GDI Lecture Series: How the west got China wrong with Yuen Yuen Ang
Professor Yuen Yuen Ang gave the Adrian Leftwich Memorial lecture entitled ‘Autocracy with democratic characteristics: How the West got China wrong’. You can listen to the podcast, or watch the lecture below. Note: This article gives the views of the...
Good life never comes like dreams: a discussion of young people in cities
Global Development Institute hosted a special screening of the Ugandan film Boda Boda Thieves at the Millennium Powerhouse in Moss Side, as part of the ESRC’s Festival of Social Sciences. A group of young people from Hulme and Moss Side, youth workers and those...
Open Access Week at Global Development Institute
Open Access week for 2018 runs from 22-28th of October. To celebrate you can find a selection of our Open Access publications from the last academic year below. Open Access is a core value at the Global Development Institute, as Diana Mitlin, Managing Director of...
Poverty and social injustice: why are people advocating a ‘relational’ approach? (and what does that mean anyway?)
Dr Chris Lyon, Research Associate, Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre ‘Global inequalities’ is one of The University of Manchester’s research beacons. How can academic research into inequalities improve our understanding; how can it help to...