by Global Development Institute | May 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
A number of our researchers will be at ECAS2019 on Africa: Connections and Disruptions. The conference will run from 11-14 June in Edinburgh. Pritish Behuria will be convening a panel with Annie Pitcher on ‘The political economy of diversified business groups’. He...
by Global Development Institute | May 14, 2019 | Uncategorized
Professor Diana Mitlin Professor of Global Urbanism and Managing Director of the Global Development Institute. The romance of the barricades features in Les Misérables, but it also figures heavily in academic texts. Many academics, professionals and political...
by Global Development Institute | May 10, 2019 | Comment
Listen or watch Professor Edgar Pieterse, DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Urban Policy, Director the African Centre for Cities and Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, all at the University of Cape Town, discuss his forthcoming book...
by Global Development Institute | May 6, 2019 | Research Findings
Giving local communities in Nepal the opportunity to manage their forests has simultaneously reduced deforestation and poverty in the region, new research has shown. In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts led by The University of Manchester...
by Global Development Institute | May 2, 2019 | Comment
Listen or watch Professor Genevieve Le Baron, Co-Director, Sheffield Political Economy Research Intitute (SPERI), The University of Sheffield, discuss the business of forced labour in global agricultural supply chains You can subscribe to the podcast on: Spotify...