The ODID blog

The international quest for green energy is reliant on “sacrificial zones” in developing countries, but far from creating a green new deal for all, the transition to clean energy is displacing communities and reinforcing entrenched inequalities. 

Our recent roundtable discussion explored the relationships between sustainability, equality and economic growth in a rich debate that yielded many perspectives on addressing the climate crisis.

Colombia's president wants an end to the global 'drug prohibition regime', but he faces an uphill battle to gather international support.

A new White Paper offers impractical solutions to imagined issues, whilst ignoring the potential benefits of immigration. 

Maxim Bolt calls for legal recognition of customary approaches that emphasise collective and cross-generational ownership.

How three buzzwords are shifting responsibility for refugees’ wellbeing away from the international system to displaced people and host communities themselves – with harmful consequences for both. 

In the Oxford Development Studies Annual Lecture 2023, Professor Lyn Ossome argued that the patterns of industrial capitalism that shape agriculture in the global South result in deep inequalities, which development models must urgently address if societies are to support everyone.