by GDI | Nov 6, 2025 | Comment
by Louisa Hann In these times of economic and geopolitical upheaval, global development issues have been making frequent headlines. In recent months, for example, we’ve seen the controversial opening of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (an infrastructural project...
by GDI | Oct 15, 2025 | Comment
By Teklehaymanot Weldemichel and Smith Ouma The African Union has long promoted the slogan “African solutions to African problems”. Yet recent developments across the continent suggest that this proclamation is increasingly hollow. To begin with, in a world of...
by GDI | Jun 10, 2025 | Comment
by Louisa Hann There’s no doubt we’re living through an urgent chapter of the climate crisis. With 2024 now confirmed the hottest year on record – recording a sobering global average temperature of 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels – things are only set to get hotter....
by GDI | Dec 18, 2024 | Comment
By Diana Mitlin A recent conference on African Urbanism has provided a useful space for me to reflect on what the African experience has brought to my work and that of my colleagues. This has included academic scholarship, professional and policy engagement and...
by GDI | Nov 21, 2024 | Comment
By Lina Arenas University of Manchester GDI Alumna and Former Deputy Minister of Vulnerable Populations of the Peruvian Government PhD candidate in Social Policy from The University of Edinburgh, UK What role does knowledge really play in the making of social...
