The Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) and the North West Doctoral Training Centre (NWDTC) have issued a call for Postdoctoral Fellowships as part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF). This career opportunity emphasises impact and stakeholder...
A call for abstracts/presentations on ‘Mobile Technology for Agricultural and Rural Development in the Global South’ has been issued. The aim of the 20 October 2016 Workshop is to share research and practice on current trends in ‘Mobile Technology...
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...
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 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 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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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