by Global Development Institute | Sep 7, 2020 | Comment
Professors Khalid Nadvi and David Hulme, current and former managing directors of GDI Last week saw the merger of the FCO and DFID, to create the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). In the midst of a global pandemic, we believe it’s absolutely...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 1, 2020 | Comment, Research Findings
Dr Edward Ademolu, Postdoctoral Fellow at The London School of Economics and Political Science. Alum and Honorary fellow of the Global Development Institute International Development. When you hear this what comes to mind? If at all anything does? A question that is...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 25, 2020 | Comment
Gabriele Restelli, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute As Covid’s monopolizing power diminishes, immigration is ready to serve the purpose and fill the gap in headline news. Irregular migrants crossing the English Channel has gathered a lot of attention in...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 12, 2020 | Comment, Uncategorized
Social protection programs can facilitate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) but can also create trade-offs across divergent social and environmental goals that can undermine their effectiveness, say the authors of new research published in the...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 4, 2020 | Comment
Prof Khalid Nadvi, Professor of International Development and Managing Director, Global Development Institute It is now abundantly clear that Covid-19 is a critical inflection point, not just for the severe public health impacts that have arisen from the virus across...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 30, 2020 | Comment
For the past few years, researchers at the Global Development Institute have argued that Development Studies needs to move on from its traditional international focus. Rory Horner, David Hulme and others have been at the forefront of arguing that the idea of global...