by Global Development Institute | Jul 30, 2020 | Comment
For the past few years, researchers at the Global Development Institute have argued that Development Studies needs to move on from its traditional international focus. Rory Horner, David Hulme and others have been at the forefront of arguing that the idea of global...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 23, 2020 | Comment
The Covid-19 pandemic created a major shock to the global economy. The ramifications of this shock are reverberating through global value chains to reach workers and sites of production throughout the world. These ramifications are both short and long term. In the...
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...
