by Global Development Institute | Oct 31, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Rachel Glennerster, the Chief Economist of the Department for International Development, discuss whether technology can solve global poverty. Prior to her current role she was the Executive Director of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab, a...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Professor Tony Shorrocks, Honorary Professorial Research Fellow at the University of Manchester, Senior Research Fellow at the World Institute for Development Economics Research UNU-WIDER) in Helsinki, and Director of Global Economic Perspectives Ltd,...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Raquel Rolnik, professor of Urban Planning at the University of São Paulo discuss her new book ‘Urban warfare: housing under the empire of finance’ In cities across the world the story is the same – housing is in crisis and...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 15, 2019 | Uncategorized
Nick Jepson is a Hallsworth Fellow in Chinese political economy within the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester. Later this year his book, In China’s Wake: How the Commodities Boom Transformed development strategies in the Global South, will be...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 8, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Professor Rhys Jenkins, University of East Anglia, discuss his book “How China Is Reshaping the Global Economy” China’s growing economic involvement in Africa and Latin America have been a source of controversy and debate. Although there...
by Global Development Institute | Sep 26, 2019 | Uncategorized
Listen or watch Professor Stephanie Barrientos, Global Development Institute, discuss her new book Gender and work: capturing the gains in Global Value Chains. Building on years of detailed empirical research across different industries and in several countries,...
