Reflections on an embedded approach to research with impact
Dr Joanne Jordan, Honorary Research Fellow, Global Development Institute Academics in the UK are now working in a context in which doing research that has societal ‘impact’ is an increasingly important requirement for funders, institutions and scientific bodies. But,...
Hrishipara daily financial diaries: Receiving Gifts in Low-Income Households
Since May 2015 we have been conducting a ‘financial diary’ research project in central Bangladesh in which we record, each day, all the transactions made that day by our ‘diarists’ (as we call our volunteer respondents). You can read more about the project on its...
Tackling the youth employment crisis in Tanzania: What can we learn from a project that didn’t work?
Dr Nicola Banks, Lecturer in Urban Development, Global Development Institute An opportunity arose to pilot an innovative and sustainable revolving savings fund with young motorcycle taxi drivers in Arusha. It didn’t work, but there are important lessons to be learned....