by developmentatmanchester | Nov 21, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Róisín Read Since Bob Geldof announced he was re-recording ‘Do they know it’s Christmas’ the media has seized upon the opportunity to report on every minutiae of celebrity involvement. From whether the BBC would excuse Rita Ora from The Voice (they did), to Adele’s...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Richard Heeks Pose the following to data-revolution-for-development activists: “Show me an initiative of yours that has led to scaled, sustained development outcomes”. If – as likely – they struggle, there’s a simple reason. We have not yet connected the data...
by developmentatmanchester | Nov 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Kate Evans NEW YORK—Social inequality is also part of the landscape—and so must be accounted for in landscape approaches to managing agriculture and forests, a development economics expert urges. A landscape approach is a way of taking a holistic approach to...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 31, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Rory Horner Rory Horner observes in an article in the current issue of Journal of Economic Geography how better development opportunities can be available outside global lead firms’ production networks, and how some regions and countries may benefit from...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 24, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Tanja R. Müller Speaking about one of the latest current global humanitarian crises, the Ebola epidemic in (mainly) Western Africa, Justin Forsyth, Chief Executive of Save the Children is on the BBC flagship radio four Today Programme demanding ‘urgent action’. He...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 14, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Dr Gale Raj-Reichert The global electronics industry is one of the largest industrial sectors in the global economy. It is highly competitive, innovative, and fast changing with short product cycles. Some estimate that the industry employs the most workers and...
by developmentatmanchester | Oct 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Rory Horner Rory Horner observes in a recent Area article how disciplinary divides between geography and development studies can impede understanding of contemporary phenomena, and how those problems can be effectively addressed. The world economic, social and...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
by David Hulme It looks, thankfully, like DFID has survived the brunt of austerity savings made since the financial crash of 2008. While backroom costs have been cut, the government has stuck to its commitment to earmark 0.7% of Gross National Income for Official...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Dan Brockington We have seen, in the first and second parts to this series, that development NGOs have systematically organised and professionalised their work with celebrity advocates, and that this does not necessarily resonate well with British publics. What we...
by developmentatmanchester | Sep 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
Tim Jacoby and Uma Kothari, both from IDPM at the University of Manchester, have edited a special edition of the journal Progress in Development Studies which has just been published. It showcases emerging research from early career colleagues at the Institute. By Tim...
