by Global Development Institute | Feb 17, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Julia Taub Many people often wonder what they will do when they finish their studies. I spent most of my master’s year worrying about what would be next. Would I be able to get a job? Would this master’s help? Over the last few months my questions have been...
by developmentatmanchester | Jan 6, 2016 | Research Findings, Uncategorized
By Bazoumana Ouattara, University of Manchester; Eric Strobl, École Polytechnique; Jan Vermeiren, Kinetic Analysis Corporation and Stacia Yearwood, Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility. Worryingly losses associated with tropical storms have risen considerably...
by developmentatmanchester | Jan 4, 2016 | Comment, Policy, Uncategorized
By Jonas Amtoft Bruun “We have an agreement”. Those redeeming words from French foreign minister Laurent Fabius in the evening of Saturday the 12th of December unleashed a wave of standing ovations from high level UN staff, delegates and observers from business and...
by developmentatmanchester | Dec 2, 2015 | Comment, Policy
The Global Development Institute’s Professor David Hulme is currently president of the Development Studies Association. In his latest message to DSA members, David analyses the new UK aid strategy, recent research council changes and the potential development impact...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 17, 2015 | Comment
By Professor Uma Kothari The impacts of climate change are likely to be severe. Extreme weather events, heat stress, rising sea levels, infections and disease are just some potential results, which will hit poor and vulnerable populations in developing countries...