In conversation: Armando Barrientos on social assistance
In this episode Chris Jordan, GDI’s Communications & impact Manager, talks to social assistance expert Professor Armando Barrientos. They discuss why Armando decided to specialise in social assistance...
22 Feb 201928min
Lecture: Stephan Haggard on Developmental states
Listen to our lecture from Professor Stephan Haggard who discussed development states.The concept of the developmental state emerged to explain the rapid growth of East Asia in the postwar period. Yet...
8 Feb 201946min
Lecture: Helen Clark on Women-Equality-Power
Rt. Hon Helen Clark, former Administrator of UNDP and former Prime Minister of New Zealand presents the Global Development Institute Annual Lecture. Helen Clark addresses the issues of women's leaders...
3 Des 201835min
In conversation: Helen Clark and Uma Kothari
As part of her visit to the Global Development Institute Rt Hon Helen Clark sat down with Prof Uma Kothari to discuss her career, the UN, Hillary Clinton and intersectionality. Helen Clark was Prime M...
22 Nov 201832min
In conversation: Radically rethinking aid with Jonathan Glennie & Pablo Yanguas
We have been taught to understand aid as a temporary injection of support for struggling countries. This is wrong. It should be seen as a permanent fixture, as part of continued investment in global p...
13 Nov 201836min
Lecture: Yuen Yuen Ang on how the west got China wrong
Dr Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan delivers the Adrian Leftwich Memorial Lecture. For decades, Western policymakers and observers assumed that as ...
8 Nov 201853min
Lecture: Emma Mawdsley on the Southernisation of Development
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Dr Emma Mawdsley, Reader in Human Geography and Fellow of Newnham College to discuss "The Southernisation of Development? Who has ...
17 Okt 201841min
Lecture: Nic Cheeseman on how to rig an election (and get away with it)
Contrary to what is commonly believed, authoritarian leaders who agree to hold elections are generally able to remain in power longer than autocrats who refuse to allow the populace to vote.Calling up...
15 Okt 201858min
