by Global Development Institute | Mar 9, 2017 | Events
On Wednesday, 22 February, Professor Sylvia Chant gave a lecture entitled ‘Gender, Urbanisation and Poverty: Principles, Practice, and the Space of Slums ’. You can listen to the lecture in full or watch the live stream below Find out more about the other talks in our...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 9, 2017 | Comment
By Professor David Hulme, Executive Director Global Development Institute The Trump administration looks set to propose “fairly dramatic reductions” to America’s aid programme later this month. This is unsurprising given the extreme nationalism of his...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 7, 2017 | Comment
This International Women’s Day 2017 the campaign theme is #BeBoldForChange – a call for us to forge a better, gender inclusive working world. The Global Development Institute’s Professor Stephanie Barrientos has been researching the sustainability of global...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 6, 2017 | Comment
By Fortunate Machingura, a Global Challenges Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellow at the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester. Fortunate holds a PhD in Development Policy and Management from the University of Manchester The aphorism that the populations...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 2, 2017 | Research Findings
By Professor Richard Heeks Taking a longer-term view, the relationship between digital ICTs and international development can be divided into three paradigms – “pre-digital”, “ICT4D”, and “digital development” – that rise and fall over time (see Figure below). The...
