by Global Development Institute | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Watch Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty at The Global Development Institute discusses ‘Women’s empowerment and healthy digital dividends: Depression in Dhaka slums 2018’ Note: This article gives the views of the author/academic featured and...
by Global Development Institute | May 26, 2020 | Comment
Dr Nicola Banks, Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Professor David Hulme, Professor of Development Studies On 21 May we had the pleasure of attending a webinar and report launch hosted by our long-standing research partners in Bangladesh, the BRAC Institute of...
by Global Development Institute | May 22, 2020 | Comment
Our two years master’s programme in Management and Information Systems: Change and Development is now accepting students for September 2020 entry. So if you’re in a job you love or have family commitments – but still want to immerse yourself in postgraduate study,...
by Global Development Institute | May 20, 2020 | Comment
It is with deep sadness that I report the death of Md Saiful Islam (“Saiful bhai”) earlier this week in Bogra from a heart attack. Many Manchester colleagues have worked with Saiful over the last 20 years from when he was a Research Assistant on the Portfolios of the...
by Global Development Institute | May 19, 2020 | Comment
Dr Tanja Bastia, Reader, Global Development Institute and Professor Ronald Skeldon, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex Since our Handbook of Migration and Development was published last month, the world has changed in an unimaginable way. Migration, or the...