by Global Development Institute | Oct 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
The Bangladesh government closed all schools on March 17th, 2020 as part of a ‘lockdown’ to combat the virus. Since then there have been several target dates for re-opening, but each has been cancelled and we still cannot be sure when the schools will open again....
by Global Development Institute | Oct 21, 2019 | Comment
Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute On 14 October 2019 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics to Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 30, 2019 | News, Research Findings, Uncategorized
Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute Indonesia is the fourth most populous country with more than 210 million people, undergoing wrenching demographic and epidemiologic transitions. The country is young, though its adult population is...
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...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 22, 2018 | Comment
The Global Development Institute hosted a visit from the former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff yesterday (Thursday 21 June) as part of a study tour she is undertaking across the UK. Rousseff is a Brazilian economist and politician who served as the 36th President...
