[IDS]The G8 summit on June 17-18 at the Lough Erne golf resort in Northern Ireland will focus on Transparency, Tax and Trade (TTT).

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[IDS]A new issue of the IDS Rapid Response Briefing series looks at some of the key issues surrounding the creation of a new development bank by the emerging economies of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). The BRICS Bank was expected to be launched at the recent BRICS Summit that took place i

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[IDS]This week I was in Melbourne for a conference on the future of development in Asia and the Pacific hosted by the Australian National University, The Asia Foundation, the Lowy Institute and the University of Melbour

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[IDS]Stephen Howes, the Director of the Development Policy Centre at the Australian National University gave a very nice presentation on the future of Australian aid at the Conference on the Future of International Development in Asia and the Pacific.

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[IDS]I went on holiday last week and it rained, a lot, so I had plenty of time to read. One of the books I read was 'Two Cheers for Anarchism', James Scott's latest book, and it really got me thinking. First, it resonates strongly with the work the Power, Participation and Social Change team at IDS

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[IDS]IDS Research Associate, Sir Richard Jolly spoke alongside International Development Secretary of State, Justine Greening and Liberian Ambassador, Wesley Johnson at an event convened by the All Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) on International Development to examine what will replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in 2015.

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[IDS]IDS is delighted to announce, that together with Hivos is Ushahidi, we have been selected to manage the Making All Voices Count: A Grand Challenge for Development (MAVC) fund.

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[IDS]As we move toward the end date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), work towards a new post-2015 global architecture to frame development outcomes and track progress is already underway. Recognising the 57th Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) in New York as a strategic moment to feed into these processes, a multi-stakeholder roundtable was organised, co-hosted by the BRIDGE research and information team at IDS.

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[IDS]The local elections in the UK were held last week.

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[WEF]Geneva -Economic diversification is essential for African economies to build buffers against vulnerability in a volatile world, panellists told a World Economic Forum on Africa session on Africa's economic outlook.

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