by Global Development Institute | Mar 13, 2018 | Events
The Future Dams Research Consortium (originally known as DAMS 2.0) hosted a public lecture by Prof Michael Hanemann of Arizona State University on the economics of water. The lecture discussed ‘why the economics of water is so hard’ providing a historical and...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 8, 2018 | Uncategorized
Dr Pablo Yanguas is author of Why We Lie About Aid and a research fellow with the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre (ESID) at the University of Manchester. In this extract from Why We Lie About Aid, Pablo Yanguas dissects the logic of ‘Value...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 8, 2018 | Research Findings
For all the gains made for and by women in academia, equal pay, under-representation, stereotypes, tokenism or imposter syndrome mean that there is still a long way to go. For International Women’s Day 2018 we’ve highlighted some of the papers that female academics at...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 7, 2018 | Comment
We have big ambitions at the GDI and to make them happen, we need the best research and teaching staff. If you have an outstanding track record and a commitment to social justice, then please come and join us. Click on the job titles for more information: Research...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 26, 2018 | Comment
Suzette van der Walt A diverse group of students, community leaders and NGO representatives and academics recently came together at the University of Johannesburg to develop the ‘codes of engagement’; a short practical guide on participatory urban planning The main...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 23, 2018 | Comment
Dr Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Environment and Climate Change Can I ask you a question? Do you like chocolate? If your answer is ‘yes’, as for 100% of my focus-group and public-engagement participants, you may be interested to know that the people manufacturing your...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 22, 2018 | News, Research Findings
A new book fills a research gap on migration into and within Africa, and to the socio-political consequences of these movements. The book ‘Forging African Communities: Mobility, Integration and Belonging’ sheds new light on how human mobility redefines the meaning of...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 21, 2018 | Comment, Uncategorized
Gabriele Restelli, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute Monday, June 27th. Beirut, 5.00 AM and the electricity is gone. It is a sweltering 35 degrees even at dawn. Right when I’m thinking to just get up, the phone starts ringing. It is Juliana, our Security...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 20, 2018 | Comment
In the last year, Professor Bina Agarwal has won three major international prizes for her work on gender, agriculture and development: the Agropolis Fondation Louis Malassis International Scientific Prize, the French Ordre du Mérite Agricole, and finally the Balzan...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 19, 2018 | Research Findings, Uncategorized
Introducing Old Fadama This article is based on Laura v. Puttkamer’s Master’s dissertation from August 2017, with a summary of research results, drawing on interviews with local experts, who at their wish remain anonymous. Old Fadama or ‘Sodom and Gomorrah’, as...
