Global Development Institute

Overview

Uniting the strengths of the Institute for Development and Policy Management and the Brooks World Poverty Institute.

The Global Development Institute is a culmination of an impressive history of development studies at The University of Manchester which has spanned more than 60 years.

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Publications

Human Capital Development in Africa: Africapitalism Perspective

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

Depression trajectories of older Americans and Britons 2002 - 2012: A rejoinder and a hope

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Realizing rights within the Israeli Asylum Regime: a case study among Eritrean refugees in Tel Aviv

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

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Projects

India's pharmaceuticals, local production and public health security in sub-Saharan Africa: a comparative study (PROJECT)

Project: Research

Establishing local pharmaceutical production in East Africa: south-south production networks and the state (PROJECT)

Project: Research

Mapping India's south-south pharmaceutical production networks and development implications in South Africa (PROJECT)

Project: Research

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Activities

Dimensions of UN human rights prioritisation as a hindrance to conflict resolution and political engagement in the Horn of Africa

Activity: Talk or presentation › Oral presentation

The Journal of Development Studies (Journal)

Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Publication peer-review

Development Studies Association of the UK Annual Conference

Activity: Participating in or organising event(s) › Participating in a conference, workshop, exhibition, performance, inquiry, course etc

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Media coverage and contribution

MAIL ONLINE: Upgrade slums, expand rentals to ease urban housing crisis - researchers

Press / Media: Expert comment

MAIL ONLINE: As India gets richer, its farmers get poorer: Farmers forced to give up land face fewer jobs and lower incomes

Press / Media: Expert comment

THE HINDU: The high cost of ageing

Press / Media: Expert comment

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Student theses

Youth in Development: Understanding the Contributions of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) to Nigeria's National Development

UoM administered thesis: Phd

Contextualising Diversity Management: A practice by MNCs towards National Development in Nigeria

UoM administered thesis: Phd

Exploring Service Provision and Quality in the Context of Religious Mega-events: A study of participant perceptions in Hajj

UoM administered thesis: Doctoral Thesis

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Prizes

Neil Doherty Best Paper Award

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Regional Development and Planning Specialty Group A.K. Dutt Best Graduate Student Paper Award

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Economic Geography Specialty Group Best Student Paper Award

Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

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Impact

The Big Picture Show: Depictions of Truce at the Imperial War Museum

Impact: Cultural impacts, Societal impacts

Direct Cash Transfers as an Antipoverty Instrument for the Extreme and Chronic Poor

Impact: Economic impacts, Political impacts

NGOs, Civil Society and Development

Impact: Cultural impacts, Societal impacts, Economic impacts

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