by Global Development Institute | Feb 12, 2018 | Comment
George Masimba Nyama, Dialogue on Shelter Months after starting the partnership project on upscaling participatory planning, the Bulawayo partnership has already begun a process of making sure that the community experiences start to filter into the academic sphere and...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 9, 2018 | Comment
We are pleased to announce Why We Lie About Aid, a book by Dr Pablo Yanguas research fellow with the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre, is to be published on 15 February. You can pre-order your copy here. Foreign aid is about charity....
by Global Development Institute | Feb 9, 2018 | Comment
Dr Tanja R. Müller, Senior Lecturer in Development Studies The week that saw the release of Zero Draft of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration also saw multiple protests in front of Rwandan embassies in many countries, including the UK, Germany,...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 9, 2018 | Comment
Listen to Ha-Joon Chang, The University of Cambridge, in conversation with David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global Development Institute, and Mihai Codreanu, Chair of the Post-Crash Economics Society. They discuss pluralist economics, the need for a curriculum...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dr Chris Rees, Senior Lecturer, Human Resources and Organisational Change I was saddened to learn that Professor Ruth Alas of the Estonian Business School had died on January 23rd 2018. She was 57. I first met Ruth in 2002 at a conference in Zagreb. After that...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Monday 6 February, Ha-Joon Chang gave a lecture entitled ‘Are some countries destined for under-development?’ You can listen to the podcast, or watch the lecture below. Find out more about the other talks in our GDI Lecture series Are some countries destined for...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 5, 2018 | Comment
My name is John Mukabi and am from Kenya. It’s exactly now two months since I came to Manchester. When I first landed in the UK it was a dream come true! Since childhood, I had ambitions to study abroad and when I graduated with my first degree five years ago the...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, 31 January, Vijay Joshi gave a lecture entitled ‘India: the Long Road to Prosperity’. You can listen to the podcast below. Find out more about the other talks in our GDI Lecture series You can also find this podcast and other episodes on: Stitcher iTunes...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 30, 2018 | Comment
Pablo Yanguas, University of Manchester Secretary of State for International Development Penny Mordaunt has warned recipient governments that they face cuts in UK aid if they don’t “put their hands in their pockets”. Her warning is grounded on a claim of public...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 30, 2018 | Comment
Rory Horner, University of Manchester; Daniel Haberly, University of Sussex; Seth Schindler, University of Sheffield, and Yuko Aoyama, Clark University The world is currently witnessing a new backlash against economic globalisation. Supporters of the UK’s exit from...