Hrishipara daily financial diaries: Receiving Gifts in Low-Income Households
Since May 2015 we have been conducting a ‘financial diary’ research project in central Bangladesh in which we record, each day, all the transactions made that day by our ‘diarists’ (as we call our volunteer respondents). You can read more about the project on its...
Brazil goes to the polls on Sunday in a highly polarised election: quick guide
Dr Chris Lyon, Research Associate, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre It is the Brazilian general election on Sunday October 7th 2018. It has been a highly volatile, polarised, and unpredictable affair, and on the face of it the choice, at...
Inside the UN General Assembly: a PhD perspective
By Franklin Yayra Adorsu-Djentuh, PhD candidate On 24th September 2018, a day before the start of the General Debate of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), the General Assembly convened the Nelson Mandela Peace Summit. The focus of the...
Global value added network from 2002 to 2014: whither Britain?
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute A short BBC video on How cars are made opens up a view to global production networks traversing the world today. Honda automobile plant in Swindon (Britain) imported alloy wheels for its cars from...