by Global Development Institute | Jul 22, 2020 | Comment
We are very sad to report that our former colleague, Professor Fred Nixson, passed away last Wednesday, 15th July, aged 77. Fred came to the University in 1971 after three years teaching at Makere University in Kampala. Together with David Colman, Diane Elson, Colin...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 17, 2020 | Comment
Giovanni Pasquali, Research Associate, Global Development Institute, Shane Godfrey, University of Cape Town Read the full research briefing here The Covid-19 pandemic is having major implications for the resilience of apparel global value chains (GVCs). State-driven...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 17, 2020 | Comment
Charity Mumbi and Jack Makau work for Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a social movement of ‘slum’ residents and urban poor people in Kenya, affiliated to SDI International. In this podcast they describe the last few months of working through the initial outbreak...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 22, 2020 | Comment
Dr Vidhya Unnikrishnan, Lecturer in Development Economics, Global Development Institute Estimates by ILO shows that 92 % of the total employment in India is at the informal sector who are not protected by any formal pension system. The informal sector is characterized...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 16, 2020 | Comment
In this special podcast, we are lucky to be joined by the editors of the newly published Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development, Tanja Bastia and Ronald Skeldon. In this episode, they talk about their long-term collaboration in the fields of migration and...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 15, 2020 | Comment, Uncategorized
How can organisations manage the tensions between business goals and international development goals? These tensions often derail projects, organisations and partnerships but a newly-published paper identifies three strategies used in initiatives that sustain:...
