Sussex Development Lecture by Mick Moore, 10 November 2011

Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:57:27 +0000

Beyond BRICS and Rising Powers: New Political Landscapes in the Old South. Sussex Development Lecture by Mick Moore, 10 November 2011.

Professor Lawrence Haddad interviews Sir Richard Jolly

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 16:58:51 +0000

IDS recently celebrated the work of research associate and former IDS Director Sir Richard Jolly with a major conference looking at what can be done to move the key issues of human development, inequality and social justice up the global political agenda. To mark the occasion current IDS Director Lawrence Haddad interviewed Richard about the current shifts in the world system including the rise of the BRICS countries and the impact of the ongoing financial crisis and what they mean for international development.

The interview tackles some of the major questions currently facing world leaders and the development community including.

For full details on this and other IDS research visit: www.ids.ac.uk

Kate Meagher (LSE) talks about how business makes bandits in the Niger Delta

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:31:41 +0000

Kate Meagher, Lecturer at London School of Economics (LSE), explains how business makes bandits: business, power and accountability in the Niger Delta. This event forms part of the 'Business and Development' seminar series, hosted by IDS' Globalisation Team. http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/media/events/business-and-development

Kate Meagher (LSE), Stephen Spratt and Cassandra Biggs (IDS) are interviewed

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:25:48 +0000

Kate Meagher (Lecturer, London School of Economics), Stephen Spratt (Research Fellow, Globalisation Team, IDS) and Cassandra Biggs (MA Student, IDS) are interviewed on the seminar ‘How Business Makes Bandits: Business, Power and Accountability in the Niger Delta’, held at IDS on the 22 November 2011 as part of the Business and Development Seminar Series

Sussex Development Lecture 17 November by Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 11:15:29 +0000

Sussex Development Lecture on 17 November 2011 by Harriet Lamb, Executive Director, Fairtrade Foundation

Justin Pearce (SOAS) talks about aspects of recent research on the Angolan civil war

Mon, 21 Nov 2011 16:00:14 +0000

Jason Pearce, ESRC Postdoctoral Fellow, SOAS, presents a talk on 'Angola and the local politics of civil war - aspects of recent research on the Angolan civil war (1975 - 2002)' on 7 November 2011 as part of the Conflict, Violence and Development seminar series at IDS.

Understanding mindless criminality and poverty impacts of civil violence: Jaideep Gupte, IDS

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:25:27 +0000

Understanding mindless criminality and poverty impacts of civil violence. Sussex Development Lecture 3 November 2011 by Jaideep Gupte, IDS

Aidan Davy (ICMM), Xavier Cirera (IDS) and Daniela Castaldo (seminar attendee) are interviewed

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 14:02:09 +0000

Aidan Davy (Director, International Council for Mining and Metals), Xavier Cirera (Research Fellow, Globalisation Team, IDS) and Daniela Castaldo (seminar attendee) are interviewed on the seminar ‘Mining in conflict or high-risk countries: The challenges of security provision and respecting human rights’, held at IDS on the 8 November 2011 as part of the Business and Development Seminar Series

Aidan Davy (ICMM) talks about mining in conflict or high-risk countries

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:59:57 +0000

Aidan Davy, Director of ICMM, looks at the challenges of security provision and respecting human rights, when mining in conflict or high risk countries. This event forms part of the 'Business and Development' seminar series, hosted by IDS' Globalisation Team. http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/media/events/business-and-development

IDS Big Question for Development 2011, 'The Political Context of Malnutrition'

Mon, 07 Nov 2011 16:06:39 +0000

This month, we spoke to Andres Meija Acousta, IDS Research Fellow in the Governance Team and Manuel Sanchez-Montero from Tripode Proyecto on the effects and causes of Malnutrition on a political and human context.

Ed O’Keefe (Synergy Global) considers the role of the extractive industry in areas of conflict

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:28:52 +0000

Edward O’Keefe, Director of Synergy Global, looks at the role of the extractive industry in the DRC and other areas of conflict. This event forms part of the 'Business and Development' seminar series, hosted by IDS' Globalisation Team. http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/media/events/business-and-development

Edward O’Keefe (Synergy Global), John Humphrey and Emilie Wilson (IDS) are interviewed

Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:21:05 +0000

Edward O’Keefe (Director, Synergy Global), John Humphrey (Team Leader, Globalisation Team, IDS) and Emilie Wilson (Communications Officer, IDS) are interviewed on the seminar ‘Considering the role of the extractive industry in the DRC and other areas of conflict’, held at IDS on the 1 November 2011 as part of the Business and Development Seminar Series

Mike Davis (Global Witness), Nick Perkins and Tracy Swemmer (IDS) are interviewed

Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:38:40 +0100

Mike Davis (Campaigner, Global Witness), Nick Perkins (Head of Communications, IDS) and Tracy Swemmer (MA student, IDS) are interviewed on the seminar, 'Breaking the links between commerce and conflict', held at IDS on the 25 October 2011 as part the Business and Development Seminar Series