by GDI | May 28, 2024 | Comment
The School of Environment, Education, and Development (SEED) held its annual conference for postgraduate researchers on Wednesday, 22nd May 2024. Designed to provide a platform for PhD students to share their research insights, the conference gave students and staff...
by GDI | May 28, 2024 | Comment
The University of Manchester’s Post-Crash Economics Society and Rethinking Economics recently launched a report examining whether the economics curriculum is fit for purpose in an increasingly turbulent twenty-first century. One of GDI’s undergraduate...
by GDI | May 20, 2024 | Comment
Published 17/05/2024 in The Conversation Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds of people in informal settlements were left...
by GDI | May 15, 2024 | Comment
Written by Mariana C. Hernandez-Montilla Ubumuntu means humanity, goodness, generosity, and kindness. For me, Ubumuntu means Rwanda and Rwanda means learning from the past. Murakaza neza Kigali! I stepped off the plane in March 2024, having travelled to Kigali as...
by GDI | May 10, 2024 | Comment
At the University of Manchester ‘Making a Difference Awards’ on the evening of 9th May, GDI’s Dr Gindo Tampubolon and PhD researcher Tess Hartland were both honoured for incredible work in their respective fields. SMARThealth: revolutionizing cardiovascular care in...
by GDI | May 10, 2024 | Comment
Academics from across GDI will head down to London next month to participate in the highly anticipated Development Studies Association Conference 2024, which is taking place at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, between Wednesday...
by GDI | Apr 30, 2024 | Comment
By Armando Barrientos, Professor Emeritus of Poverty and Social Justice at the Global Development Institute Discussions surrounding how Latin American states can support less advantaged citizens have often looked to European ‘welfare states’ as exemplary models for...
by GDI | Apr 24, 2024 | Comment
International Conference on Land Grabbing 2024, Bogotá, Colombia by Caroline Cornier Global Development Institute, University of Manchester From the 19th to the 21st of March 2024, Colombia’s prestigious Los Andes University in Bogotá, Colombia hosted...
by GDI | Apr 24, 2024 | Comment
Written by Skyla Baily Bangladesh frequently garners attention as an example of development success, with extensive literature exploring its poverty dynamics and underlying drivers. In just over half a century since gaining independence, the nation has managed to...
by GDI | Apr 11, 2024 | Comment, Research Findings
By Richard Heeks What are the implications for the global South of China’s emergence as a digital superpower? A recently-published literature review from myself and colleagues at the University of Manchester identifies seven key issues that have so far emerged…...
