by Global Development Institute | Jul 30, 2020 | Comment
For the past few years, researchers at the Global Development Institute have argued that Development Studies needs to move on from its traditional international focus. Rory Horner, David Hulme and others have been at the forefront of arguing that the idea of global...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 15, 2020 | Uncategorized
The story so far The first blog in this series was written just after a ‘corona lockdown’ was enforced in Bangladesh on 26th March 2020. It discussed the reaction to the shock of the 60 low-income households in central Bangladesh who volunteer as ‘diarists’ in our...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 8, 2020 | Uncategorized
Professor David Fielding joined the Global Development Institute earlier this year. We caught up with him about his research interests. What did you do before coming to Manchester? For the last 15 years, I’ve been at the University of Otago in New Zealand as...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Watch Upasak Das’ webinar on ‘Using information and technology to improve efficacy of welfare programs: Evidence from India’. Dr Upasak Das is a Presidential Fellow at Global Development Institute. Note: This article gives the views of the...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
Osman Ouattara, Senior Lecturer, Development Economics, Global Development Institute Property Rights Revisited The importance of institutional governance, such as a strong rule of law, a lack of corruption, etc. for growth and development is widely recognised within...
