by GDI | Oct 8, 2026 | Comment
As GDI celebrates recent successes at the University of Manchester’s Strategic Partnership Awards, we’ve been reflecting on what makes an excellent partnership and the role of academics in producing data and knowledge alongside community members and local...
by GDI | Sep 30, 2026 | Comment
by Gindo Tampubolon Yesterday, Prime Minister Andy Burnham proposed a National Care Service, free at the point of need, modelled on the National Health Service. The proposal is personal. Alzheimer’s disease recently robbed him of his father, who did not know...
by GDI | Sep 24, 2026 | Comment
By Tanja R. Müller, Professor of Political Sociology, Global Development Institute As an independent expert member of the Ausschuss Entwicklungsdienst und Humanitäre Hilfe (AEDHH), the Protestant committee for development assistance and humanitarian aid in Germany, I...
by GDI | Sep 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Sammi Dé, Fourth Year Undergraduate at the Global Development Institute I recently read Arundhati Roy’s new memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me, in which she seamlessly blurs the lines between deeply personal details of her life and the wider political environment...
by GDI | Sep 1, 2026 | Comment
by Farzana Munshi, Professor of Economics at BRAC University and Professorial Research Fellow at GDI Why has Bangladesh’s steady economic growth not translated into commensurate labour market outcomes, and what does this mean for the country’s future development? My...