by Global Development Institute | Dec 5, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by James Shraiky, PhD Candidate, HCRI, The University of Manchester The Migration Lab Conference explored some of the most contemporary, complex, and current migration issues facing our modern...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 4, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Dr Ghalia Sarmani, Head of Arabic Languages, Al Nimra Qur’an School, Manchester Earlier this month I attended the ‘World on the Move; Migration, Societies and Change’ conference hosted by...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 1, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Gabriele Restelli, PhD Candidate, HCRI, The University of Manchester The title of the conference World on the Move made me think: Is the world on the move? Are we witnessing an era of...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 1, 2017 | Comment
Prof Diana Mitlin spoke to Jack Makau (Director of Slum Dwellers International in Kenya) and Joseph Muturi (community leader, activist and Coordinator of the Kenyan Slum Dwellers Federation) when they were visiting Manchester to guest lecture on GDI’s innovative...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 29, 2017 | Comment
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute The United Nations has a specialist unit to measure and monitor progress on provision for water, sanitation and hygiene, the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). JMP’s regular progress reports are an...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 28, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website By Thea Soltau, PhD Candidate HCRI, The University of Manchester As a fledgling researcher, my attention is almost equally divided between my research interests and the research methodology itself....
by Global Development Institute | Nov 27, 2017 | Comment
Professor Bina Agarwal was recently presented with a Balzan Prize for her work on gender and development. She was cited for “challenging established premises in economics and the social sciences by using an innovative gender perspective; for enhancing the visibility...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 27, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website By Professor Aderanti Adepoju, Founder/Coordinator, Network of Migration Research on Africa In the twenty-first century, the world has come to a crossroads: economically, politically and...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 27, 2017 | Comment
Rory Horner, Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy and Hallsworth Research Fellow, Global Development Institute What role can and does the state play in economic development under globalisation? This is arguably one of the fundamental debates in development...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 24, 2017 | Comment
Alejandra Ortiz Garcia, PhD research Global Development Institute Last month, Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University, paid a visit to Manchester to talk about his most recent work and share his views on the current state of...
