by Global Development Institute | Sep 1, 2022 | Uncategorized
Luv Arora, International Development: Environment, Climate Change and Development MSc Today, we live in what has been termed the ‘information age’. Screens surround our lives and even the toaster in our kitchens has a brain of its own. News apps are replacing...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 23, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the second of our Shifting South series, Stephanie Barrientos talks to Margareet Visser and Maggie Opondo. They reflect on the project and their research into horticultural value chains. Shifting South investigated: the rise of South-South trade through regional...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 10, 2022 | Uncategorized
The ongoing shift away from fossil fuels has sometimes been framed as a ‘green energy race’ among states, each competing with one another on national missions to develop and deploy renewables. Complicating this picture, various economies across both global North and...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
In the first of our Shifting South series, Stephanie Barrientos talks to Khalid Nadvi and Shane Godfrey. They reflect on the project and their research into regional garment value chains, and decent work in Southern Africa. Shifting South investigated: the rise of...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 26, 2022 | Uncategorized
Juno Ellison, Wellcome EDI Research Placement intern The past few months have witnessed a resurfacing of high-profile xenophobic migration agendas in the UK reminiscent of the Brexit campaign through the Government’s Rwanda plan, mirroring similar policies from...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 27, 2022 | Uncategorized
Dr Nicola Banks, Senior Lecturer in International Development: Urban Development and Global Urbanism Ten years ago (where has time gone?!), myself and David Hulme’s work went as ‘viral’ as an academic piece of work can go when it was picked up and lambasted by Duncan...
