Covid-19 and the Future of Global Value Chains
The Covid-19 pandemic created a major shock to the global economy. The ramifications of this shock are reverberating through global value chains to reach workers and sites of production throughout the...
3 Aug 202049min
Covid-19 in Kenya’s informal settlements with Charity Mumbi & Jack Makau
Charity Mumbi and Jack Makau work for Muungano wa Wanavijiji, a social movement of 'slum' residents and urban poor people in Kenya, affiliated to SDI International. In this podcast they describe the l...
17 Jul 202042min
Migration and development with Tanja Bastia and Ronald Skeldon
In this special podcast, we are lucky to be joined by the editors of the newly published Routledge Handbook of Migration and Development, Tanja Bastia and Ronald Skeldon.In this episode they talk abou...
16 Jun 202040min
In conversation: Alicya Mamo and Shamima Khonat founders of Electric Bazaar
In the latest episode of our ‘In Conversation’ podcast we caught up with Shamima and Alicya; two Manchester Alumni whose fashion business was recently highly commended for social innovation at the Man...
4 Jun 202017min
Deindustrialisation in the Global South with Seth Schindler & Tom Gillespie
Seth Schindler & Tom Gillespie discuss their new research on deindustrialisation in the Global South. Seth and Tom have recently published an article on 'Deindustrialization in cities of the Global So...
4 Mai 202030min
In conversation: Siobhan McGrath on forced labour and marketising anti-slavery
In this episode Dr Rory Horner talked to Dr Siobhán McGrath about her research into forced labour and the marketising anti-slavery.Siobhán McGrath is Assistant Professor in Human Geography at Durham U...
2 Mar 202022min
In conversation: Jelmer Kamstra and Zoe Abrahamson discuss donor funding, NGOs and governance
In this episode, GDI's Nicola Banks talks to Jelmer Kamstra and Zoe Abrahamson about the political role of NGOs and how donor funding can support those.Jelmer Kamstra has been Senior Policy Officer at...
18 Feb 202032min
In Conversation: Nicholas Jepson on China's impact on the Global South
In this episode, Nicholas Jepson talks to Seth Schindler about his new book ‘In China’s wake: how the commodity boom transformed development strategies in the global south.In China’s Wake reveals the ...
3 Feb 202029min
