by Global Development Institute | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Daniele Malerba Inequality is a topic of major interest nowadays, with recent reports showing that the richest 62 individuals possess more wealth than the bottom half of the global population. But this attention has not always been there. One the main drivers of...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Professor Uma Kothari’s lecture was part of ‘Your Manchester Insights’. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Print (Opens in new window) Print Like...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Professor Branko Milaonvic spoke at the Global Development Institute on ‘Globalization, migration and the future of the middle classes’. Branko is a leading scholar on income inequality. He is Presidential fellow at City University of New York, Visiting Presidential...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Some of our Master’s students are currently on fieldwork in Uganda. This video, of the March 2015 trip, gives an insight into their visit. Last year three of our students also wrote blogs about the fieldwork they carried out. You can read them now. Is universal...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
Dr Tomas Frederiksen spoke last week as part of the Global Development Seminar Series. Tomas discussed whether corporate social responsibility in the mining sector can deliver development. Listen to the talk: The Global Development Seminar Series brings together...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Gale Raj-Reichert Malaysia is a country which has experienced tremendous economic growth from the 1970s onwards, moving to upper-middle income status in the mid-1990s (Felipe 2012). One of the key industrial sectors that led its transition out of an agrarian...
