by Global Development Institute | Jul 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
The Global Development Institute (GDI) has launched a brand new podcast series bringing listeners the latest thinking, insight and debate in development studies. The series will feature lectures, seminars and workshops from across the Institute as well as discussions...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 13, 2017 | Uncategorized
Jaco Renken, Lecturer, Information and Communication Technology for Development, Global Development Institute This post originally appeared on the ICT4D blog Are there any benefits to be derived from a regional network that would not readily emanate from a smaller...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 28, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Werner Peña Read Werner Peña’s working paper ‘What are the determinants of chronic and transient poverty in El Salvador?’ The situation of being in poverty can be experienced by households with different intensities over time: some can be trapped...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 22, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Dr Eleni Sifaki, Research Associate, Global Development Institute The geography of global development in the 21st century is shifting. Horner and Hulme call for a shift in academic development studies and development policy from ‘international development’ to...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 7, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Dr Tom Gillespie, Lecturer in Poverty, Inequality & Pro-Poor Politics Rory Horner and David Hulme’s recent GDI working paper calls for a shift away from the 20th century paradigm of international development, based on the division of the world into Global North...
by Global Development Institute | May 31, 2017 | Uncategorized
On Thursday, 25th May students from the Global Development Institute had an unique opportunity to work with leading members of two of Manchester’s major NGOs. Students on the masters programmes in Management and Implementation of Development Projects, Organisational...
