by Global Development Institute | Sep 7, 2020 | Comment
Professors Khalid Nadvi and David Hulme, current and former managing directors of GDI Last week saw the merger of the FCO and DFID, to create the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). In the midst of a global pandemic, we believe it’s absolutely...
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 developmentatmanchester | Apr 9, 2015 | Uncategorized
Pablo Yanguas is a Research Associate at the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) research centre. On April 2nd ODI hosted a group of aid practitioners and public sector researchers gathered for the purpose of discussing whether the “Doing Development...