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 Emma Kelly | Feb 19, 2016 | Comment, Events
By Chris Lyon The secret has been out the bag for a while now. Time was when the very mention of the words ‘inequality’, ‘distribution’, ‘power’, or, god forbid, ‘state’ in polite development conversation would see canapés dropped in shock and waiters scurrying to...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 18, 2016 | Events
Watch the official launch of the Global Development Institute, with Oxfam’s Winnie Byanyima, the President & Vice-Chancellor of the University of Manchester, Nancy Rothwell and David Hulme, director of the Global Development Institute: Share this: Click to...
by Global Development Institute | Feb 18, 2016 | Events
[View the story “The Global Development Institute Launch” on Storify] Thanks to GDI master’s student Rachel Louise Sadler for developing this story. Share this: Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new...
by developmentatmanchester | Jan 19, 2016 | Comment, Events
by David Hulme, Professor, Global Development Institute Oxfam’s annual inequality report finds that extreme polarisation – the ownership of global assets by a tiny minority of the world’s population – has increased. Now, only the 62 richest people in the world own the...
