by Global Development Institute | Nov 24, 2021 | Uncategorized
David Hulme, Professor of Development Studies, Global Development Institute It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor John Toye, an internationally leading scholar of economic history and international development. John held many important...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 17, 2021 | Comment
Armando Barrientos, Emeritus Professor, Global Development Institute Policy responses to Covid-19 have encouraged discussion of the future scope of social assistance, and social protection. Social assistance infrastructure – registries, payment systems, poverty...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 11, 2021 | Comment
By Irene Okhade and Bridgit Kabah On 19th May 2021, the Global Development Institute and the wider University of Manchester community received with sadness, news of the demise of their alumnus, respected researcher and academic colleague, Dr Franklin Yayra Adorsu...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 4, 2021 | Uncategorized
Johan A Oldekop, Charis Enns and Rose Pritchard, Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester John Kerry, the US climate envoy, has high hopes for the outcomes of COP26. Indeed, politicians across political divides have stressed the ‘make or break’...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Dr Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester, Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas, Macalaster College, Dr María Calderón Muñoz, independent scholar Español Português Erika, María and Tanja have known each other for over twenty years – we met in 1998 as students at the MA in...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 29, 2021 | News
Dr Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester, Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas, Macalaster College, Dr María Calderón Muñoz, independent scholar Erika, María y Tanja son amigas desde hace más de veinte años – nos conocimos en 1998 como estudiantes de la Maestría en...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 29, 2021 | News
Dr Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester, Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas, Macalaster College, Dr María Calderón Muñoz, independent scholar Erika, Maria e Tanja são amigas há mais de vinte anos – nos conhecemos em 1998 como alunos do Mestrado em Gênero e...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 29, 2021 | Uncategorized
Our former student Elisa Soto is putting her Master’s dissertation into practice in her home country, Mexico, to address gender inequalities in education. During her studies at the University, Elisa decided to undertake a dissertation analysing India’s...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 28, 2021 | Comment
Tanja Müller, Professor of Political Sociology, Global Development Institute Tanja R. Müller and Lisa Ann Richey have organised two panels at the upcoming International Humanitarian Studies Organisation Conference in Paris (3-5 November) on the theme: Taking ideology...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 26, 2021 | Uncategorized
Kate Pruce, ESRC Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, Hangala Siachiwena, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Cape Town and Marja Hinfelaar Director of Research and Programs at the Southern African Institute for Policy and Research, SAIPAR On 12 August...
