by Global Development Institute | Jul 4, 2016 | Events
Join Professor David Hulme and Mike Kane MP for the launch of Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? in Westminster, 16.00-17.00, 18 July. Professor Hulme’s new book explores the moral and practical arguments for why rich nations should help the poor. He contends that...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 28, 2016 | Comment
Judith Krauss, Post-doctoral associate and Aarti Krishnan, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute “Let me say the most important thing first: I am the father of three daughters.” This memorable sentence kicked off a unique masterclass with Dr Hubert Escaith,...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 27, 2016 | Comment
By Minna Lehtinen, Communications Officer One way that governments can help reduce poverty is by implementing social welfare programmes for those with low incomes, but the design of such programmes must be done with great care to make sure they actually achieve their...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 22, 2016 | Comment
By Professor David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global Development Institute, University of Manchester and President of the Development Studies Association. Over the last few years, UK aid has acted as a lightning rod for criticism as it has risen to meet the...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 21, 2016 | Comment
Professor John Knight, The University of Oxford, recently spoke at the GDI on ‘the principal-agent problem, the developmental state, subjective well-being and social instability: China’s effective but flawed economic governance.’ Listen to the talk...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 20, 2016 | Comment
Luis Eduardo Pérez Murcia PhD researcher, Global Development Institute The ongoing war in Syria has left millions of people in conditions of displacement either within or across national borders. Not all Syrian asylum seekers and refugees fled following direct threats...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 16, 2016 | Comment
Yesterday the Global Development Institute’s David Hulme represented a research project run jointly by GDI and SIID (the University of Sheffield), at the Small Charities International Development Debate in the House of Lords. The research project is seeking to map and...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 13, 2016 | Comment
A petition organised by the Daily Mail calling for an end to the 0.7% aid spending target will be debated in parliament today after gaining 230,000 signatures. In his new book, ‘Should Rich Nations Help the Poor’, Professor David Hulme examines the increasingly...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 9, 2016 | Uncategorized
GDI Executive Director, Professor David Hulme, has written a short and accessible analysis of why and how rich nations should help poor people and poorer countries. The book is ideal for general readers and students new to Development Studies and is available from...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 2, 2016 | Comment
Dr Rory Horner, Global Development Institute In a global economy increasingly structured through global production networks, existing public and private governance approaches are struggling to promote improved labour conditions and sustainability, while new challenges...
