by GDI | Jan 21, 2026 | Comment
GDI is hosting a conference asking ‘What is the future for global development?’, which will take place on 13-14 April 2026 in Manchester. Learn more about the conference and the agenda below. Register for the conference. Fresh assaults on overseas aid,...
by GDI | Aug 6, 2025 | Comment
An Early Career-led and focused workshop from the PhD ‘Political Economy of Development’ working group. Funded by the European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI) and the Development Studies Association (DSA), linked to the joint...
by GDI | Apr 1, 2025 | Comment
Funded by the University of Manchester Hallsworth Fund and the British Academy Conference Fund Photo credit: ‘In the sun, in the wind’ by Bruna Curcio (Brazil). Scroll for French, Spanish and Portuguese translations. Deadline for Photo Submission Extended...
by GDI | Feb 28, 2025 | Comment
by Dr Teklehaymanot Weldemichel Last week, I had the privilege of attending the 5th International Forest Defenders Conference in Bissau, Guinea-Bissau, where I was invited to speak on the role of colonialism in shaping contemporary land rights in regions of high...
by GDI | Jan 22, 2025 | Comment
by Mahtab Uddin, PhD candidate, GDI, University of Manchester In 1954, Arthur Lewis published a paper that set out his famous Dualistic Development Model, arguing that developing economies could foster capitalist growth by employing surplus labour from the subsistence...
