by Global Development Institute | Nov 7, 2022 | Comment
In the latest Global Development Institute podcast Amani Abou-Zeid, African Union Commissioner in charge of infrastructure, energy and ICT, talks to Seth Schindler about energy security and infrastructural development in Africa. Ahead of COP27 in Egypt, they reflect...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 2, 2022 | Comment
DSA Politics and Political Economy Study Group Sponsored by the Journal of Development Studies Conference fund and The Development Studies Association Organised by Pritish Behuria (Manchester) and Tom Goodfellow (Sheffield) Development studies – as a field – has been...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 26, 2022 | Comment
Following the completion of the interdisciplinary FutureDAMS project in early 2022, this lecture delivered by the project leads reflects on what they have learned through their research, capacity development and policy engagement over the last four and a half years....
by Global Development Institute | Oct 24, 2022 | Comment
Development studies often focuses on the negative: constraints, challenges, negative impacts, etc. But what if we could use new digital datasets to identify positive deviants: outlier individuals, households, districts and others that outperform their peers in...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 3, 2022 | Comment
The GDI Lecture Series is back, and after the last three years, we are finally In-Person. As previously, the Global Development Institute Lecture Series provides space for leading development thinkers to discuss their latest research and ideas. Lectures are free and...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 3, 2022 | Comment
Juno Ellison, Wellcome EDI Research Placement intern The outcomes for migrants are often determined by how states define and value their skill sets. Defining such skills has become increasingly controversial in migration research as there are a variety of contemporary...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 29, 2022 | Comment
Nusrat Jahan, Dr Imran Matin and Prof David Hulme Urban Change Bangladesh’s cities are changing fast…make that very fast. They are rising and spreading as their populations are exploding. The share of the country’s urban population has been growing rapidly since...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 29, 2022 | Comment
In this episode, Stefano Ponte talks to Aarti Krishnan about his research into sustainability, the wine and seafood value chains in South Africa and his recent book Business, Power and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains....
by Global Development Institute | Sep 28, 2022 | Comment
Dr Irene Okhade, Lecturer in HRM and International Development, Global Development Institute The €1.4 million “ManaGlobal” project funded by the EU Horizon 2020 is an innovative research project that seeks to explore the evidence of management approaches practiced in...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 20, 2022 | Uncategorized
By Jayne Hindle, David Hulme, Merrick Jones and Debra Whitehead It is with great sadness that the Global Development Institute (GDI), University of Manchester reports the passing of Dr Ronald Clarke (‘Ron’) on 12 September 2022 at the age of 89. Dr Ron Clarke was...
