Launch of ICT4D Research Network in the North of England
Jaco Renken, Lecturer, Information and Communication Technology for Development, Global Development Institute This post originally appeared on the ICT4D blog Are there any benefits to be derived from a regional network that would not readily emanate from a smaller...
Gradually unpacking “global development”
Dr Rory Horner, Lecturer in Globalisation and Political Economy The composition of global inequality is changing. Between-country inequalities, although vast, are mostly falling, while the relative share of within-country inequalities within global inequalities is...
Not the Fake News
During refugee week, the Migration Lab hosted a newspaper writing workshop that produced ‘Not the Fake News about refuge and asylum. Written in one day by a group of displaced people in collaboration with Manchester-based journalists and migration researchers from The...Not the Fake News
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website. During refugee week, the Migration Lab hosted a newspaper writing workshop that produced ‘Not the Fake News about refuge and asylum. Written in one day by a group of displaced people in...
What are the relationships between ageing, depression, non-communicable diseases and disabilities in South Africa?
By Manoj K. Pandey, Vani S. Kulkarni and Raghav Gaiha Read the working paper: What are the relationships between ageing, depression, non-communicable diseases and disabilities in South Africa? Old age is often characterised by poor health due to isolation, morbidities...
Chronic and transient poverty in El Salvador: What are their determinants and how to better fight against poverty
By Werner Peña Read Werner Peña’s working paper ‘What are the determinants of chronic and transient poverty in El Salvador?’ The situation of being in poverty can be experienced by households with different intensities over time: some can be trapped...Dr Saman Kelegama: scholar, policy influencer and caring human being
Professor David Hulme pays tribute to Dr Saman Kelegama The sad news of Dr Saman Kelegama’s untimely death had shocked friends and academic collaborators across the world. At Manchester, as elsewhere, we feel the loss. Our condolences go out to all of his family...Taxi to Tel Aviv: Precarious lives, contested freedoms – laying claim to asylum in cities of the Global North
This blog originally appeared on the Manchester Migration Lab website By Dr Tanja R. Müller This post originally appeared on Tanja R. Müller’s blog Aspiration and Revolution In Germany, it is pre-election time. And the leader of the main opposition party, Social...