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“Beyond Borders, Beyond Books” – Our Cape Town Field Trip Adventure

by GDI | Jan 30, 2026 | Comment

by Xinyi Zhang Last year, students enrolled in GDI’s MSc Human Resource Development (International Development) enjoyed a field trip to Cape Town to learn more about putting human resource theories into practice. In this piece, student Xinyi Zhang reflects on...

Globalisation in Flux: What does the Transformation of Value Chains mean for the Governance of Decent Work?

by GDI | Jun 17, 2025 | Comment

by Louisa Hann The exploitation of workers and the governance of decent work in global value chains (GVCs) represent long-standing issues spanning Development Studies, Political Economy, Economic Geography and International Business. While private and public ethical...

What are the relationships between ageing, depression, non-communicable diseases and disabilities in South Africa?

by Global Development Institute | Jun 29, 2017 | Research Findings

By Manoj K. Pandey, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Read the working paper: What are the relationships between ageing, depression, non-communicable diseases and disabilities in South Africa? Old age is often characterised by poor health due to isolation, morbidities...

Will the 2016 drought call time on southern Africa’s sugar fix?

by Global Development Institute | Oct 4, 2016 | Comment

By Professor Phil Woodhouse, Global Development Institute Across southern Africa governments watch anxiously for signs that the forecast rains will arrive to break the 2015/16 drought that has devastated the region’s economy and left 40 million people, including 40%...

A new economic geography of trade and development?

by developmentatmanchester | Nov 10, 2015 | Comment, Policy

By Dr Rory Horner In a new article published via Territory, Politics, Governance, Rory Horner reviews emerging evidence of the growth of South-South trade and argues for the need to move beyond win-win notions from development cooperation to highlight the commercial...

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Global Development Institute Blog

“Beyond Borders, Beyond Books” – Our Cape Town Field Trip Adventure

Globalisation in Flux: What does the Transformation of Value Chains mean for the Governance of Decent Work?

What are the relationships between ageing, depression, non-communicable diseases and disabilities in South Africa?

Will the 2016 drought call time on southern Africa’s sugar fix?

A new economic geography of trade and development?

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