Launch of ICT4D Research Network in the North of England
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...
Chronic and transient poverty in El Salvador: What are their determinants and how to better fight against poverty
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...
UK political parties are shifting from ‘international’ to ‘global’ development
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...
Expulsions: a concept for 21st century global development
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...