by Global Development Institute | Jan 17, 2017 | Comment
Gale holds a PhD in International Development Policy and Management from GDI. After completing a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship with us, she joined Queen Mary University of London as a Lecturer in Economic Geography. Why did you choose GDI for your PhD?...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 16, 2017 | Comment
By Rory Horner Have we all been “divided and conquered” by the super-rich? Political divides and polarisation were highly apparent in the UK and the US in 2016, and are highly prominent elsewhere in Europe. Votes for Brexit and Donald Trump have brought renewed...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 12, 2017 | Comment
David Hulme continues our series on the big development trends to look out for in 2017 Donald Trump has promised to make the USA “great” again. A central element of this strategy seems to be protectionism but, I think even more important will be his stance on climate...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 11, 2017 | Comment
By Dr Judith Krauss, Post-doctoral Associate, Global Development Institute Cadbury’s decision to shift its sustainability focus away from Fairtrade towards its parent-company’s ‘Cocoa Life’ scheme has sent shivers down the spine of many Fairtrade supporters. The BBC...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 9, 2017 | Comment
The Global Development Institute was saddened to hear of the recent death of Sir Tony Atkinson – a long-standing leader on inequality research including the recently published ‘Inequality: What is to be done?’ At a time when of a growing consensus identifying...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 5, 2017 | Comment
Joanne Jordan continues our series on the big development trends to look out for in 2017 In 2016 the main focus around climate change issues was on ratifying and maintaining international momentum after the Paris Agreement. In the future I think we need to see much...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 4, 2017 | Comment
Pablo Yanguas continues our series looking at the big development trends to look out for in 2017 These are difficult times for the foreign aid system. While budgets may still be growing in countries like the UK, the reality of aid is one of dire challenges on two...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 3, 2017 | Comment
Rory Horner begins our series looking at some of the big trends in development to look out for in 2017. 2016 was, by many accounts, a strange year. Contemporaneously with the often discussed “rising powers”, 2016 saw the growth and resonance of “declinism” in what...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 20, 2016 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Robbie Watt, Global Development Institute Less developed countries that are highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, and which have very low greenhouse gas emissions, make up a substantial majority of nations represented at the United Nations Framework...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 19, 2016 | Comment
By Chris Lyon, PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute. The working title of his thesis is Exploring a relational conception of social justice: liberals, radicals, and Brazil’s ‘new social contract’. Much of IRIBA’s research has been cautiously optimistic,...
