by Global Development Institute | Oct 21, 2019 | Comment
Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute On 14 October 2019 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 15, 2019 | Comment
Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute The story of mobile money in Africa, such as Mpesa, is one of the success stories to have arisen from the continent in recent years. A World Bank report in 2016, featured mobile money services,...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 15, 2019 | Comment
In this episode, Raquel Rolnik talked to Tom Gillespie and Isaac Rose about the financialisation of housing and her new book ‘Urban Warfare: housing under the empire of finance’. Raquel Rolnik is a professor of Urban Planning at the University of São...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 8, 2019 | Comment
In this episode, Nick Jepson talks to Rhys Jenkins about China’s growing economic involvement in Africa and Latin America and his book ‘How China is Reshaping the Global Economy: Development Impacts in Africa and Latin America’ Rhys Jenkins is Professor of...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 25, 2019 | Comment
Keisha Maloney, MSc Global Urban Development and Planning Once notorious for violence, cartels and drug trafficking, the city of Medellín in Colombia is increasingly becoming known for its transformation not only to peace – but prosperity. Like cities all around the...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 16, 2019 | Comment
The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network has launched its new Chronic Poverty Report on Growth, which also includes a briefing note on ‘pathways to sustained poverty reduction: balancing growth from above and below’ The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network was originally the...
