by Global Development Institute | Oct 11, 2018 | Comment
Since May 2015 we have been conducting a ‘financial diary’ research project in central Bangladesh in which we record, each day, all the transactions made that day by our ‘diarists’ (as we call our volunteer respondents). You can read more about the project on its...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 8, 2018 | Comment
Edward Ademolu, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute What role, if anything, do representations of Africa by NGOs have on identity and engagement with International Development, by African diaspora communities?” Do they, readily accept development...
by Global Development Institute | Aug 8, 2018 | Comment
Edward Ademolu, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute As a young child in the 1990s my introduction to international development was through watching Comic Relief’s performative biennial telethon ‘Red Nose Day’. This high-profile event armed with prosthetic...
by Global Development Institute | Jul 25, 2018 | Comment, Uncategorized
We were delighted to host the 2018 Development Studies Association Annual Conference at The University of Manchester, focused on global inequalities, a theme which is one of the University’s five research beacons. Development Studies has a long tradition at...
by Global Development Institute | Jun 26, 2018 | Uncategorized
Global inequalities is the central theme of DSA2018 in Manchester, which marks the Development Studies Association’s 40th anniversary and 60 years of development studies at The University of Manchester. Focusing on global inequalities challenges the traditional...