Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene? Not for those with low-incomes
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute The United Nations has a specialist unit to measure and monitor progress on provision for water, sanitation and hygiene, the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). JMP’s regular progress reports are an...
Is gender inequality still on the margins?
Professor Bina Agarwal was recently presented with a Balzan Prize for her work on gender and development. She was cited for “challenging established premises in economics and the social sciences by using an innovative gender perspective; for enhancing the visibility...
Structural change and premature deindustrialisation: lessons from Dani Rodrik
Alejandra Ortiz Garcia, PhD research Global Development Institute Last month, Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University, paid a visit to Manchester to talk about his most recent work and share his views on the current state of...