by Global Development Institute | Jan 4, 2019 | Comment
Gabriele Restelli, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute The United Nations recently approved the Global Compact for Migration. This has come shortly after the endorsement of the other compact, for refugees. These agreements have sparked tensions, protests and...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 2, 2019 | Comment
The goals addressing the challenges in the sustainable development goals are all intimately linked; progress towards one goal depends on, and affects, other goals. And as economies and societies are globally interconnected, countries will need to work together to...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 22, 2018 | Comment, News
As 2018 draws to a close, seismic shifts are taking place globally, nationally and locally. While headline poverty rates continue to fall, will growing inequality choke off the benefits of growth? In increasingly urbanised societies, are new forms of disadvantage...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 20, 2018 | Comment, News
With so much news of political, social and environmental doom it’s easy to forget that good things have also been happening in the world. We asked our researchers to tell us some nuggets of good that took place in 2018: Dani Malerba, Honorary Research Fellow GDI....
by Global Development Institute | Dec 19, 2018 | Comment
In their Review “Landscapes that work for biodiversity and people” (19 October, p. eaau6020), C. Kremen and A. M. Merenlender discuss techniques that can preserve both ecosystem services and biodiversity in landscapes that have been modified by humans. They suggest...
by Global Development Institute | Dec 13, 2018 | Comment
4-15 March 2019, Arusha Tanzania with WISE – Futures and The University of Manchester Course description: Across the African continent, increasing climatic variability and the uneven distribution and availability of both surface and subsurface water resources...
