by developmentatmanchester | Dec 18, 2015 | Comment, Policy, Uncategorized
By Cathy Wilcock, Doctoral Researcher, Global Development Institute Socrates and a pig walk into a bar. Socrates orders a fine bottle of claret and argues for hours with the bartender about Romantic poetry. Being infuriated by the bartender’s base reading of...
by developmentatmanchester | Dec 17, 2015 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Dr. Tanja Müller I just had an article published in Africa Spectrum on Universal Rights versus Exclusionary Politics, using aspirations and despair among Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv as the case study. This article was originally submitted to a different Journal...
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 | Dec 2, 2015 | Comment, Events
GDI Director Professor David Hulme spoke last week at our Global Development Seminar Series. David discussed the recently announced Sustainable Development Goals, and whether they are merely a continuation of the evolving UN “Global Goals” process or demonstrate that...
by developmentatmanchester | Dec 1, 2015 | Comment, Events
The next lecture in our Global Development Seminar Series takes place on Wednesday December 9, with Cornell University professor Ravi Kanbur. Ravi’s talk is titled Is Utilitarianism All That Bad A Doctrine For Egalitarians? The lecture will run 4.30pm-6pm in...
