by Global Development Institute | Jul 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
Nicola Banks, Senior Lecturer, Global Development Institute and Dan Brockington, Professor, The University of Sheffield The last 18 months have been some of the most challenging ever for the UK charitable sector, especially those working in international development....
by Global Development Institute | Jul 20, 2021 | Comment
Isis Barei-Guyot, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute The day after the UEFA European Football Championship Final I hesitantly opened my social media apps to take stock of the aftermath of England’s loss against Italy. Two stories took prominence in the...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 18, 2021 | Comment
David Hulme, Admos Chimhowu and Kate Pruce, Global Development Institute Many of us at The University of Manchester are greatly saddened by the passing away of Kenneth Kaunda (known as KK) one of the giants of the African anti-colonial movement and a leading figure in...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 15, 2021 | Comment
David Hulme, Professor of Development Studies, Global Development Institute The hypocrisy could not be greater. While Boris Johnson chaired the G7 meeting, and waxed lyrical about what the UK will contribute to reducing the impacts of Covid-19 and climate change in...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Giovanni Pasquali, Research Associate, Global Development Institute The recent growth of South-South trade and talks about the ‘great convergence’ between developing economies in the global South and developed ones has sparked increasing attention among development...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 2, 2021 | Comment
We are deeply saddened to share the tragic passing of our colleague and friend Dr Franklin Adorsu-Djentuh. Franklin was a much loved member of the GDI community who spent time with us as both a PhD researcher and colleague. He completed his PhD in 2018 looking at the...
by Global Development Institute | May 20, 2021 | Comment
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, many countries imposed severe restrictions or lockdowns on a swath of activities across society. Uganda is no exception. On 20 March 2020, a stay at home...
by Global Development Institute | May 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
The Global Development Institute offers a range of taught master’s programmes. The MSc Human Resource Management programme aims to equip learners with a robust theoretical framework for careers in HRM and at the same time to provide students with an opportunity to...
by Global Development Institute | May 17, 2021 | Comment
We have just launched a new master’s course on International Development: Migration, Mobility and Displacement. To coincide with this and to give students a greater idea about the course we will be sharing a series of blogs from members of our Migration, Refugees and...
by Global Development Institute | May 13, 2021 | Comment
Over 50 local campaign organisations, including housing and climate groups, trade unions and charities, have signed an open letter to Andy Burnham calling for a democratic approach to managing public land in Greater Manchester. The letter calls for Burnham to use his...
