by Global Development Institute | Jan 20, 2020 | Comment
Since the election, the idea of the Conservative government merging DFID into the Foreign Office has been heavily rumoured. Despite denials, a speech by Liam Fox and a subsequent leader article in The Times both backing a merger gave further credence to the proposals....
by Global Development Institute | Dec 19, 2018 | Comment
In their Review “Landscapes that work for biodiversity and people” (19 October, p. eaau6020), C. Kremen and A. M. Merenlender discuss techniques that can preserve both ecosystem services and biodiversity in landscapes that have been modified by humans. They suggest...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 18, 2018 | News, Policy, Uncategorized
Wei Liu and Heiner Janus China’s development agency released a new draft of “Measures for the Administration of Foreign Aid” on 13 November, asking for comments from the public. The measures clarify and guide the practices of all Chinese institutions engaged in...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 7, 2018 | Comment
Henning Melber, President of the EADI and Julia Schöneberg, Research Fellow at the University of Kassel Brazil as the latest example shows: right-wing populism remains on the rise, unleashing the brute force of predator capitalism under authoritarian regimes. The...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 20, 2018 | Comment
Dr Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Development Pedagogy, Global Development Institute “Rhodes must fall”, decolonising knowledge, decolonising the curriculum, decolonising the university: against the backdrop of these ever-growing debates in the higher education...