by Global Development Institute | Jun 4, 2020 | Comment
In the latest episode of our ‘In Conversation’ podcast we caught up with Shamima and Alicya; two Manchester Alumni whose fashion business was recently highly commended for social innovation at the Manchester Making A Difference Awards 2020. Listen here to find out how...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 2, 2020 | Comment
For many years, as part of our master’s in Global Urban Development and Planning, we’ve welcomed members of Shack/Slum Dwellers International (SDI) to teach students in Manchester. More recently, we’ve introduced SDI members to Manchester based community groups and...
by Global Development Institute | May 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
Watch Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty at The Global Development Institute discusses ‘Women’s empowerment and healthy digital dividends: Depression in Dhaka slums 2018’ Note: This article gives the views of the author/academic featured and...
by Global Development Institute | May 26, 2020 | Comment
Dr Nicola Banks, Senior Lecturer in Urban Development and Professor David Hulme, Professor of Development Studies On 21 May we had the pleasure of attending a webinar and report launch hosted by our long-standing research partners in Bangladesh, the BRAC Institute of...
by Global Development Institute | May 22, 2020 | Comment
Our two years master’s programme in Management and Information Systems: Change and Development is now accepting students for September 2020 entry. So if you’re in a job you love or have family commitments – but still want to immerse yourself in postgraduate study,...
by Global Development Institute | May 20, 2020 | Comment
It is with deep sadness that I report the death of Md Saiful Islam (“Saiful bhai”) earlier this week in Bogra from a heart attack. Many Manchester colleagues have worked with Saiful over the last 20 years from when he was a Research Assistant on the Portfolios of the...
by Global Development Institute | May 19, 2020 | Comment
Dr Tanja Bastia, Reader, Global Development Institute and Professor Ronald Skeldon, Emeritus Professor, University of Sussex Since our Handbook of Migration and Development was published last month, the world has changed in an unimaginable way. Migration, or the...
by Global Development Institute | May 15, 2020 | Comment
Isis Barei-Guyot, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute Across the globe, we are collectively living a traumatic experience in the form of the coronavirus pandemic. In the global North there have been drastic changes to everyday life, rendering it almost...
by Global Development Institute | May 11, 2020 | Comment
The story so far The first blog in this series was written just after an anti-coronavirus lockdown was enforced in Bangladesh on 26th March 2020. We showed how the shock was dealt with at the time by the 60 low-income households in central Bangladesh who volunteer as...
by Global Development Institute | May 11, 2020 | Uncategorized
Thomas Agyekum Kyeremeh, Doctoral Researcher, Global Development Institute The globe is at a critical juncture of a deadly novel pandemic which appears to have taken virtually everyone by surprise. Global leaders, multinational corporations, state institutions, local...
