by Global Development Institute | Dec 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
We take a look back at our top five most-read blogs of 2017. In loving memory of PP The ‘PhD Gang’ remember their friend, and former GDI student, Purnima Purohit who sadly passed away earlier this year. How can development academics help change the...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 20, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Wednesday, 13 December, Dr Irene Guijt gave a lecture entitled ‘Evidence for Influencing: Balancing research integrity and campaign strategy in Oxfam’. You can listen to the podcast below. Find out more about the other talks in our GDI Lecture series Oxfam’s...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 19, 2017 | Comment
Dr Nicola Banks , Lecturer, International Development: Urban Development and Global Urbanism Christmas is a time for giving, when people think about how to extend their generosity to those in greater need. We put additional items in our trolley to donate for food...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 14, 2017 | Comment
Kunal Sen, Professor of Development Economics, Global Development Institute When commentators refer to rising inequality, they mostly mean increased inequality in rich countries like the US. But while national inequality may have increased in some countries, global...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Hamza M. Arsbi, MSc International Development and CEO of Science League The University of Manchester is a world-renowned institution with an impressive record, which is why I choose to study my Masters in International Development at its Global Development Institute....
by Global Development Institute | Dec 13, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Natalie Anne Hall, PhD Candidate, Sociology, The University of Manchester As researchers, we often register for conferences excited and hopeful, arrive at them slightly nervous and, as our...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Vegard Iversen, Anirudh Krishna and Kunal Sen In spite of recent and unprecedented poverty reduction, the notion that an individual’s expected level of achievement should be ‘a function only of his effort and not of his circumstances’ remains a distant ideal. While...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
On 1st December 2017, students on the MSc programmes in Organisational Change and Development and the Management and Implementation of Development Projects visited the Auto Trader Group headquarters in Manchester. Auto Trader is a large private sector company, listed...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 12, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Rory Horner and David Hulme, Global Development Institute The study and practice of international development has generally referred to the differences between ‘developed’ and ‘developing’ countries. Growing inequality between developed and developing states...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 11, 2017 | Comment
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Ria Sunga, PhD Candidate, History, The University of Manchester The World on the Move Conference was an excellent opportunity for me, as a PhD student, to listen to colleagues and scholars...
