In conversation: Charity Mumbi and Jack Makau on Covid-19 in Kenya’s informal settlements
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...
The impact of old age pensions in India
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...
In conversation: Tanja Bastia and Ronald Skeldon on Migration and Development.
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...
Managing organisational tensions between business goals and development goals
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:...