by Global Development Institute | Oct 5, 2018 | Comment
Dr Chris Lyon, Research Associate, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre It is the Brazilian general election on Sunday October 7th 2018. It has been a highly volatile, polarised, and unpredictable affair, and on the face of it the choice, at...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 3, 2018 | Comment
By Franklin Yayra Adorsu-Djentuh, PhD candidate On 24th September 2018, a day before the start of the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the General Assembly convened the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit. The focus of the...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 1, 2018 | Comment
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute A short BBC video on How cars are made opens up a view to global production networks traversing the world today. Honda automobile plant in Swindon (Britain) imported alloy wheels for its cars from...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 24, 2018 | Comment
Dr Nicola Banks, Lecturer in Urban Development, Global Development Institute An opportunity arose to pilot an innovative and sustainable revolving savings fund with young motorcycle taxi drivers in Arusha. It didn’t work, but there are important lessons to be learned....
by Global Development Institute | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
As the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly convenes to review the world’s three year progress against the Sustainable Development Goals, Jennifer O’Brien, Director of Social Responsibility for the School of Environment, Education and Development talks...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 19, 2018 | Uncategorized
There is always a buzz around the start of academic term as thousands descend on campus from around the country – and also around the world. Inductions are held, friends are made as students get united by being lost on campus, students are accosted by information and...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 17, 2018 | News, Policy, Research Findings
By Dr Stacy-ann Robinson, Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environment and Society, Brown University and GDI Alumna When the Twentieth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) ended in Lima, Peru in December...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 13, 2018 | Comment
You’ve got a passion for research and your subject and now three years (or more) lies between you and 80,000 of your best words on that subject. We asked our recent PhD graduates and those toiling through their final years to share a few candid tips for success....
by Global Development Institute | Sep 12, 2018 | Comment
Dr Sally Cawood, a PhD Alumna of the Global Development Institute recently returned to Bangladesh to feedback her PhD findings on Community Based Organisations (CBOs), water and sanitation in Dhaka’s low-income settlements. This blog shares some reflections on...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Wayne Shand, Global Development Institute Honorary Research Fellow The rising profile of inclusion and urban development in international policy has enlivened discussion about the role of organised communities in improving the conditions in global South cities. With...
