by Global Development Institute | May 18, 2018 | Uncategorized
What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment could aid effectiveness be improved? What in the aid bureaucracy and political environment constrains flexibility? David Hulme & Nicola Banks lead this exciting...
by Global Development Institute | May 16, 2018 | Uncategorized
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and economics advisor to the Indian government for the latest in the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series. Basu discusses the implications...
by Global Development Institute | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Sara Rich Dorman gave a lecture entitled ‘Understanding Zimbabwe: from liberation to authoritarianism’ You can listen to the podcast, or watch the lecture below. Find out more about the other talks in our GDI Lecture series Understanding Zimbabwe with Sara Rich Dorman...
by Global Development Institute | May 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
Varsha S. Kulkarni is at Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, U.S. and Raghav Gaiha is (Hon.) Professorial Research Fellow, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, Manchester, England Plutarch was right when he said that an imbalance between rich and...
by Global Development Institute | May 9, 2018 | Uncategorized
In this week’s Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Alex Schwartsman is a Brazilian economist and former Director of International Affairs of the Central Bank of Brazil. The interview examines the genesis of...
by Global Development Institute | May 2, 2018 | Uncategorized
In the latest Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Yukon Huang, a former director World Bank Director for China and Russia. They discuss China’s economic prospects and its role in galvanising international...
