by Global Development Institute | Nov 10, 2017 | Comment
We are pleased to announce that Deals and Development, a book resulting from Effective States and Inclusive Development research on the politics of growth, has been published. You can also read an Open Access version of the book here. The book is edited by three...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 9, 2017 | Comment
Global Development Institute explains brings together expert academics from across the Institute to explain key concepts in development studies. Who is a refugee? How do you define words like ‘migrant’ and ‘asylum seeker’? Are these synonymous...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 8, 2017 | Comment
By Caroline Boyd, Global Inequalities Campaign Manager Last night we hosted a free, public screening of The White Helmets at the Manchester Museum as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Sciences. Around 60 members of the public attended the open event which also...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 7, 2017 | Comment
Dr Daniele Malerba, researcher at the German Development Institute for the project, Implementing the Agenda 2030: Integrating Growth, Environment, Equality and Governance and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester Like two people falling in...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 6, 2017 | Uncategorized
Andy Sumner, Reader in International Development in the Department of International Development, King’s College London and director of the ESRC Global Poverty & Inequality Dynamics (GPID) Research Network and Lukas Schlogl, Research Associate with the ESRC GPID...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 6, 2017 | Comment
Dr Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Environment, Climate Change and Development, Global Development Institute As we at the Global Development Institute like a challenge, we decided to foray into several slightly unconventional research communications methods in the past...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 3, 2017 | Comment
Be a fly on the wall as GDI’s Executive Director, Prof David Hulme, interviews Prof Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, about globalisation, inequality and trade, as...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 30, 2017 | Uncategorized
In August 2017 Prof Uma Kothari, Global Development Institute, spoke at the EADI NORDIC 2017 conference on ‘Contesting Reconfigured Boundaries: Migration and Development’. The conference was a joint partnership between EADI (European Association of Development...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 27, 2017 | Comment
On Thursday, 26 October, Prof Dani Rodrik of the Harvard Kennedy School delivered the Global Development Institute Annual Lecture as part of the GDI Lecture Series. The lecture was entitled the economics of populism. You can watch the livestream below. You can also...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 26, 2017 | Comment
Dr Pritish Behuria, Hallsworth Research Fellow, Global Development Institute Over the last few years, there has been increased public attention on the dangerously high levels of pollution in New Delhi and in other parts of India. In 2014, a World Health Organization...
