by developmentatmanchester | Oct 22, 2015 | Comment, Events, Policy
The second seminar in our Global Development series took place yesterday, with Professor Daniel Brockington. Dan spoke on the paradoxes of celebrity advocacy in international development in the UK, and their consequences both for development and democratic processes....
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 16, 2015 | Events
The second lecture in the Global Development Seminar Series takes place on Wednesday October 21, with Professor Daniel Brockington. Dan will be speaking on The Paradoxes of Celebrity Advocacy. The FREE lecture will run 4.30pm-6pm in the Cordingley Lecture...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 16, 2015 | Comment, Events, Policy
The Global Development Seminar Series got off to a great start on Wednesday with a lecture by Institute of Development Studies Director Melissa Leach. Melissa spoke on Equality, Sustainability, Security: Towards Transformations in a Global Development Era. We’ll...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 15, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Aarti Krishnan, PhD researcher, BWPI As IDS director Melissa Leach delivered her inspiring, wide-ranging and thought-provoking talk – Equality, sustainability, security: Towards transformations in a global development era – to start our inaugural...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 7, 2015 | Comment, Events, Policy
The Global Development Seminar Series kicks off next Wednesday October 14 with a free seminar by Institute of Development Studies Director Melissa Leach. Melissa will be speaking on Equality, Sustainability, Security: Towards Transformations in a Global Development...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 1, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Professor David Hulme The UN has been setting goals to combat poverty for the last 50 or 60 years, but this gathered pace since 1990, following the end of the Cold War. Hundreds of different goals, from those regarding child and women’s rights to hunger and the...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 29, 2015 | Comment
Watch Professor David Hulme outline some further thoughts on the Sustainable Development Goals in this short interview with Adam Farkas from That’s Manchester. Also check out: David’s thoughts on global governance for the Guardian. 7 reasons the SDGs will...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 23, 2015 | Comment
By Professor David Hulme The imminent announcement of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is generating real debate amongst researchers, NGOs and academics about their level of ambition and the likelihood success. Will they be business as usual for the aid...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 22, 2015 | Comment
By Professor Diana Mitlin Goal 6 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) makes a clear commitment to universal access to sanitation: Ensure availability and sustainable management of water and sanitation for all. This wording may have been tricky to negotiate, but...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 17, 2015 | Comment
By Professor Uma Kothari The impacts of climate change are likely to be severe. Extreme weather events, heat stress, rising sea levels, infections and disease are just some potential results, which will hit poor and vulnerable populations in developing countries...
