by Global Development Institute | Sep 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Many in Western countries think of emerging economies such as China and India as places with weak labour standards where workers are being exploited. This ignores changes on the ground in many ‘rising powers’ countries, such as China, India, South Africa and Brazil,...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
We asked the participants of the DSA conference this question at the GDI stand last week, and gave them four options: politics, institutions, economic growth, or something else? Although a blind vote might have made the results fairer, the winner is not particularly...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
Daniele Malerba, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute The 2016 DSA conference, themed around politics in development, involved an incredible number of interesting panels (and more than 600 delegates!). I was very pleased to present in the one focusing on...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 15, 2016 | Comment
By Caroline Boyd, Addressing Global Inequalities #ResearchBeacons Campaign Manager Inequality and climate change: Two new and pressing challenges to global development which, together, form a heady mix for researchers, governments and NGOs striving to address global...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 12, 2016 | Comment
The “Mobile Technology for Agricultural and Rural Development in the Global South” Workshop, will be held on 20th October 2016 at The University of Manchester. An initiative of the Centre for Development Informatics (CDI) at the Global Development...
