by Global Development Institute | Sep 12, 2016 | Comment
The “Mobile Technology for Agricultural and Rural Development in the Global South” Workshop, will be held on 20th October 2016 at The University of Manchester. An initiative of the Centre for Development Informatics (CDI) at the Global Development...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 7, 2016 | Uncategorized
Next week, many of us from the Global Development Institute will be at the Development Studies Association Conference hosted by the Oxford Department of International Development (ODID) at the University of Oxford. Make sure to stop by the GDI stand in the North...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 2, 2016 | Comment
Daniele Malerba is a PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute A large share of the population in Uganda is still economically vulnerable, despite a remarkable reduction in poverty in recent decades. The proportion of the population living with incomes below...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 2, 2016 | Uncategorized
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by Global Development Institute | Sep 1, 2016 | Comment
Professor Samuel Hickey recently spoke at the University of Edinburgh Political Settlements Research Programme Summer School, on the comparative insights into the politics of development in Africa. Share this: Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 31, 2016 | Comment
The Global Development Institute is looking for a permanent lecturer in Information and Communication Technology for Development. We are looking to appoint an outstanding individual who willmake a central and strategic contribution to, and enhancement of, our research...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 26, 2016 | Comment
Fortunate Machingura, former PhD student at the Global Development Institute This blog has been republished from the Overseas Development Institute and was written by Fortunate Machingura, a GDI alumna who completed her PhD in Development Policy and...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 26, 2016 | Uncategorized
Last night we teamed up with the Manchester Museum, to premier the documentary ‘The Lived Experience of Climate Change: A Story of One Piece of Land in Dhaka’. The event was part of the Museum’s Climate Control season, which seeks to not just educate people...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 24, 2016 | Comment
What is the current focus of your research? My research tries to understand the connections between climate change, vulnerability and complex notions of risk. For the past nine years, I’ve been working on those issues in the context of Bangladesh, currently in Dhaka...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 22, 2016 | Comment
Juan, originally from Colombia, completed his PhD in Development Policy and Management at GDI last year and is now living and working as an economist in Washington DC. He has also provided consultancy on a number of international poverty and economics projects, for...
