by Global Development Institute | Feb 3, 2022 | Uncategorized
Our latest podcast episode features Shuaib Lwasa, founder and director of the Urban Action Lab, in conversation with Seth Schindler. They reflect on COP26 in Glasgow, discuss how Africa can position itself as an innovator in climate solutions, and talk about urban...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 21, 2022 | Comment
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute In his treatise on justice, The Idea of Justice (2009), Amartya Sen explains that from Hobbes through Kant to Rawls, the theory of justice is concerned principally with the task of elucidating the...
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...
