by Global Development Institute | Jan 13, 2022 | Comment
Isis Barei-Guyot, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute Influencing development The connection between celebrities and development may not be immediately apparent, but celebrity philanthropism has come to occupy an increasingly accepted role in the field of...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 10, 2022 | Comment
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute Climate change threatens the next generation, as young activists around the world tell world leaders insistently. The unborn are not exempt. Secular temperature rises, covering pregnancy period, have...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 17, 2021 | Comment
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute Brazil tops the rank of Covid-19 deaths in Latin America due, in no small measure, to the government’s response to the pandemic. The president dallies while the toll tallies. On the other side of the...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
Hangala Siachiwena, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town, Kate Pruce, ESRC Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, and Marja Hinfelaar Director of Research and Programs at the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research, SAIPAR Hakainde...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 15, 2021 | Comment
Armando Barrientos, Emeritus Professor, Global Development Institute Read the first in this series ‘Why did Rawls reject welfare state capitalism?’ Read the second in this series ‘Building welfare states in Latin America, but which type? Welfare...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 9, 2021 | Comment
Armando Barrientos, Emeritus Professor, Global Development Institute Read the first in this series ‘Why did Rawls reject welfare state capitalism?’ In response to the impact of Covid-19 on poverty and inequality in the region, ECLAC has called Latin...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Antonio Savoia recently took part in an online panel discussion hosted by UNU-WIDER and the OECD Development Centre. The event explored Developing Fiscal States in Africa bringing together academia, policy practitioners and development partners. The panel discussion...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 1, 2021 | Comment
Armando Barrientos, Emeritus Professor, Global Development Institute In response to the impact of Covid-19 on poverty and inequality in the region, the Economic Commission for Latin America ECLAC has called for Latin American countries to build welfare states. Is this...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 30, 2021 | Comment
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute The Conference of Parties (COP) 26 and its Glasgow Pact to phase-down coal remind the world once again of the need to come up with innovative technology to adapt and to mitigate the effects of our...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 26, 2021 | Comment
Aoife Devaney, MSc International Development: Environment Climate Change and Development, Global Development Institute November in Glasgow typically marks a retreat to the indoors from the often harsh and unforgiving Scottish weather conditions. However, this November...
