From international development to global development
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...Who is left out of history and why?
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...‘Don’t Mourn: Mobilise’. Resisting Dispossession, Engulfment and Erosion
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Hannah Haycox, PhD Candidate, Sociology, The University of Manchester “We are far more united and have far more in common than what divides us” (Jo Cox) This week, I was delighted to attend...
GDI Lecture Series: Political economy approach to collective action, inequality and development with Prof Bill Ferguson
On Wednesday, 29 November, Prof Bill Ferguson, Grinnell College, delivered a lecture entitled ‘a political economy approach to collective action, inequality and development’. This lecture was the Annual Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture presented with the...Hopeful visions in dark days
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website Blog by Dr William Wheeler, independent scholar Migration, it is agreed, is intimately connected with hope. As we heard from Gulwali Passarlay, a refugee from Afghanistan and author of Lightless...
In Conversation: Professor Bill Ferguson and Dr Pablo Yanguas
Effective States and Inclusive Development’s Dr Pablo Yanguas engages Grinnell University’s Professor Bill Ferguson in a thought-provoking discussion about the role of economics in both creating and addressing collective action problems. Bill, the Gertrude B. Austin...