by Global Development Institute | Oct 11, 2016 | Comment
By Judith Krauss, post-doctoral associate at the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College How do you best combat the jitters of starting a PhD? With over a dozen new PhD researchers joining the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College at the University of...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 6, 2016 | Comment
Dr Juan Villa, Honorary Research Fellow, Global Development Institute During my PhD at the Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester my supervisor, Professor Armando Barrientos, would repeatedly say to me “Juan, you cannot end poverty without learning...
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%...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 30, 2016 | Events
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series brings together scholars involved in cutting edge research on international development. It aims to facilitate dialogue and discussion, providing a space for leading development thinkers to share their latest research...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 27, 2016 | Policy, Research Findings
Following on from David Hulme’s blog post Do you want to know how poor people really manage their money? Stuart Rutherford, an Honorary Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute, analyses the latest data from his fascinating financial diaries project....
