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Global Development Institute podcast

We’re the Global Development Institute at The University of Manchester: where critical thinking meets social justice. Each episode we will bring you the latest thinking, insights and debate in develop... Read more

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In conversation: SDGs three years on with David Hulme and Jennifer O'Brien

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 Sustainabl... Read more

18 Sep 2018

22mins

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Lecture: Ha-Joon Chang on are some countries destined for under-development?

Lecture: Ha-Joon Chang on are some countries destined for under-development?

As part of the Global Development Institute Lecture Series and in collaboration with the Post-Crash Economics Society Dr... Read more

6 Feb 2018

1hr 3mins

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In conversation: The future of development studies

In conversation: The future of development studies

To celebrate the end of the academic year we brought together leading academics from the Global Development Institute in... Read more

30 May 2018

59mins

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In conversation: Informal settlements in Zimbabwe with Beth Chitekwe-Biti & Ezana Weldeghebrael

In conversation: Informal settlements in Zimbabwe with Beth Chitekwe-Biti & Ezana Weldeghebrael

Beth Chitekwe-Biti and Ezana Weldeghebrael discuss the recent political changes in Zimbabwe and what they mean for the u... Read more

9 Apr 2018

55mins

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In conversation: The future of economics with Ha-Joon Chang, David Hulme & Mihai Codreanu

In conversation: The future of economics with Ha-Joon Chang, David Hulme & Mihai Codreanu

Listen to Ha-Joon Chang, The University of Cambridge, in conversation with David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global... Read more

9 Feb 2018

33mins

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In conversation: Farmer-led irrigation with Phil Woodhouse & Dan Brockington

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 bri... Read more

2 Aug 2018

27mins

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Lecture: Rachel Glennerster on Can technology solve global poverty?

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, wh... Read more

31 Oct 2019

36mins

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In conversation: Laila Iskander on recycling & informal settlements

In conversation: Laila Iskander on recycling & informal settlements

In this episode, Diana Mitlin talks to former Egyptian Minister Laila Iskander about her career, recycling and informal ... Read more

28 Mar 2019

37mins

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Lecture: Franklin Obeng-Odoom on Property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa

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:... Read more

11 Mar 2019

38mins

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Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu

Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu

This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and econom... Read more

16 May 2018

34mins

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Lecture: Stephanie Barrientos on gender & work: capturing the gains in Global Value Chains

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'Build... Read more

26 Sep 2019

58mins

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Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Lord Jim O’Neill

Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Lord Jim O’Neill

Lord Jim O’Neill talks to BBC Hardtalk presenter Stephen Sackur about where the BRIC acronym came from, it’s real world ... Read more

25 Apr 2018

37mins

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Lecture: Helen Clark on Women-Equality-Power

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 Developme... Read more

3 Dec 2018

35mins

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In conversation: What makes aid effective with Pablo Yanguas & Daniel Honig

In conversation: What makes aid effective with Pablo Yanguas & Daniel Honig

What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment could aid effectiveness... Read more

17 May 2018

1hr

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Lecture: Yuen Yuen Ang on how the west got China wrong

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 Me... Read more

8 Nov 2018

53mins

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Lecture: Katherine Brickell on blood bricks: modern slavery & climate change in Cambodia

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... Read more

5 Mar 2019

47mins

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Lecture: Emma Mawdsley on the Southernisation of Development

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 Fe... Read more

17 Oct 2018

41mins

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In conversation: Helen Clark and Uma Kothari

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 he... Read more

22 Nov 2018

32mins

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In conversation: Community organising in informal settlements with SDI & Diana Mitlin

In conversation: Community organising in informal settlements with SDI & Diana Mitlin

Prof Diana Mitlin talks to Kenyan representatives of Shack/Slum Dwellers International who recently visited Global Devel... Read more

27 Nov 2017

32mins

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In conversation: Radically rethinking aid with Jonathan Glennie & Pablo Yanguas

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 sh... Read more

13 Nov 2018

36mins

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