by GDI | Jan 15, 2024 | News
The following preface is taken from Cash Transfers for Poverty Reduction: An International Operational Guide (Routledge, 2023) by GDI’s David Lawson, Senior Lecturer in Development Economics and Public Policy, and Francisco V. Ayala, international social protection...
by GDI | Dec 21, 2023 | Comment
On Friday, 15th December, the Global Development Institute held an online community of practice session about supporting migrant- and refugee-led organisations. Organised in recognition of International Migrants Day (Monday, 18th December), the event offered valuable...
by GDI | Dec 14, 2023 | Events
Scholars across the Global Development Institute are convening or co-convening a range of exciting panels at this year’s Development Studies Association Conference, taking place at SOAS between 26th and 28th June 2024. The event theme is ‘Social justice and...
by GDI | Dec 8, 2023 | Comment
Dhanapal Govindarajulu, University of Manchester Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth. Since the third UN climate change summit, held in 1997 in Kyoto, Japan, different...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
Bina Agarwal, Professor of Development Economics and Environment at the Global Development Institute, was recently honoured with the 2023 Kenneth Boulding Award for her contributions to the field of ecological economics. This prestigious award commemorates the work of...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 24, 2023 | Comment
We are delighted to share a fully funded PhD studentship on the social and environmental outcomes of reforestation processes based on the Sustainable Forest Transitions research project. Deadline: 12 February 2024 Midnight (GMT) Interviews: 22 February 2024...
by GDI | Nov 15, 2023 | Comment
The following extract is taken from an interview with GDI’s Reader in Migration Studies, Dr Oliver Bakewell, in the recently published Handbook on Forced Migration. Below, Oliver responds to a question about the risks we run when aligning research agendas on mobility...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 9, 2023 | Comment
GDI’s Nicola Banks reflects on an event co-hosted with One World Together and two of their partners, the brilliant Community Savers in Manchester and the North-West and Muungano wa Wanavijiji in Kenya. Multiple crises are exacerbating pressures on low-income...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
We are delighted that the Simon and Hallsworth Fellowship are now open for applications. The Global Development Institute has a strong track record in these fellowships, and we are keen to support applicants for this year’s awards. We are especially eager to support...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Diana Mitlin and David Hulme It is with the deepest sadness that friends and colleagues of Professor Saleemul Huq OBE at the Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester mark his passing away on 28 October. Saleemul was an outstanding scientist (one of...
