by Global Development Institute | Aug 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dan Brockington, Nicola Banks, Mathilde Maitrot and David Hulme One of the vices of poverty is not being able to access that little bit of extra money when you need it. An opportunity comes up, such as a job interview, or a useful animal you can buy, but you do not...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 20, 2018 | Comment
Armando Barrientos, Professor of Poverty and Social Justice, Global Development Institute The aim of this blog post is to throw light on Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a social policy. In current policy debates UBI proposals have a number of objectives: to address...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 25, 2018 | Comment, Uncategorized
We were delighted to host the 2018 Development Studies Association Annual Conference at The University of Manchester, focused on global inequalities, a theme which is one of the University’s five research beacons. Development Studies has a long tradition at...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Professor Armando Barrientos, Professor of Poverty and Social Justice Since the turn of the century low and middle income countries have implemented programmes providing regular transfers to families in poverty with the objective of strengthening their capacity to...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Global inequalities is the central theme of DSA2018 in Manchester, which marks the Development Studies Association’s 40th anniversary and 60 years of development studies at The University of Manchester. Focusing on global inequalities challenges the traditional...
