John Toye (7 October 1942 – 12 November 2021) – An Appreciation
David Hulme, Professor of Development Studies, Global Development Institute It is with great sadness that we report the death of Professor John Toye, an internationally leading scholar of economic history and international development. John held many important...
Climate Change, Biodiversity Loss and the Future of Development
Johan A Oldekop, Charis Enns and Rose Pritchard, Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester John Kerry, the US climate envoy, has high hopes for the outcomes of COP26. Indeed, politicians across political divides have stressed the ‘make or break’...
Photo competition about transnational migration and Covid-19 in Latin America
Dr Tanja Bastia, The University of Manchester, Dr Erika Busse Cárdenas, Macalaster College, Dr María Calderón Muñoz, independent scholar Español Português Erika, María and Tanja have known each other for over twenty years – we met in 1998 as students at the MA in...
Former student reforming education law in Mexico
Our former student Elisa Soto is putting her Master’s dissertation into practice in her home country, Mexico, to address gender inequalities in education. During her studies at the University, Elisa decided to undertake a dissertation analysing India’s...