by Global Development Institute | Jun 29, 2017 | Research Findings
By Manoj K. Pandey, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Read the working paper: What are the relationships between ageing, depression, non-communicable diseases and disabilities in South Africa? Old age is often characterised by poor health due to isolation, morbidities...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 16, 2017 | Research Findings
Each month we bring you the latest publications from the researchers at the Global Development Institute. Books Kunal Sen has published a new book with Sabyasachi Kar: The Political Economy of India’s Growth Episodes David Lawson, David Hulme and Lawrence Ado-Kofie...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 10, 2017 | Research Findings
Ritam Sengupta, Richard Heeks, Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Christopher Foster recently published a new Working Paper entitled ‘Exploring Big Data for Development: An Electricity Sector Case Study from India’. You can read the paper, and other Development...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 2, 2017 | Research Findings
By Professor Richard Heeks Taking a longer-term view, the relationship between digital ICTs and international development can be divided into three paradigms – “pre-digital”, “ICT4D”, and “digital development” – that rise and fall over time (see Figure below). The...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 24, 2017 | Comment, Research Findings
Professor Uma Kothari, from the Global Development Institute, recently appeared on The University of Melborne’s online, audio talk show of research, opinion and analysis, Up Close. She discussed how media representations of asylum seekers influence us in how we...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 21, 2017 | Comment, Research Findings
In a new paper, published in the GDI Working Paper series, Rory Horner and David Hulme argue that the macro-scale map of development has shifted from “divergence, big time” to “converging divergence”, which consequently requires a shift from thinking of international...
