Global Development Institute Blog

Update: Rethinking Economics Report and Student Reflections

Update: Rethinking Economics Report and Student Reflections

A few months ago, the University of Manchester’s Post-Crash Economics Society and Rethinking Economics launched a report examining whether the economics curriculum is capable of tackling the world’s mounting crises. Global Development undergraduate and report...
Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia’s Renaissance

Dams, Power and the Politics of Ethiopia’s Renaissance

by Dr Tom Lavers, Reader in Politics, Global Development Institute More than 13 years after Ethiopia’s former Prime Minister Meles Zenawi laid its foundation stone, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) is finally nearing completion. A new open access book, Dams,...
GDI Research Digest: Probing Prevalent Development Narratives

GDI Research Digest: Probing Prevalent Development Narratives

By Dr Louisa Hann The field of Development Studies is no stranger to grand narratives. One much-cited example concerns the inaugural address of US President Harry S. Truman in 1949. Tasked with inspiring national optimism and pride in a context of Cold War tensions...