Podcast: Adnan Naseemullah discusses development after statism
Dr Adnan Naseemullah of King College London, recently visited GDI to discuss his new book, Development After Statism: Industrial Firms and the Political Economy of South Asia. The book discusses industrial development in a new era of drastically constricted state...
Engaging with the communities where we do research
One of our PhD candidates, Mapenzie Tauzie decided to organise an activity in Zomba, Malawi – the community from where her field researchers came from. The result was a spectacular display of football and netball for young people which went on for ten weeks,...
Theorising how extractive companies manage local disruption
Tomas Frederiksen, Lecturer in International Development, Global Development Institute and Matthew Himley, Associate Professor of Geography, Illinois State University The extractive industry has a brutish reputation. Since the 1980s, along with big dams, ‘extractives’...