Development community needs a more joined-up approach to tackling conflict

From Aid | The Guardian Mon Sep 15 2014, 06:00:28

Institute of Development Studies director said the sector must address social and economic issues that fuel global crises

The development community can no longer stick its head in the sand when it comes to tackling the political, economic and social issues that lie at the roots of fundamentalism, conflict and inequality, the head of a leading research centre has warned.

Melissa Leach, director of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), said the proliferation of crises from Iraq and Syria to South Sudan and the Ebola outbreak underlined the need for a more concerted, committed and holistic response from government departments, NGOs and academics.

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