by Global Development Institute | Oct 26, 2017 | Comment
Professor Richard Heeks recently delivered a seminar entitled ‘Decent Work and the Digital Gig Economy in Developing Countries’. You can listen to the podcast of the seminar below. This talk was based on Prof Heeks recent Development Informatics Working...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 23, 2017 | Comment
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute The majority of research at GDI is made available either Green or Gold Open Access, and our GDI Working Paper Series is always free to download. Open Access is key in supporting the core values that...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 17, 2017 | Comment
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute While global attention focuses on the Kenyan election, a process that will (arguably) make a much more significant difference to the wellbeing of the more than 3 million residents of Nairobi is already...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 9, 2017 | Comment
Dr Judith Krauss, Lecturer in Environment, Climate Change and Development, Global Development Institute The UK’s National Chocolate Week is here! What a fabulous invention for all those of us who love cocoa and chocolate – which, at least based on my...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 18, 2017 | Comment
Dr Tanja Müller, Global Development Institute In a contribution for a book on Africa’s media image in the 21st century, Michela Wrong provides a strong defence of Western journalists writing about Africa. One of her expertly made arguments concerns the different roles...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 12, 2017 | Comment
By Osman Ouattara, Global Development Institute; Eric Strobl, École Polytechnique; Jan Vermeiren, Kinetic Analysis Corporation and Stacia Yearwood, Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility. This blog first appeared on the Global Development Institute blog in...
