Call for papers – Public Service Ethics, Values and Spirituality
Call for Papers: Public Service Ethics, Values and Spirituality: Challenges and Opportunities for Developing and Transitional Countries Special issue in: Public Administration and Development (PAD) Special Issue Guest Editors Dr Farhad Hossain (Corresponding Editor),...
Gender and environmental relations in the disposal of menstrual hygiene products
By Mariana Lopez, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute A recent study in rural Jharkhand, India found that 17% of the women dumped their sanitary pads in the same pond where they bathe. “If you search the bottom of the lake, you will find the whole bed covered...
DSA2018: Development, global inequalities, and the long histories of social injustice: meeting Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff ahead of the DSA 2018 Conference
The Development Studies Association Annual Conference is being hosted by the Global Development Institute from 27-29th June. The conference will focus on inequalities. Ahead of the conference, we are running a series of blogs from attendees looking at the key issues...
DSA2018: Welcome to the Development Studies Association conference
Welcome from the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester We are very pleased and honoured to welcome you all to the 2018 Development Studies Association Annual Conference here at The University of Manchester. We are delighted to host this...
Beta release: Visualising social assistance in Latin America
Professor Armando Barrientos, Professor of Poverty and Social Justice Since the turn of the century low and middle income countries have implemented programmes providing regular transfers to families in poverty with the objective of strengthening their capacity to...Watch: 60 years of Development Studies at Manchester
For the last 60 years, The University of Manchester has been at the forefront of Development Studies. To mark the occasion, we’ve produced a short documentary telling the story of the Global Development Institute and its forebears. Narrated by Professors Uma Kothari,...
The New Geography of Deindustrialisation and the Rise of the Right
Dr Seth Schindler, Senior Lecturer in Urban Development & Transformation Global Development Institute Donald Trump seems intent on starting a global trade war. His recent imposition of tariffs on steel and aluminium is consistent with his rambling inaugural...
DSA2018: Why global inequalities?
Global inequalities is the central theme of DSA2018 in Manchester, which marks the Development Studies Association’s 40th anniversary and 60 years of development studies at The University of Manchester. Focusing on global inequalities challenges the traditional...