Natalie Lovell reflects on the power of metaphor and suggest that, rather than a forest, we look towards a jungle of solidarity.

What ideas about women, family and society will shape young men and boys growing up in such an environment? What kind of ...

Cornwall, A. (2002) Making spaces, changing places : situating participation in development. Working paper series, 170. Brighton: IDS.

This briefing presents updated analysis of international financing for social protection in countries experiencing protracted crises, drawing on 2024 data from the Organisation for Economic ...

Top of the agenda is how to manage rangelands that support millions of pastoralists worldwide in sustainable ways. 2026 is the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP), and the global ...

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Case Study Report: The Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience in Nepal Published on 23 August 2026 ...

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Resilience has, in the past four decades, been a term increasingly employed throughout a number of sciences: psychology and ecology, most prominently. Increasingly one finds it in political science, ...

Opening Up Or Closing Down? Analysis, Participation And Power In The Social Appraisal Of Technology Published on 26 August 2026 ...