by GDI | Nov 6, 2025 | Comment
by Louisa Hann In these times of economic and geopolitical upheaval, global development issues have been making frequent headlines. In recent months, for example, we’ve seen the controversial opening of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (an infrastructural project...
by GDI | Oct 27, 2025 | Uncategorized
by Seth Schindler, Professor of Urban Politics and Development Every autumn the University of Manchester slowly awakes from hibernation and lumbers into the new academic year. This awakening is accompanied by the springtime optimism of new beginnings, even as darkness...
by GDI | Oct 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
On 21st October 2025, we held the third in a series of communities of practice designed to support practitioners and academics in navigating a turbulent world and building resilience in difficult times. This month, we focused on the value of hope in tackling problems...
by GDI | Oct 22, 2025 | News
Amidst an atmosphere of increasing hostility towards migrants in the UK, the Global Development Institute’s Migration, Refugees and Asylum Research Group will be hosting a teach in/out to tackle misconceptions about migration and underline its role as a social good....
by GDI | Oct 15, 2025 | Comment
By Teklehaymanot Weldemichel and Smith Ouma The African Union has long promoted the slogan “African solutions to African problems”. Yet recent developments across the continent suggest that this proclamation is increasingly hollow. To begin with, in a world of...