In Conversation: Prof Diana Mitlin, Jack Makau and Joseph Muturi
Prof Diana Mitlin spoke to Jack Makau (Director of Slum Dwellers International in Kenya) and Joseph Muturi (community leader, activist and Coordinator of the Kenyan Slum Dwellers Federation) when they were visiting Manchester to guest lecture on GDI’s innovative...
Progress on drinking water, sanitation and hygiene? Not for those with low-incomes
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute The United Nations has a specialist unit to measure and monitor progress on provision for water, sanitation and hygiene, the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). JMP’s regular progress reports are an...Creative Methodologies… notes and musings from a fledgling researcher
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website By Thea Soltau, PhD Candidate HCRI, The University of Manchester As a fledgling researcher, my attention is almost equally divided between my research interests and the research methodology itself....
Is gender inequality still on the margins?
Professor Bina Agarwal was recently presented with a Balzan Prize for her work on gender and development. She was cited for “challenging established premises in economics and the social sciences by using an innovative gender perspective; for enhancing the visibility...Changing migratory configurations: the challenge of our time
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website By Professor Aderanti Adepoju, Founder/Coordinator, Network of Migration Research on Africa In the twenty-first century, the world has come to a crossroads: economically, politically and...
East Asia, the developmental state and globalisation
Rory Horner, Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy and Hallsworth Research Fellow, Global Development Institute What role can and does the state play in economic development under globalisation? This is arguably one of the fundamental debates in development...
Structural change and premature deindustrialisation: lessons from Dani Rodrik
Alejandra Ortiz Garcia, PhD research Global Development Institute Last month, Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University, paid a visit to Manchester to talk about his most recent work and share his views on the current state of...
The Rise of South-South Trade: Polycentric Patterns
Dr Rory Horner and Prof Khalid Nadvi, Global Development Institute In a new, open access article published in Global Networks, we argue that Southern actors and Southern end markets have more prominent roles in global trade, requiring greater attention to the...