The power of data in a pandemic: repurposing Muungano’s data-collection expertise to fight Covid-19 in Kenya
Whitney Banyai-Becker (GDI), Charity Mwangi (SDI Kenya) and Jane Wairutu (SDI Kenya) explain how Muungano’s work with the Kenyan Ministry of Health is helping to find data-driven solutions to Covid-19 that are appropriate in informal settlements. Muungano wa...
New African Cities Research Consortium Announced
Researchers from the Global Development Institute have been awarded a new research contract of £32 million to establish the African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC), funded by the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) as part of UK Aid. Find out...
Understanding regional value chains through the interaction of public and private governance: Insights from Southern Africa’s apparel sector
Giovanni Pasquali, Shane Godfrey, Khalid Nadvi Enabled by the ESRC-GCRF grant (ES/S000453/1) as part of the project ‘Shifting South: decent work in regional value chains and South-South trade’. South-South trade between developing countries now exceeds North-South...
How should the FCDO think about development in the era of Covid-19?
Professors Khalid Nadvi and David Hulme, current and former managing directors of GDI Last week saw the merger of the FCO and DFID, to create the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). In the midst of a global pandemic, we believe it’s absolutely...