Inequality: policy bandwagon or a welcome shift?
The Global Development Institute recently held a workshop examining global inequalities, which brought together four of the Institute’s leading academics to grapple with various aspects of the ‘issue of the moment’. Two central questions were up for discussion: Why is...The first year of the Global Development Institute
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GDI Lecture Series: Development NGOs’ dependence on home government funding with Professor Lauchlan T. Munro
On Wednesday, 16 February, Professor Lauchlan T. Munro gave a lecture entitled ‘Too close for comfort, relatively speaking? Development NGOs’ dependence on home government funding in comparative perspective’ . You can listen to the lecture in full or watch the...
Climate change research based on Dhaka slum showcased at Rich Mix London
Dhaka is on the front lines of climate change, but what does that mean to the people living in its slums? Research into urban climate change resilience, led Dr Joanne Jordan to team up with the University of Dhaka to produce a Pot Gan, a form of interactive indigenous...
GDI Lecture Series: Designing Interventions in Developing Water-Energy-Food Systems with Julien Harou
On Wednesday, 8 February, Professor Julien Harou, The University of Manchester gave a lecture entitled ‘Designing Interventions in Developing Water-Energy-Food Systems’. You can listen to the lecture in full or watch the live stream below Find out more...
Basic income beyond borders – a new mechanism for economic justice?
There’s been lots of discussion recently on the feasibility of introducing Universal Basic Incomes, so we were intrigued to hear that Laura Bannister and Sarah Methven, both Manchester alumni were running a conference to around the idea of doing this on a global,...
Free online courses on ‘Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries’
Our colleagues in the Alliance Manchester Business School have launched two Massive Online Open Courses (MOOCs) on Water Supply and Sanitation Policy in Developing Countries, taught by Professor Dale Whittington and Dr Duncan Thomas. The courses will also feature...
Global decisions and local realities: what drives sustainability standards, and who benefits?
By Aarti Krishnan and Dr Judith Krauss, PhD Researchers at the Global Development Institute In an era when sustainability has become a buzzword, two key questions arise regarding sustainability standards in global production networks: what drivers underlie the...