by Global Development Institute | Oct 8, 2020 | Comment
Prof David Hulme, Global Development Institute Oxfam’s reports on inequality have grabbed the headlines over the years – “8 men own the same wealth as 3.6 billion people” won global media coverage a few years ago and challenged many of the world’s business elite at...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
The story so far These blogs offer a running commentary on how 60 low-income households in central Bangladesh who volunteer as ‘diarists’ in our daily financial diary project have coped with the pandemic. The first blog in this series was written just after a ‘corona...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 4, 2020 | Comment
Prof Khalid Nadvi, Professor of International Development and Managing Director, Global Development Institute It is now abundantly clear that Covid-19 is a critical inflection point, not just for the severe public health impacts that have arisen from the virus across...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 30, 2020 | Comment
For the past few years, researchers at the Global Development Institute have argued that Development Studies needs to move on from its traditional international focus. Rory Horner, David Hulme and others have been at the forefront of arguing that the idea of global...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The story so far The first blog in this series was written just after a ‘corona lockdown’ was enforced in Bangladesh on 26th March 2020. It discussed the reaction to the shock of the 60 low-income households in central Bangladesh who volunteer as ‘diarists’ in our...