by Global Development Institute | Jun 13, 2016 | Comment
A petition organised by the Daily Mail calling for an end to the 0.7% aid spending target will be debated in parliament today after gaining 230,000 signatures. In his new book, ‘Should Rich Nations Help the Poor’, Professor David Hulme examines the increasingly...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 2, 2016 | Comment
Dr Rory Horner, Global Development Institute In a global economy increasingly structured through global production networks, existing public and private governance approaches are struggling to promote improved labour conditions and sustainability, while new challenges...
by Global Development Institute | May 27, 2016 | Comment
An innovative ‘revolving motorcycle project’ set up by the Tanzanian Federation of the Urban Poor and supported by an academic at The University of Manchester is helping a group of young men in Arusha find new opportunities. Dr Nicola Banks, of the Global Development...
by Global Development Institute | May 26, 2016 | Comment
Corinna Braun-Munzinger, PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute Does it make you feel good to know that all coffee sold at the university cafeteria is fair trade certified? Did you feel less comfortable about buying that £3 T-shirt when you saw the media...
by Global Development Institute | May 24, 2016 | Comment
Gabriela Zapata Roman, PhD researcher at the Global Development Institute Last Thursday we had the visit of Secretary of State for International Development, Justine Greening, founding member and panellist of the UN Secretary General’s High Level Panel on Women’s...
by Global Development Institute | May 23, 2016 | Comment
Judith Krauss is a post-doctoral associate at the Rory and Elizabeth Brooks Doctoral College and researched cocoa sustainability for her PhD thesis. Can I ask you a question? Do you like chocolate? If your answer is ‘yes’, as for 100% of my focus-group and...
