by GDI | May 20, 2024 | Comment
Published 17/05/2024 in The Conversation Recent floods in Kenya have left at least 270 people dead, displaced more than 200,000 and destroyed property, infrastructure and livelihoods across the country. In Nairobi, hundreds of people in informal settlements were left...
by Global Development Institute | Oct 6, 2016 | Comment
Dr Juan Villa, Honorary Research Fellow, Global Development Institute During my PhD at the Global Development Institute, The University of Manchester my supervisor, Professor Armando Barrientos, would repeatedly say to me “Juan, you cannot end poverty without learning...
by Global Development Institute | Apr 29, 2016 | Comment, Uncategorized
By Aarti Krishnan, PhD researcher, Global Development Institute As clouds scudded across a beautiful crimson sky, I remember sensing a knot in the pit of my stomach. To be honest, it was the anticipation of going to an unknown country, but I do, however, recall...