by Global Development Institute | Apr 5, 2017 | Comment
By Stuart Rutherford, Honorary Research Fellow at The Global Development Institute This is the fourth in a series of short articles about the findings of a daily ‘financial diary’ research project in Bangladesh. In this article, we look at the spending on health care...
by Global Development Institute | Mar 24, 2016 | Uncategorized
By Daniele Malerba Inequality is a topic of major interest nowadays, with recent reports showing that the richest 62 individuals possess more wealth than the bottom half of the global population. But this attention has not always been there. One the main drivers of...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 1, 2016 | Research Findings
By Armando Barrientos and Edmund Amann. Originally published in Policy In Focus, a publication of the UNDP’s International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth. As the world begins to wake up to the dire social and economic consequences of rising inequality, we...
by developmentatmanchester | Mar 17, 2015 | Uncategorized
By Sam Hickey, Sophie King and Sarah Hunt History has much to tell us about the politics of inequality, but the moral of the story depends upon the lens through which we choose to interpret its lessons. The recent DLP conference on this theme raised many of the...
by developmentatmanchester | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Niaz Asadullah and Antonio Savoia Bangladesh’s economy has recorded remarkable economic performance in the new millennium, though its per capita income has remained low. Even more spectacular has been the steady improvement in its levels of many social development...