by Global Development Institute | Oct 8, 2019 | Comment
In this episode, Nick Jepson talks to Rhys Jenkins about China’s growing economic involvement in Africa and Latin America and his book ‘How China is Reshaping the Global Economy: Development Impacts in Africa and Latin America’ Rhys Jenkins is Professor of...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 25, 2019 | Comment
Keisha Maloney, MSc Global Urban Development and Planning Once notorious for violence, cartels and drug trafficking, the city of Medellín in Colombia is increasingly becoming known for its transformation not only to peace – but prosperity. Like cities all around the...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 16, 2019 | Comment
The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network has launched its new Chronic Poverty Report on Growth, which also includes a briefing note on ‘pathways to sustained poverty reduction: balancing growth from above and below’ The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network was originally the...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 15, 2019 | Comment
Panel proposal: IASFM18 University of Ghana, Accra, 27th – 30th July 2020 Nicole Hirt, GIGA Hamburg & Tanja R. Müller, The University of Manchester Panel Title: Forced Migration and Agency – New dynamics within and beyond the nation state In this panel we...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 22, 2019 | Comment, Events
One of our PhD candidates, Mapenzie Tauzie decided to organise an activity in Zomba, Malawi – the community from where her field researchers came from. The result was a spectacular display of football and netball for young people which went on for ten weeks,...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 22, 2019 | Comment
Tomas Frederiksen, Lecturer in International Development, Global Development Institute and Matthew Himley, Associate Professor of Geography, Illinois State University The extractive industry has a brutish reputation. Since the 1980s, along with big dams, ‘extractives’...
