by Global Development Institute | Mar 9, 2017 | Comment
By Professor David Hulme, Executive Director Global Development Institute The Trump administration looks set to propose “fairly dramatic reductions” to America’s aid programme later this month. This is unsurprising given the extreme nationalism of his...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 1, 2017 | Comment, Events, Policy
By Professor David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global Development Institute I recently had the privilege of delivering a lecture at the IUB University and ICCCAD in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Much of the presentation was based on the recent book Bangladesh Confronts...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 21, 2017 | Comment, Research Findings
In a new paper, published in the GDI Working Paper series, Rory Horner and David Hulme argue that the macro-scale map of development has shifted from “divergence, big time” to “converging divergence”, which consequently requires a shift from thinking of international...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 27, 2017 | Comment
David Hulme, Executive Director, Global Development Institute This blog originally appeared in the Development Studies Association bulletin. Starting the year with a moan (or perhaps a rant) did not feel like the sort of thing a ‘President’ (of DSA) should do. But now...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 12, 2017 | Comment
David Hulme continues our series on the big development trends to look out for in 2017 Donald Trump has promised to make the USA “great” again. A central element of this strategy seems to be protectionism but, I think even more important will be his stance on climate...
