The work of the Poverty and Social Policy team at IDS covers a wide range of academic and applied research in many countries, and engages with governments, donors, NGOs and civil society.
Recent research activities include two large-scale research programmes, one on Poverty Reduction and one on Social Policy. Team members are also engaged in numerous collaborative research projects, commissioned research studies and consultancy or advisory activities. Current research interests of team members include issues around
- child poverty
- education
- food security
- gender
- trade liberalisation