by Global Development Institute | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Varsha S. Kulkarni is at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S. and Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, England Plutarch was right when he said that an imbalance between rich and...
by Global Development Institute | May 10, 2018 | Comment
Global Development Institute researcher Dr Richard Duncombe is the editor of a new book sharing research and practice on current trends in digital technology for agricultural and rural development in the Global South. The population of the Global South is growing...
by Global Development Institute | May 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
In this week’s Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Alex Schwartsman is a Brazilian economist and former Director of International Affairs of the Central Bank of Brazil. The interview examines the genesis of...
by Global Development Institute | May 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the latest Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Yukon Huang, a former director World Bank Director for China and Russia. They discuss China’s economic prospects and its role in galvanising international...
by Global Development Institute | May 1, 2018 | Comment
For this Bangladeshi youth, finding work in Saudi Arabia meant more than getting a job offer and buying the plane ticket. In February 2016 we were recruiting respondents for the ‘financial diary’ research project in central Bangladesh in which we record, each day, all...
