GDI Lecture: Civil society aid as balancing act with Jelmer Kamstra and Zoe Abrahamson
Listen or watch Jelmer Kamstra and Zoe Abrahamson discuss civil society aid as balancing act – navigating between managerial and social transformative principles. Jelmer Kamstra has been Senior Policy Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands...
Fieldwork and citizenship through the eyes of a PhD researcher
Francisca Álvarez-Figueroa, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute I began my PhD in 2018 on the broad area of citizenship and organisational citizenship behaviours within the education sector under the supervision of Dr Chris Rees and Dr Kate Rowlands. My...
Paper exploring links between institutions and economic development wins 2019 best paper award
Research by Professor Kunal Sen of the Global Development Institute and the United Nations University (UNU-Wider), and Sabyasachi Kar and Amrita Roy from the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, India has won Economic Modelling’s Best Paper of the year award for...
In conversation: Nicholas Jepson discusses China’s impact on the Global South
In this episode, Nicholas Jepson talks to Seth Schindler about his new book In China’s wake: how the commodity boom transformed development strategies in the global south. Dr Nicholas Jepson is a Hallsworth Research Fellow in Chinese Political Economy at the Global...
GDI Lecture: How China’s growth transformed development strategies in the global south with Nicholas Jepson
Listen or watch Nicholas Jepson, Global Development Institute, discuss how China’s growth transformed development strategies in the global south. Nicholas is currently a Hallsworth Research Fellow in Chinese Political Economy. His talk outlines his new book...
Have investment treaties protected inward investment in the wake of the global financial crisis?
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute The Monterrey consensus (2002) on financing for development recognised the importance of investment for global development; appreciating the unique resources channelled through direct investment...
Gender and social assistance program
Vidhya Unnikrishnan, Lecturer in Development Economics, Global Development Institute There is a growing debate on the need to focus on the gender aspect of the social assistance program. The risks of economic vulnerability and poverty differ between men and women....
Abed Bhai obituary
Sir Fazle Hasan Abed, founder of BRAC, sadly passed away at the end of last year. Many within the Global Development Institute work closely with BRAC and the news deeply touched many colleagues. Professor David Hulme recalls his experience of working with Abed Bhai. I...