by Global Development Institute | Mar 18, 2020 | Comment
The Fairwork Project has launched its second round of yearly ratings for digital platforms in South Africa, which highlight the precarious nature of work in the gig economy South Africa’s has recently declared a “national state of disaster” because of coronavirus....
by Global Development Institute | Feb 26, 2020 | Comment
Jeannette Zes Giovani, Gloria Oviedo Perez and Danah Alzeiby, Management and Information Systems: Change and Development and ICTs for Development students Learning is always exciting, and it is even more amazing when we can witness real-life applications of the...
by Global Development Institute | Jan 7, 2020 | Comment
As part of the Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) PhD Studentship programme, the Global Development Institute is delighted to offer up to seven fully funded four year PhD studentship with an integrated teaching certificate. The Global Challenges Research...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 15, 2019 | Comment
Dr Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute The story of mobile money in Africa, such as Mpesa, is one of the success stories to have arisen from the continent in recent years. A World Bank report in 2016, featured mobile money services,...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 17, 2019 | Comment, Uncategorized
Gindo Tampubolon, Lecturer in Poverty, Global Development Institute 16 July 2019 marked the 50th anniversary of the moon landing with Apollo 11. That scientific and engineering pinnacle of planetary exploration has gone on to transform our place in the universe and...
