GDI at ECAS2019
A number of our researchers will be at ECAS2019 on Africa: Connections and Disruptions. The conference will run from 11-14 June in Edinburgh. Pritish Behuria will be convening a panel with Annie Pitcher on ‘The political economy of diversified business groups’. He...
What creates a pro-poor politics and the possibility of participatory planning?
Professor Diana Mitlin Professor of Global Urbanism and Managing Director of the Global Development Institute. The romance of the barricades features in Les Misérables, but it also figures heavily in academic texts. Many academics, professionals and political...
GDI Lecture: Ambitious and ambiguous public investments in African cities with Edgar Pieterse
Listen or watch Professor Edgar Pieterse, DST/NRF South African Research Chair in Urban Policy, Director the African Centre for Cities and Professor in the School of Architecture, Planning and Geomatics, all at the University of Cape Town, discuss his forthcoming book...
New research shows community forest management reduces both deforestation and poverty in Nepal
Giving local communities in Nepal the opportunity to manage their forests has simultaneously reduced deforestation and poverty in the region, new research has shown. In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts led by The University of Manchester...
GDI Lecture: Forced labour in global agricultural supply chains with Genevieve Le Baron
Listen or watch Professor Genevieve Le Baron, Co-Director, Sheffield Political Economy Research Intitute (SPERI), The University of Sheffield, discuss the business of forced labour in global agricultural supply chains You can subscribe to the podcast on: Spotify...
Exploring the UK’s NGO sector
Chris Jordan, Communications and Impact Manager [Visit the NGO explorer site here] After setting out to better understand the UK’s development NGO sector, Dan Brockington and Nicola Banks soon realised that pulling together the data on thousands of charities would be...
Research focus: migration in Africa with Oliver Bakewell
Oliver Bakewell focuses on the intersections between migration and mobility and processes of development and change, with an empirical focus on migration within Africa. In this short video, he talks about how academics research can challenge and inform policy and the...
Hrishipara daily financial diaries: Managing income volatility
The Hrishipara Daily Diary Project tracks the daily money transactions of households in central Bangladesh. This is the third in our series ‘Tracking Transactions, Understanding Lives’, which focuses on individual diarists, creating pictures that give a sense of what...