by Global Development Institute | Dec 1, 2017 | Comment
Prof Diana Mitlin spoke to Jack Makau (Director of Slum Dwellers International in Kenya) and Joseph Muturi (community leader, activist and Coordinator of the Kenyan Slum Dwellers Federation) when they were visiting Manchester to guest lecture on GDI’s innovative...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 29, 2017 | Comment
Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute The United Nations has a specialist unit to measure and monitor progress on provision for water, sanitation and hygiene, the Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP). JMP’s regular progress reports are an...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 27, 2017 | Comment
Professor Bina Agarwal was recently presented with a Balzan Prize for her work on gender and development. She was cited for “challenging established premises in economics and the social sciences by using an innovative gender perspective; for enhancing the visibility...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 24, 2017 | Comment
Alejandra Ortiz Garcia, PhD research Global Development Institute Last month, Dani Rodrik, Professor of International Political Economy at Harvard University, paid a visit to Manchester to talk about his most recent work and share his views on the current state of...
by Global Development Institute | Nov 22, 2017 | Comment
By Dr Fortunate Machingura, Global Challenge Research Fund Postdoctoral Fellow at Global Development Institute Robert Mugabe’s resignation, after what looks a lot like a military coup has ended the rule of one of the world’s most fearsome, fierce and long-serving...
