by Global Development Institute | May 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Tom Gillespie, Hallsworth Research Fellow, Global Development Institute and Kate Hardy, Associate Professor, University of Leeds Addressing world leaders on Monday, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson claimed that ‘it is humanity against the virus – we are in this...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
David Hulme, Professor of Development Studies, Global Development Institute and Rory Horner, Senior Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy, Global Development Institute. First published in the Global Policy Journal. Abstract We outline three scenarios for...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 16, 2020 | Comment
Covid-19 is affecting all of us, but in varying ways. It helps to map some of these diverse effects – and possible responses – for a particular group that we’re part of or support: social science research students. Because Covid-19 is having such far-reaching effects...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 3, 2020 | Comment
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute The pandemic of novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, has infected unwitting hosts all around the world. Some estimate suggests up to three in four of a population can be infected with about 4% of those...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 3, 2020 | Comment
How the approach of Covid-19 has affected low-income households in central Bangladesh. Liaqat (not his real name) is a newspaper vendor and a volunteer ‘diarist’ in the Hrishipara Daily Financial Diaries project. We have been tracking all his money transactions on a...