by GDI | Mar 24, 2026 | Comment
by Professor Nicola Banks Yesterday I was sad to read of even further declines in UK giving over the past year. Today I am furious to hear what UK aid cuts will look like in practice. And if you’re following global development headlines, you might feel the same way....
by GDI | Jan 21, 2026 | Comment
GDI is hosting a conference asking ‘What is the future for global development?’, which will take place on 13-14 April 2026 in Manchester. Learn more about the conference and the agenda below. Access the online agenda. Fresh assaults on overseas aid,...
by GDI | Nov 7, 2025 | Comment
In this blog, Evie Taylor, undergraduate student on GDI’s Global Development course, recounts her eye-opening summer travels in Nepal. Touchdown in Kathmandu After the chaos of India, touching down in Nepal felt like breathing out. There was a sense of...
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 | Sep 4, 2025 | Comment
The past few years have brought a great deal of social, political, and economic turbulence across much of the world. From intensifying climate breakdown to growing geopolitical uncertainty, GDI academics have been working hard to conceptualise future threats and...
