by Global Development Institute | Nov 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Cathy Boone, Professor of Comparative Politics at the London School of Economics and Political Science, discuss spatial inequality in African political economy: rethinking uneven development. Note: This article gives the views of the author/academic...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
“The recent creation or expansion of programmes of social protection all across East and Southern Africa raises intriguing and important issues for scholars of the region’s politics. This book, with its admirable combination of empirical substance and analytic...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 20, 2019 | Uncategorized
Professor Uma Kothari is chairing the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 2020 conference which will be held at the Society in London, from Tuesday 1 to Friday 4 September 2020. The theme Uma has selected for the conference...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 18, 2019 | Uncategorized
Aarti Krishnan, Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester, and Simon Maxwell, Senior Research Associate of ODI Developed countries are making progress in reducing carbon emissions – and Government regulation of the private sector is...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 14, 2019 | Comment
It is with great sadness that we report the death on October 21, 2019 of Emeritus Professor Dennis Austin at his home in Colchester. Born at the Grove Hospital, Tooting on 14th March, 1922, he was the son of Henry Edmund Austin. After wartime service with the Royal...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 13, 2019 | Comment
University of Johannesburg & University of Manchester Workshop CCRED, Johannesburg, 6-8 July 2020 A rich body of research has examined the prospects for development within global value chains (GVCs) and global production networks (GPNs), yet the implications of...
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by Global Development Institute | Nov 11, 2019 | Uncategorized
Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, PhD Researcher and Teaching Assistant, Global Development Institute Capacity development has become an important issue in the management of public affairs. It deals with obtaining, strengthening and maintaining individual or organizational...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 7, 2019 | Uncategorized
Seth Schindler, Senior Lecturer in Urban Development & Transformation, Global Development Institute and Juan Miguel Kanai, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, University of Sheffield Huge investments in infrastructure are redefining global development, from...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Rachel Glennerster, the Chief Economist of the Department for International Development, discuss whether technology can solve global poverty. Prior to her current role she was the Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, a...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 29, 2019 | Comment
In Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, local SDI groups have played a critical role in making participatory planning a reality. Dialogue on Shelter, the Zimbabwe Homeless People’s Federation, together with staff and students from the National University for Science and technology,...
