In Conversation: Stefano Ponte discusses Business, Power and Sustainability in a World of Global Value Chains
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....
Can business associations link policymakers and academia? Reflections from Ghana
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...Remembering Dr Ron Clarke
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...
Community of Practice (CoP) Engagement Series
GDI is launching a Community of Practice (CoP) – Engagement Series: a place designed to link students, academics, practitioners and alumni and we hope you can join us. Following the recent Simon Fellowship Project, led by Dr Natalie Cunningham, on lifelong...
Fieldwork without the field? Courtesy of Covid-19
Luv Arora, International Development: Environment, Climate Change and Development MSc Today, we live in what has been termed the ‘information age’. Screens surround our lives and even the toaster in our kitchens has a brain of its own. News apps are replacing...
Shifting South: Horticulture regional value chains and decent work in Africa
In the second of our Shifting South series, Stephanie Barrientos talks to Margareet Visser and Maggie Opondo. They reflect on the project and their research into horticultural value chains. Shifting South investigated: the rise of South-South trade through regional...
Call for abstracts: The new green global division of labour: Emerging geographies of decarbonisation
The ongoing shift away from fossil fuels has sometimes been framed as a ‘green energy race’ among states, each competing with one another on national missions to develop and deploy renewables. Complicating this picture, various economies across both global North and...
How costly political realities undercut Ghana’s electricity reforms
Barnaby Joseph Dye, University of Manchester Ghana reformed its electricity sector by the book but has lurched from blackouts between 2012 and 2015 to a glut of energy which costs government about 5% of GDP. Fitch ranks the energy sector as the biggest driver of...