There is no substance to the view that poor people are lazy and prefer to live on handouts from the state rather than seek work.
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Public statements against payroll fraud seem to materialise at strategic moments.
The costs that fossil fuels impose on public health through air pollution alone are enormous.
Golden Rice – a controversial genetically modified product designed to combat malnutrition – has been approved as safe in the Philippines. But key questions remain unanswered.
In a country where less-than-democratic elites wield substantial power, bottom-up politics is still alive and well.
Lula led an unprecedented shift in the country’s foreign policy towards the global South. He also helped elevate Brazil to the status of a global player. But, six years on, disillusionment reigns.
If ever we wanted a reminder of how global capitalism has got things wrong, the Ebola outbreak in West Africa serves the purpose well. Our assumption that economic growth is essential is not only a feature…
Have the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and the G20 really attempted to “discredit and discourage” the participation of developing countries in a new system of automatic tax information…
Given that no census has been conducted in Afghanistan since 1979, it’s unclear whether the Hazara ethnic minority constitute 9% or near 20% of the country’s population. What is clear, however, is that…
India keeps getting into arguments with foreign firms over tax; is it wise to do so? The Financial Times, for one, is in no doubt that India is scaring off foreign investors, and that it is making a mistake…
A revised Criminal Procedure Code currently sits on the desk of Hamid Karzai. It has already passed through both the lower and upper houses of the Afghan parliament. If President Karzai signs it into law…
Justine Greening, the international development secretary, recently made a speech on how business can contribute to development. Three quarters of it was about the importance of economic growth in developing…
The shooting death of an Islamic cleric in Mombasa and the unrest that followed over the weekend as young Muslims torched a church and clashed with police are a reminder, just two weeks after the Westgate…
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Researcher, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Advisor, Institute of Development Studies
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Postdoctoral Fellow, International Centre for Tax and Development, Institute of Development Studies
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Emeritus Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Professor, Institute of Development Studies
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Professorial Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow and Cluster Leader, Power and Popular Politics research cluster, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Associate Fellow of Political Economy, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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PhD candidate, Institute of Development Studies
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Digital Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
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Research Fellow, Institute of Development Studies
