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...
by Global Development Institute | May 27, 2016 | Comment
An innovative ‘revolving motorcycle project’ set up by the Tanzanian Federation of the Urban Poor and supported by an academic at The University of Manchester is helping a group of young men in Arusha find new opportunities. Dr Nicola Banks, of the Global Development...
by Global Development Institute | May 27, 2016 | Events
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by Global Development Institute | May 26, 2016 | Comment
Corinna Braun-Munzinger, PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute Does it make you feel good to know that all coffee sold at the university cafeteria is fair trade certified? Did you feel less comfortable about buying that £3 T-shirt when you saw the media...
by Global Development Institute | May 24, 2016 | Comment
Gabriela Zapata Roman, PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute Last Thursday we had the visit of Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, founding member and panellist of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Women’s...
by Global Development Institute | May 23, 2016 | Uncategorized
Are you passionate about rigorous, context-sensitive and nuanced information reaching the public discourse to inform political decision-making? Do you enjoy a solid project management challenge and can you hit the ground running? Then we’d love to hear from you!...
by Global Development Institute | May 23, 2016 | Comment
Judith Krauss is a post-doctoral associate at the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College and researched cocoa sustainability for her PhD thesis. Can I ask you a question? Do you like chocolate? If your answer is ‘yes’, as for 100% of my focus-group and...
by Global Development Institute | May 20, 2016 | Uncategorized
On Tuesday, 17th May Oxfam’s Duncan Green spoke at the Global Development Institute on ‘How Change Happens (and how to make it happen)’ Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook...
by Global Development Institute | May 18, 2016 | Comment
By Judith Krauss, Post-doctoral Associate, Global Development Institute We were privileged to welcome back to Manchester three of our own: as part of its annual postgraduate research conference, the School of Environment, Education and Development, home to the Global...
