The Institute for Study and Development Worldwide (IFSD) is an international research and development advisory company based in Sydney, Austrlia. IFSD is committed to catalyse climate resilient development across the Asia-Pacific and Africa through research, policy analysis, capacity building, and innovation development. It works with local communities, governments, national and international development organisations, businesses, and research groups to develop and implement inclusive and transformative solutions to social and environmental problems. It adopts a system approach to building climate resilience and inclusive development by testing and developing solutions to water, ecosystems, agrifood system, forest and biodiversity, livelihoods, green economy, and disaster risks.

Drawing on its international team of experts with diverse geographic experiences, IFSD uniquely blends its expertise on political economy analysis and policy design, action research and knowledge management, program design and management, and gender and social inclusion to catalyse participatory change and system innovation. IFSD’s services and projects are grounded in local contexts and informed by global best practices, thus creating a strong basis for lasting impact.

Since its establishment in 2016, IFSD has served a wide range of clients and collaborators in Australia, Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and Africa. It has partnered with OECD, Canadian IDRC, UNESCO, DFAT Australia and regional organisations like International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development to promote climate resilient and inclusive development. IFSD has also developed policy lab methods through which practitioners and researchers can catalyse co-learning and policy innovation.