by Global Development Institute | Aug 23, 2017 | Uncategorized
Nobody wants to write an obituary about a dear friend, especially when they die young and unexpectedly. But sadly that’s exactly what this is. Purnima Purohit, or just PP as friends of the PhD affectionately knew her, completed her PhD in GDI between 2009-2013. She...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 18, 2017 | Comment
Judith Krauss, is an Honorary Research Fellow at the Global Development Institute. She is now Director of Studies for Sustainability. Judith’s PhD used in-depth fieldwork in Europe and Latin America to investigate cocoa sustainability initiatives and the...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 14, 2017 | Comment
In this episode, Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director of GDI, and Dr Mercedes González de la Rocha, an anthropologist and sociologist at CIESAS and an alumna of the University of Manchester, discuss inequalities, clustered disadvantages, urban social isolation, why Dr...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 10, 2017 | Comment
Phil Woodhouse is Professor of Environment and Development at GDI, and Director of the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College, and a Managing Editor of the Journal of Development Studies. He told us about his research, his science background, and of course GDI’s...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 2, 2017 | Comment
Over the last few months our researchers have published a number of books, articles and conference papers. Twenty First Century Globalisation and Development Stephanie Barrientos in Development and Change, Multi-scalar Labour Agency in Global Production Networks:...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 1, 2017 | Research Findings, Uncategorized
By Stuart Rutherford, Honorary Research Fellow at The Global Development Institute In developing countries like Bangladesh, Digital Financial Services (DFS) usually refers to transactions made over the mobile phone, using variants of the system pioneered in Kenya by...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Global Development Institute (GDI) has launched a brand new podcast series bringing listeners the latest thinking, insight and debate in development studies. The series will feature lectures, seminars and workshops from across the Institute as well as discussions...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 27, 2017 | Comment
By Geetika Dang, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha One in three women throughout the world experience physical and/or sexual violence from a partner. In South Asia, the figure rises to nearly 40%. In India, the incidence of serious crimes against women, including...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 25, 2017 | Comment
by Anja Ruehlemann While I was doing my Masters in International Development at The University of Manchester my mentor Dr Joanne Jordan not only triggered my passion for climate change topics, but also laid the path to one of my most memorable experiences. The...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 21, 2017 | Comment
Amelia Olvera De la O, MSc Public Policy and Management ‘17, Nayaret Inaipil Leal, MSc Public Policy and Management ‘17 On a warm Friday evening in May, we joined 130 of our fellow postgraduate students on fieldwork from the Global Development Institute at our hotel...
