by Global Development Institute | Jun 5, 2018 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Written by Cathy Wilcock based on group reflections This blog is a reflection on a workshop held at the University of Manchester and hosted collaboratively by the UoM Politics Department and the...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 4, 2018 | Comment, Uncategorized
A reflection on women empowerment in slum upgrading projects by Esther Ndacyayisenga ‘’In some families women are still oppressed and can’t come up. In others, women have managed to cooperate with their husbands and still reap the benefits of the federation. And for...
by Global Development Institute | May 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the end of the academic year we brought together leading academics from the Global Development Institute in a lively session. Fielding questions from the class of 17-18 our academics answer questions on the reality of development theory vs practice, the...
by Global Development Institute | May 29, 2018 | Comment, News
By Dr. Pritish Behuria, Hallsworth Research Fellow On 23 May, The Rwandan Development Board announced that it had signed a ‘Visit Rwanda’ sleeve sponsorship deal – worth around 10 million pounds a year for three years – with Arsenal F.C., the world’s best...
by Global Development Institute | May 24, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews leading Russian economist Sergei Guriev, for the latest in the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series. They talk about the problem that Russian economy is facing with corruption and the need for deep...
by Global Development Institute | May 23, 2018 | Uncategorized
‘Farmer-led’ irrigation may exceed all ‘official’ schemes, effectively doubling the amount of irrigated land in sub-Saharan Africa. This policy brief identifies the implications for irrigation policy and agricultural management, summarising the opportunities and...
by Global Development Institute | May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment could aid effectiveness be improved? What in the aid bureaucracy and political environment constrains flexibility? David Hulme & Nicola Banks lead this exciting...
by Global Development Institute | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and economics advisor to the Indian government for the latest in the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series. Basu discusses the implications...
by Global Development Institute | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sara Rich Dorman gave a lecture entitled ‘Understanding Zimbabwe: from liberation to authoritarianism’ You can listen to the podcast, or watch the lecture below. Find out more about the other talks in our GDI Lecture series Understanding Zimbabwe with Sara Rich Dorman...
by Global Development Institute | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Varsha S. Kulkarni is at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S. and Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, England Plutarch was right when he said that an imbalance between rich and...
