by Global Development Institute | Feb 13, 2019 | Uncategorized
Chris Foster, Presidential Fellow at the Global Development Institute, One of the benefits often associated with digital technologies is the potential for disintermediation – or put more simply “cutting out the middleman”. This concept forms the basis for many hopes...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 12, 2019 | Comment, News, Policy
By Heiner Janus, German Development Institute / Deutsches Institut für Entwicklungspolitik (DIE) and PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute and Dr. Niels Keijzer, DIE A new report on the future of “Global Britain” proposes several radical reforms of the...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 11, 2019 | Comment
The Global Development Institute (GDI) is pleased to announce the availability of ten scholarships for distance learning, funded by the Commonwealth Scholarships Commission (CSC). These are for applicants from developing Commonwealth countries, covering all tuition...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 8, 2019 | Comment
Listen or watch Professor Stephan Haggard, UC SanDiego, discusses development states. You can download Stephan’s new book on developmental states for free until 14 Feb. Listen or watch to the lecture in full below. You can subscribe to the podcast on: Spotify...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 4, 2019 | Comment
Listen or watch Moira V. Faul, Université de Genève, Switzerland and Jordan Tchilingirian, University of Bath, talk about ‘What social network analysis can tell us about multi-stakeholder partnerships’ Listen or watch to the lecture in full below. You can...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 25, 2019 | Uncategorized
Since May 2015 we have been recording the daily money transactions of up to 70 households living near a small market town in central Bangladesh. These ‘daily financial diaries’ shed light on the money-management behaviour of low-income households, described in papers...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 25, 2019 | Comment, News, Research Findings
By Rory Horner and Matthew Alford, January 2019 In a new paper in the GDI Working Paper Series we argue that the state-GVC nexus is, and will continue to be, especially significant in shaping development outcomes. Research on global value chains (GVCs) has broken with...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 22, 2019 | Comment, News
The Project Syndicate created a video on the research done by Antonio Savoia and Niaz Asadullah on whether state capacity made an impact on achieving the MDGs. Download their original open access research paper Read commentary on World Economic Forum. Note: This...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 17, 2019 | Uncategorized
We are delighted to announce a flagship international conference convened by Effective States and Inclusive Development research centre, Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester. Confirmed plenary speakers include world leading experts Anne Marie...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 4, 2019 | Comment
Gabriele Restelli, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute The United Nations recently approved the Global Compact for Migration. This has come shortly after the endorsement of the other compact, for refugees. These agreements have sparked tensions, protests and...
