by Louisa Hann | Nov 15, 2023 | Comment
The following extract is taken from an interview with GDI’s Reader in Migration Studies, Dr Oliver Bakewell, in the recently published Handbook on Forced Migration. Below, Oliver responds to a question about the risks we run when aligning research agendas on mobility...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 9, 2023 | Comment
GDI’s Nicola Banks reflects on an event co-hosted with One World Together and two of their partners, the brilliant Community Savers in Manchester and the North-West and Muungano wa Wanavijiji in Kenya. Multiple crises are exacerbating pressures on low-income...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 29, 2023 | Comment
Why do certain parts of the state in Africa work so effectively despite operating in difficult governance contexts? How do ‘pockets of bureaucratic effectiveness’ emerge and become sustained over time? And what does this tell us about the prospects for...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 18, 2023 | Comment
Clare Cummings, Research Associate, Global Development Institute Almost two decades since waves of protests spread across southern Nepal demanding respect and rights for the Madhesi ethnic group, the desire for dignity continues to disrupt Nepali politics. In 2007,...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 1, 2023 | Comment
Namira Samir, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute Namira Samir is a final year PhD Candidate at Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester. Her PhD research investigates the interplay between credit, human capabilities, and labour in...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 14, 2023 | Comment, Research Findings
By Miguel Kanai, University of Sheffield, Seth Schindler, Global Development Institute and Javier Díaz Bay, Universidad Nacional de Luján Argentina won its third FIFA World Cup last December in Qatar. This major sporting achievement fulfilled team captain Lionel...