by Global Development Institute | Nov 9, 2023 | Comment
GDI’s Nicola Banks reflects on an event co-hosted with One World Together and two of their partners, the brilliant Community Savers in Manchester and the North-West and Muungano wa Wanavijiji in Kenya. Multiple crises are exacerbating pressures on low-income...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
We are delighted that the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowship are now open for applications. The Global Development Institute has a strong track record in these fellowships, and we are keen to support applicants for this year’s awards. We are especially eager to support...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Diana Mitlin and David Hulme It is with the deepest sadness that friends and colleagues of Professor Saleemul Huq OBE at the Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester mark his passing away on 28 October. Saleemul was an outstanding scientist (one of...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 26, 2023 | Uncategorized
Catch up with our recent GDI Lecture from Deborah Barros Leal Farias, who discusses Unpacking the Developing Country Classification. You can watch or listen to Deborah’s lecture below. The division of the world into ‘developing’ and ‘developed’ countries has...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
Richard Heeks, Bookie Ezeomah, Gianluca Iazzolino, Aarti Krishnan, Rose Pritchard, Jaco Renken & Qingna Zhou What good-practice principles can be drawn from the literature on digital-transformation-for-development (DX4D)? “Digital transformation” has become...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 19, 2023 | Uncategorized
Interested in undertaking a Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship at the Global Development Institute? Here’s what you need to know about the application process. The Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships are available to academics with a research record but who have not...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 18, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ailbhe Treacy, MSc International Development: Development Management Why do development charities in the UK close? How do these closures impact the wider sector? My MSc Dissertation aimed to answer these important questions by examining UK development NGO closures...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
Ethiopia stands out as a leading example of state-led development in Africa and yet in 2020 it descended into civil war. Tom Lavers’ new open access book offers a comprehensive, multi-sector analysis of Ethiopia’s project, charting the rise and fall of its...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 5, 2023 | Uncategorized
Kwame Asamoah Kwarteng and Emefa Tonorgbevi Awuku There’s more than meets the eye in the world of cocoa and chocolate. Beyond the sweetness of your favourite chocolate bar lies a complex web of challenges and opportunities, particularly for those at the very...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 29, 2023 | Comment
Why do certain parts of the state in Africa work so effectively despite operating in difficult governance contexts? How do ‘pockets of bureaucratic effectiveness’ emerge and become sustained over time? And what does this tell us about the prospects for...
