GDI September news
On the blog
Entries on the GDI blog this month include:
- Unity in Diversity: Rethinking Binaries in Development Studies by Hamid Khalafallah
- Simplifying economic complexity by Isaac López-Moreno Flores
- Perspective, clarity and belonging: GDI PhDs in the Lake District by Anifat Ibrahim and Krishna Das
- Student voices: championing career success in GDI by Shirley Jenner
- Career navigation and preparation as an international student in the UK by Xinyue Zhao
- Polycentric Governance, Cocoa Prices, and Inequalities in Bangladesh: GDI’s Latest Working Papers
Publications
- Johan Oldekop and colleagues published ‘Food-sourcing from on-farm trees mediates positive relationships between tree cover and dietary quality in Malawi’ in Nature.
- Smith Ouma published a book review of Tom Goodfellow and David Jackman’s Controlling the Capital: Political Dominance in the Urbanizing World in The Journal of Development Studies.
- Antonio Savoia published a book review of Pranab Bardhan’s Charaiveti: An Academic’s Global Journey in The Journal of Development Studies.
- Erika García Fermín published ‘From sleeping beauty to proven solution: The transformation of land readjustment into an informal settlement upgrading tool’ in Land Use Policy.
Videos
As part of GDI’s Alumni Spotlight series, we spoke to Mengistu Weldemariam about his experience of enrolling in our online Master for Leadership for Development (ML4D) course – an online programme delivered jointly with the University of Melbourne. Find out about Mengistu’s background and achievements here.