by Global Development Institute | Feb 18, 2020 | Comment
In this episode, GDI’s Nicola Banks talks to Jelmer Kamstra and Zoe Abrahamson about the political role of NGOs and how donor funding can support those. Jelmer Kamstra has been Senior Policy Officer at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands in the...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 12, 2020 | Comment
Francisca Álvarez-Figueroa, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute I began my PhD in 2018 on the broad area of citizenship and organisational citizenship behaviours within the education sector under the supervision of Dr Chris Rees and Dr Kate Rowlands. My...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 5, 2020 | Comment
Research by Professor Kunal Sen of the Global Development Institute and the United Nations University (UNU-Wider), and Sabyasachi Kar and Amrita Roy from the Institute of Economic Growth in Delhi, India has won Economic Modelling’s Best Paper of the year award for...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 3, 2020 | Comment
In this episode, Nicholas Jepson talks to Seth Schindler about his new book In China’s wake: how the commodity boom transformed development strategies in the global south. Dr Nicholas Jepson is a Hallsworth Research Fellow in Chinese Political Economy at the Global...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 29, 2020 | Comment, Uncategorized
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute The Monterrey consensus (2002) on financing for development recognised the importance of investment for global development; appreciating the unique resources channelled through direct investment...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 24, 2020 | Comment
Vidhya Unnikrishnan, Lecturer in Development Economics, Global Development Institute There is a growing debate on the need to focus on the gender aspect of the social assistance program. The risks of economic vulnerability and poverty differ between men and women....
