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Nicola Banks receives Making a Difference Award for social enterprise One World Together
12 May 2025
The ‘Making a Difference’ awards recognise the work of staff, students and alumni who have greatly contributed to social and environmental ...
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GDI academic awarded Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA)
9 Apr 2025
The biennial Global Inequality Research Award (GiRA) is intended to recognise researchers from all disciplines who have ‘made a significant ...
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GDI climate justice experts awarded £1.3m to study land rights impact
5 Dec 2024
Researchers at the Global Development Institute (GDI) have been awarded c£1.3 million by the Ford Foundation to establish a research observatory ...
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Land protection initiatives reduced Amazon deforestation by up to 83%, research finds
15 Jul 2024
A new analysis shows that land protection initiatives in the Brazilian Legal Amazon (BLA) reduced deforestation by up to 83% between 2000 and 2010. ...
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Mauritius’ next growth phase: new plan needed as tax haven era fades
19 Jun 2024
Mauritians will head to the polls by November 2024 and politicians are considering the economic direction of the island country.
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SEED recognition at the University's Making a Difference Awards 2024
10 May 2024
The University of Manchester's 10th Making a Difference Awards ceremony took place on Thursday 9 May in the University’s Whitworth Hall, and live ...
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GDI academic awarded two prestigious research fellowships for project on African Political Economy
26 Mar 2024
Dr Pritish Behuria, Associate Professor in Politics, Governance, and Development at the Global Development Institute, has been awarded two ...
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Transformational gift set to redefine global development research for the 21st century at University of Manchester
12 Mar 2024
The Global Development Institute (GDI) at The University of Manchester has received a further transformational donation of £2 million from the Rory ...
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Trees can make farms more sustainable – here’s how to help farmers plant more
8 Feb 2024
Imagine making one change to a farm field so that as well as producing food, it also generated building materials, fuel and fodder. At the same time, ...
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Billions have been raised to restore forests with little success - here’s the missing ingredient
8 Dec 2023
Protecting and restoring forests is one of the cheapest and most effective options for mitigating the carbon emissions heating Earth.
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PhD Researcher at the GDI Wins Prestigious Entrepreneurial Prize
27 Nov 2023
Mariana C. Hernández, a first-year PhD student at the Global Development Institute, has been awarded first place in the social category of the IDEAS...
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African Cities Research Consortium starts new research pilot projects
9 Nov 2023
The African Cities Research Consortium (ACRC) based at The University of Manchester is commencing pilot action research projects in four African ...
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GDI’s Professor Stephanie Barrientos Joins Fair Trade Foundation’s Board of Trustees
2 Nov 2023
Global Development Institute Emeritus Professor Stephanie Barrientos has been elected as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Fair Trade ...
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Manchester researchers secure £2 million to establish how satellite and drone data can support socially just conservation
2 Nov 2023
Advances in Earth Observation (EO) are transforming how we understand and respond to the global biodiversity crisis but are also creating urgent ...
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Two new professors at the Global Development Institute
28 Sep 2023
Two GDI academics, Ralitza Dimova and Farhad Hossain, have been recognised for their contributions to Development Studies and made Professors. ...
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New International Advisory Board helps GDI chart the future of global development
24 Jul 2023
The Global Development Institute is delighted to announce the formation of its new International Advisory Board. The board brings together high-level...
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Three GDI academics receive prestigious Hallsworth and Leverhulme fellowships
14 Jun 2023
Dr Elisa Gambino was the recipient of the Hallsworth Research Fellowship. The three-year fellowship will begin in January 2024 and will explore ...
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Peace in Sudan depends on justice for the Darfur genocide
24 May 2023
I asked the pilot to deviate from our approved flight path and go low over Darfur. It was 2003 and I was the United Nations Humanitarian and Resident ...
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