Global production networks and social upgrading: emerging research on a persistent challenge
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...Motorbike scheme breaks cycle of unemployment in Tanzania
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...Renmin–Manchester Workshop on Inequality and Poverty in China
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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...Academics Stand Against Poverty UK are looking for a short-term coordinator to get us off the ground!
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