by Global Development Institute | May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the end of the academic year we brought together leading academics from the Global Development Institute in a lively session. Fielding questions from the class of 17-18 our academics answer questions on the reality of development theory vs practice, the...
by Global Development Institute | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews leading Russian economist Sergei Guriev, for the latest in the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series. They talk about the problem that Russian economy is facing with corruption and the need for deep...
by Global Development Institute | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and economics advisor to the Indian government for the latest in the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series. Basu discusses the implications...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Global Development Institute academics, Khalid Nadvi and Rory Horner discuss the growing body of research which points to the ‘Rise of the South’ and the growth of South–South trade. Rory and Khalid consider the implications of the shifting dynamics of global trade...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 20, 2018 | Comment, News
Everyone at the Global Development Institute was saddened to hear that Simeen Mahmud recently passed away. Simeen was head of the Gender Studies Cluster and the Coordinator of the Centre for Gender and Social Transformation (CGST) at BRAC University in Bangladesh. She...
