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
Lecture: Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia on migration, ageing and home
Luis Eduardo Perez Murcia, University of Trento, recently visited the GDI to give a talk entitled 'I am afraid of dying without seeing my daughter again': Looking at the Aging-Home-Migration NexusScho...
17 Jan 202041min
Lecture: Kaxton Siu on Chinese migrant workers and employer domination
Kaxton Siu recently visited the Global Development Institute to discuss his new forthcoming book 'Chinese Migrant Workers and Employer Domination: Comparisons with Hong Kong and Vietnam’. Kaxton Siu i...
11 Dec 201949min
Lecture: Rachel Glennerster on Can technology solve global poverty?
In this talk, Dr Glennerster discusses how technology has driven improvements in income and health in poor countries, why there is too little innovation designed to meet the needs of the poor, and the...
31 Okt 201936min
In conversation: Raquel Rolnik on the financialisation of housing
In this episode, Raquel Rolnik talked to Tom Gillespie and Isaac Rose about the financialisation of housing and her new book 'Urban Warfare: housing under the empire of finance'.Raquel Rolnik is a pro...
15 Okt 201947min
In conversation: Rhys Jenkins discusses China’s economic involvement in the Global South
Professor Rhys Jenkins talks to GDI Researcher Dr Nick Jepson about China’s growing economic involvement in Africa and Latin America and his book 'How China is Reshaping the Global Economy: Developmen...
8 Okt 201929min
Lecture: Stephanie Barrientos on gender & work: capturing the gains in Global Value Chains
Professor Stephanie Barrientos discusses her new book 'Gender and Work: Capturing the Gains in Global Value Chains'Building on years of detailed empirical research across different industries and in s...
26 Sep 201958min
