by GDI | Aug 5, 2026 | Uncategorized
By Saumik Paul, Anikha S. Kumar, Jibin J K and Bhagya Gopakumar For generations, the vast paddy fields of Kuttanad, in the Indian state of Kerala, have sustained farming communities and contributed significantly to the state’s rice production. Known as the...
by GDI | Jul 31, 2026 | Comment
A new collection edited by Armando Barrientos, Matthew Carnes, Huck-Ju Kwon, Herbert Obinger, Leila Patel, and Carina Schmitt provides a thorough examination of social policy developments in the Global South. Social policy dynamics in the Global South have long been...
by GDI | Jul 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
By Luis Camilo Oyarzún When people think about creating a cooperative, they often imagine legal registration, governance structures, business plans, and financing. These are all important steps. But after spending the past few years researching and working alongside...
by GDI | Jul 15, 2026 | Comment
by Tanja Bastia, Thais França, Andrea Souto, Felicity Atieno Okoth, Lorena Izaguirre, Satrio Nindyo Istiko Between 29th and 2nd July, the International Migration Research Network (IMISCOE) held its annual conference in Girona. On the last day of the conference, we...
by GDI | Jul 10, 2026 | Uncategorized
by Louisa Hann To state the obvious, the world is a big place. Most of us rely on mainstream news outlets and other popular media to keep abreast of developments across continents and countries. While there’s an abundance of informative, high-quality information...
by GDI | Jul 7, 2026 | Comment
A new opportunity has arisen to join the virtual think tank BRICS+ Thinking as a Policy Fellow. Over the course of one year, the successful fellow will be tasked with producing a policy report on the changing nature of global governance, with a particular focus on...
by GDI | Jul 2, 2026 | Comment
By Kelechi Ekuma Artificial intelligence is transforming development practice, university education and graduate work. Development studies must respond not by chasing technological novelty, but by strengthening its distinctive capacity to interrogate power,...
by GDI | Jul 2, 2026 | Uncategorized
Many academics and postgraduate students from across GDI are heading to Dublin next week to take part in this year’s Development Studies Association Conference. Hosted by the Centre for Sustainable Development at University College Dublin, the hybrid event will bring...
by GDI | Jun 25, 2026 | Comment
By Daniela Cocco Beltrame and Teklehaymanot Weldemichel Emancipation from the oppressions humans have inflicted on one another is, necessarily, collective. There is no individual escape route. As the often-cited words attributed to Lilla Watson remind us: “If...
by GDI | Jun 19, 2026 | Comment
by David Hulme and Saumik Paul New data and recently developed measures (defined in Box 1) make it possible to reassess what has been happening with global poverty reduction since the end of the Cold War and to consider future prospects. Our analysis confirms one...
