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
Lecture: Indrajit Roy on democratic deepening in an Indian state
The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Dr Indrajit Roy, Department of Politics, the University of York to discuss "Dignifying development: Democratic deepening in an Indian State."The ...
10 Okt 201844min
In conversation: SDGs three years on with David Hulme and Jennifer O'Brien
As the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly convenes to review the world's three year progress against the Sustainable Development Goals, Jennifer O'Brien, Director of Social Responsibility for the...
18 Sep 201822min
In conversation: Farmer-led irrigation with Phil Woodhouse & Dan Brockington
Phil Woodhouse and Dan Brockington discuss their research project Studying African Farmer-led Irrigation.The project brings together social science researchers from the UK and irrigation scientists fr...
2 Aug 201827min
Rising Powers Special: The BRICs uncovered
Stephen Sackur speaks to Global Development Institute academics and other leading thinkers about the state of the BRIC economies today and the issues and challenges facing these emerging powers Find o...
6 Juni 201846min
