by Global Development Institute | Jul 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Dr Shamel Azmeh, Lecturer in International Development, Global Development Institute In recent decades, a growing number of books and documentaries have attempted to understand globalisation through following the journey of “things” across the world. The Travels of a...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The story so far The first blog in this series was written just after a ‘corona lockdown’ was enforced in Bangladesh on 26th March 2020. It discussed the reaction to the shock of the 60 low-income households in central Bangladesh who volunteer as ‘diarists’ in our...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Professor David Fielding joined the Global Development Institute earlier this year. We caught up with him about his research interests. What did you do before coming to Manchester? For the last 15 years, I’ve been at the University of Otago in New Zealand as...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Watch Upasak Das’ webinar on ‘Using information and technology to improve efficacy of welfare programs: Evidence from India’. Dr Upasak Das is a Presidential Fellow at Global Development Institute. Note: This article gives the views of the...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Osman Ouattara, Senior Lecturer, Development Economics, Global Development Institute Property Rights Revisited The importance of institutional governance, such as a strong rule of law, a lack of corruption, etc. for growth and development is widely recognised within...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 15, 2020 | Comment, Uncategorized
How can organisations manage the tensions between business goals and international development goals? These tensions often derail projects, organisations and partnerships but a newly-published paper identifies three strategies used in initiatives that sustain:...
