by Global Development Institute | May 1, 2018 | Comment
For this Bangladeshi youth, finding work in Saudi Arabia meant more than getting a job offer and buying the plane ticket. In February 2016 we were recruiting respondents for the ‘financial diary’ research project in central Bangladesh in which we record, each day, all...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 25, 2018 | Comment
Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Environment, Climate Change and Development, Global Development Institute, and Mario Hernández Trejo, PhD researcher and teaching assistant in Geography A ten-day field course to Uganda is a staple of various Master’s pathways in...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 24, 2018 | Comment
Four years ago, our institute marked the first anniversary of the Rana Plaza collapse which claimed more than 1,100 lives. Professor Stephanie Barrientos from the Global Development Institute and Rosey Hurst (the founder and director of Impactt which works with...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 23, 2018 | Comment
Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute Developing countries are often marked by spatial disparity with the centre hoarding political influence, wealth and services. Increasingly they are also marred by neglect of disability with very...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 9, 2018 | Comment
Listen to Beth Chitekwe-Biti and Ezana Haddis Weldeghebrael discuss the recent political changes in Zimbabwe and what they mean for the urban poor. Beth Chitekwe-Biti, an alumna of Global Development Institute, recently joined the SDI secretariat as Deputy Director....
by Global Development Institute | Mar 21, 2018 | Comment, News
The University of Manchester’s Global Development Institute offers a range of taught master’s programmes focusing on human resource management, organisational change and managing and delivering development projects. The master’s programme includes fieldwork and visits...
