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...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 30, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dan Brockington, Nicola Banks, Mathilde Maitrot and David Hulme One of the vices of poverty is not being able to access that little bit of extra money when you need it. An opportunity comes up, such as a job interview, or a useful animal you can buy, but you do not...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 23, 2018 | Comment, Research Findings, Uncategorized
Pablo Yanguas, Global Development Institute Honorary Fellow At a time when countries are highly integrated yet increasingly unequal there is no more important issue than ensuring that everyone lives well, but how do we achieve this? Old paradigms focused on...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 22, 2018 | Comment
Dr Joanne Jordan, Global Development Institute Honorary Fellow Since my first trip to Bangladesh in 2008, I have lost count of the number of times I have been asked the same question by those I interview as part of my research: ‘Will you tell our story so people know...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 20, 2018 | Comment
Armando Barrientos, Professor of Poverty and Social Justice, Global Development Institute The aim of this blog post is to throw light on Universal Basic Income (UBI) as a social policy. In current policy debates UBI proposals have a number of objectives: to address...
