IDS Evidence Report 152 by Ian Scoones and Hubert Schmitz Accelerating sustainability is a challenge that defines our era and is a central theme of Institute of Development Studies research….
Accelerating Sustainability: Why Political Economy Matters
Sustainable Livelihoods and Rural Development
By Ian Scoones Practical Action Publishing August 2015 An Open Access e-book is available. View/download Buy the book from Practical Action Publishing (price discount for limited period) Medios de vida…
Gender Equality and Sustainable Development
Edited by Melissa Leach Earthscan/Routledge, 2015 Buy this book For pathways to be truly sustainable and advance gender equality and the rights and capabilities of women and girls, those whose…
Transforming soils: transdisciplinary perspectives and pathways to sustainability
Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Volume 15, August 2015, Pages 20-24 Soils must be understood from a transdisciplinary perspective, integrating biophysical, social, economic and political understandings. This requires new combinations…
Governing Agricultural Sustainability: Global lessons from GM crops
edited by Phil Macnaghten and Susana Carro Ripalda Routledge/Earthscan, 2015 Buy this book Although GM crops are seen by their advocates as a key component of the future of world…
Regulating genetic engineering: the limits and politics of knowledge
Charges against critics of genetic engineering (GE) often take four general forms. But all of them, we argue, are unsupported by facts. First, scientific and policy debates are not, as…
Understanding the diffusion modes of grassroots innovations in India: A study of Honey Bee Network supported innovators
In this paper we examine the outcomes and connections of preferences of the non-formal innovators identified by the Honey Bee Network (HBN) in India. The chosen mode of diffusion of…
Logics of government innovation and reform management in China
STEPS/Future Health Systems Working Paper 85 Download this paper (PDF 760kb) Since the beginning of reforms in the late 1970s, China has developed rapidly, transforming itself into a middle-income country,…
Improving technology transfer through national systems of innovation: climate relevant innovation-system builders (CRIBs)
Read this article (open access). The Technology Executive Committee (TEC) of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) recently convened a workshop seeking to understand how strengthening national…
Carbon Conflicts and Forest Landscapes in Africa
You can download the Accepted Manuscript of Chapter 1 of this book, open access. Download Chapter 1 Buy this book Amidst the pressing challenges of global climate change, the last…