Published on 14 January 2021
In May 2019, IDS became the UK Anchor Institution for the China International Development Research Network funded by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and supported by the Ministry for Commerce, China. The three-year project is enabling researchers to strengthen connections, securing opportunities for knowledge exchange, mutual learning that is contributing to providing the evidence needed to inform Chinese policy towards the UN Global Goals.
China is a global force with transformative impact in global development due to its strategic importance, role in global south and a commitment to development. There is a pressing need for nations to build up the capacity to better understand and better participate in global development. This creates need for stronger links between researchers in the UK and China that encourage knowledge sharing and collaboration on a range of development research projects. In part
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For the past five years a consortium of researchers from Institute of Development Studies (IDS), Gamos and International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) have been evaluating the impact of the mNutrition programme. Led by GSMA and supported by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO), the programme was a global initiative that aimed to use mobile technology to improve the health and nutritional status of children and adults in low-income countries around the world.
As the evaluation draws to a close, we are delighted to share our final mixed methods reports for the two country case studies in Ghana and Tanzania. Here we asked our consortium researchers, Dr Inka Barnett (IDS, the overall lead and qualitative component lead), Dr Nigel Scott (Gamos, the Business and cost effectiveness component lead) and Dr Dan Gilligan, Dr Melissa Hidrobo and Dr Giordano Palloni (IFPRI, quantitative component) to share a few reflections on what they learnt from the evaluation and
Published on 15 December 2020
Evelyn Djuwidja completed the MA Food and Development in 2020, taught jointly by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and the University of Sussex. Here she tells us why she chose this specialist master’s course and what surprised her during her year at Sussex.
Watch a short video excerpt of Evelyn’s interview or read the interview in full below.
What were you doing before you came to IDS?
I actually worked for an NGO, an international NGO back in Indonesia. It was an NGO focused on food systems and nutrition. I was there for seven years. So it’s been quite a long time. Before then, I worked for another NGO that is focused on energy conservation.