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...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 16, 2015 | Comment
We’re counting down to the UN summit to ratify the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Over on Twitter and Facebook, we’re sharing an SDG a day along with a morsel of research from our academic staff and students. Below are a selection of this images,...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 16, 2015 | Research Findings
Professor David Hulme is currently at the World Social Science Forum in South Africa, where he delivered the following presentation, charting the shift from the Millennium Development Goals, to the Sustainable Development Goals. You can also watch a recording of the...
