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 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 | 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 | Sep 29, 2023 | Comment
Why do certain parts of the state in Africa work so effectively despite operating in difficult governance contexts? How do ‘pockets of bureaucratic effectiveness’ emerge and become sustained over time? And what does this tell us about the prospects for...
