By Corinna Braun-Munzinger, PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute The Rising Powers Study Group of the Development Studies Association (DSA) and the ESRC Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures programme jointly convened a full-day panel at the DSA...
Dr Rory Horner, Lecturer, Global Development Institute With the potential to ameliorate pain and even save lives, pharmaceutical products can have greater impact than those of almost any other. Yet, in overviews of research on development, somehow the pharmaceutical...
By Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia is a PhD researcher at The Global Development Institute This month more than 25,000 delegates meet in Quito, Ecuador, for the Habitat 3 conference which sets out the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda – a guide to policies and approaches...
By Dr Tanja Müller, Senior Lecturer in Global Development; Co-Director, Humanitarian and Conflict Response Institute One part of the new urban agenda that Habitat III aspires to includes support of refugees for a just city that ends social exclusion. That, like many...
By Joanne Jordan, Lecturer in Climate Change & Development at the Global Development Institute This month more than 25, 000 delegates meet in Quito, Ecuador, for the Habitat 3 conference which sets out the United Nations’ New Urban Agenda – a guide to...
By Diana Mitlin, Managing Director of the Global Development Institute and academic lead for the University’s Addressing Global Inequalities research beacon. This month more than 25,000 delegates meet in Quito, Ecuador, for the Habitat 3 conference which sets out the...
By Richard Heeks, Professor of Development Informatics What would “data justice for development” mean? This is a topic of increasing interest. It sits at the intersection of greater use of justice in development theory, and greater use of data in development...
By Natalie Langford, PhD research at the Global Development Institute In November, the Rising Powers and Global Labour Standards team will be travelling to India in order to jointly host a conference alongside Centre for Responsible Business (CRB), a prominent NGO...
On Wednesday, 12th October 2016, Executive Director of the Global Development Institute, Professor David Hulme discussed his latest book, Should Rich Nations Help The Poor?. You can find the slideshare, video and podcast from the event below. Share this: Share on...
By Judith Krauss, post-doctoral associate at the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College In the biggest-ever event on campus, The University of Manchester ran the ‘Sustainability Challenge’ for its 8,200 first-year undergraduates, encouraging students to realise...
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