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08 Mar, 2023
Food for thought? How Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Programme benefits children's foundational cognitive skills
New research from Young Lives on foundational cognitive skills provides ground-breaking evidence that children from households benefitting from Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) have better...
02 Feb, 2023
Putting climate change and inequality first in teaching economics
In the latest post in our mini-series highlighting how our alumni are researching and tackling climate change, Dr Ramin Nassehi argues the need to turn economics teaching on its head and start with real-...
19 Jan, 2023
What's next? ODID research on global issues: inequality
We're launching a new series of videos exploring the impact of the COVID pandemic and its aftermath on global issues, and how this is shaping research in development studies.
15 Dec, 2022
Delivering humanitarian energy for people and the planet
In the first post in a new blog mini-series highlighting how our alumni are researching and tackling climate change, we introduce a ground-breaking report that sheds valuable light on providing sustainable...
09 Dec, 2022
Adaptation strategies vs adaptive capacity – the difference is crucial to effective climate resilience policies
The most effective way to foster resilience in the face of climate challenges is by supporting people’s capacity to adapt – rather than pushing specific adaptation strategies which dictate how people...