Global Development Institute Blog

GDI Digest: Conceptualising and Defending the Future

GDI Digest: Conceptualising and Defending the Future

By Louisa Hann It’s the beginning of a new year – a time when many of us are looking to the future. Whether you’re trying to stick to a resolution or counting down the days until spring, January is often charged with a combination of renewal, resolve, and trepidation....
Lessons from Africa – for Manchester

Lessons from Africa – for Manchester

By Diana Mitlin   A recent conference on African Urbanism has provided a useful space for me to reflect on what the African experience has brought to my work and that of my colleagues. This has included academic scholarship, professional and policy engagement and...