by Global Development Institute | Oct 11, 2018 | Comment
Since May 2015 we have been conducting a ‘financial diary’ research project in central Bangladesh in which we record, each day, all the transactions made that day by our ‘diarists’ (as we call our volunteer respondents). You can read more about the project on its...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 10, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dr Indrajit Roy gave a lecture entitled ‘Dignifying development: Democratic deepening in an Indian State’. You can listen to the podcast, or watch the lecture below. Find out more about the other talks in our GDI Lecture series View the presentation You...
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....
