Launching the Data Powered Positive Deviance Initiative
For almost a decade, development organizations have used digital human behavioral data, or “digital crumbs,” to gauge responses to the increasingly complex development challenges of the 21st century. Large quantities of data generated from social media interactions,...
Podcast: Addressing inequality in the labour market in South Africa with Imraan Valodia
Professor Imraan Valodia, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, recently visited the GDI to give a talk entitled ‘A National Minimum Wage – Addressing inequality in the labour market in South Africa? In January 2019, South Africa introduced a national...
Hrishipara daily financial diaries: Low-income households in Bangladesh give as well as take loans
The Hrishipara Daily Diaries project has been recording the daily money transactions of 70 low-income households in central Bangladesh, in some cases since May 2015. Bangladesh is famous for its microfinance banks (MFIs) and most of our ‘diarists’ have accounts with...
Advancing participatory planning in Zimbabwe: Lessons from Bulawayo
Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism, Global Development Institute Over the last few years, Bulawayo in Zimbabwe has experimented with a wide range of participatory planning techniques. A recent workshop in the city, also featuring experiences from Kenya and...