Lecture: Franklin Obeng-Odoom on Property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa
The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Prof Franklin Obeng-Odoom, University of Helsinki, talking about: Property, institutions, and social stratification in AfricaWhile it is intrinsi...
11 Mar 201938min
Lecture: Katherine Brickell on blood bricks: modern slavery & climate change in Cambodia
The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Prof Kate Brickell, Royal Holloway, University of London, talking about: Blood Bricks: Untold Stories of Modern Slavery and Climate Change from C...
5 Mar 201947min
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
