By Peter Taylor The re-election of President Trump in January 2025 led to an immediate freeze on all international development funding from USAID, the largest international aid donor. As highlighte…

On 30 May 2025, IDS Honorary Associate and former UN Humanitarian Chief Martin Griffiths described the situation in Gaza as genocide. Alongside IDS Research Fellow Philip Proudfoot, here he calls for ...

Government’s rhetoric undermines the ability to tackle challenges at home and abroad, says Peter Taylor

Peter Taylor, Director of the Institute of Development Studies shares why governments with more progressive agendas should work together.

Supporting women and girls has just got much harder after the drastic cuts made to international development budgets.

Peter Taylor, IDS Director, calls UK aid budget cuts to fund increase in defence spending as a devastating blow.

By Peter Taylor / part of our “Share your Decolonising Story” project Beginnings I grew up in an industrial town in the North of the United Kingdom, and as a child my experience of agriculture was …

Concerns are growing in Washington that abruptly halting assistance from the U.S. Agency for International Development “opens up a window for China and Russia,” one analyst said.

The stop order on USAID is damaging critical humanitarian and development work around the world, says Peter Taylor, Director at IDS.

Join the Institute of Development Studies for our annual event to examine prospects for a recasting of development around the world.

We are delighted to announce that Professor Peter Taylor has been appointed as the new Director of the Institute of Development Studies. Professor Taylor has close to 40 years of experience in interna...

Global South researchers in development studies: Positionality, power and vulnerability.