BLDS (British Library for Development Studies) BLDS (British Library for Development Studies) Access information: Free access on and off-campus from BLDS. Description: Depository library at The Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, for publications from international organisations (including the UN system and World Bank) with a strong collection from developing countries. Coverage: Contains over 150,000 records of documents on economic and social development including serial titles held and monographs acquired since 1987 Journal articles selectively indexed since 1990. This article was published on 2024-08-21