by Global Development Institute | Aug 13, 2019 | News, Research Findings
New research has found that in 15 major cities in the global south, almost half of all households lack access to piped utility water, affecting more than 50 million people. Access is lowest in the cities of sub-Saharan Africa, where only 22% of households receive...
by Global Development Institute | May 6, 2019 | Research Findings
Giving local communities in Nepal the opportunity to manage their forests has simultaneously reduced deforestation and poverty in the region, new research has shown. In the largest study of its kind, an international team of experts led by The University of Manchester...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 25, 2019 | Comment, News, Research Findings
By Rory Horner and Matthew Alford, January 2019 In a new paper in the GDI Working Paper Series we argue that the state-GVC nexus is, and will continue to be, especially significant in shaping development outcomes. Research on global value chains (GVCs) has broken with...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 17, 2018 | News, Policy, Research Findings
By Dr Stacy-ann Robinson, Voss Postdoctoral Research Associate in Environment and Society, Brown University and GDI Alumna When the Twentieth Conference of Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP20) ended in Lima, Peru in December...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 23, 2018 | Comment, Research Findings, Uncategorized
Pablo Yanguas, Global Development Institute Honorary Fellow At a time when countries are highly integrated yet increasingly unequal there is no more important issue than ensuring that everyone lives well, but how do we achieve this? Old paradigms focused on...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 14, 2018 | Comment, Research Findings
Kelechi Ekuma, Lecturer in Management, Governance and Development, Global Development Institute Researchers from the University of Manchester and the University of Melbourne recently meet at the Global Development Institute (GDI), University of Manchester to...
