Entries on the GDI blog this month include:

Solidarity, technology and the future of Development Studies: DSA Conference 2024. GDI colleagues came out to DSA2024 in force to represent some of the pioneering scholarship taking place in and around the institute. Find out more about their presentations on intersectional solidarity; the future of development studies; and the role of emergent technologies in development.

Refugees and the city: liminal legality and the struggles over lived citizenship, by Tanja R. Müller

They also have practical blogs for those moving into the job market, with a post on: How to approach the job hunt in the Indian development sector and How to get your CV ready for the development job hunt.

Structural Transformation and Contemporary Late Development. GDI are hosting a workshop which looks to re-examine the continued salience of Lewis’ dual-economy framework and experience in post-colonial economic policymaking. Deadline for the call to papers is September 15. Find out more.

Gianluca Iazzolino and Ahmed M Musa published ‘The political economy of connectivity in the Somali Horn of Africa’ in International Affairs.

Arash Beidollahkhani published ‘Myth and epic as a non-religious revival of national identity; the role of Ferdowsi’s Shahnameh in the development of secular national identity among Iranian minorities; studying Persian Twitter’ in National Identities.

Johan Oldekop and colleagues published ‘Socio-economic and environmental trade-offs in Amazonian protected areas and Indigenous territories revealed by assessing competing land uses’ in Nature.

David Fielding and Dereje Regasa published Banking competition and financial inclusion: Evidence from Ethiopia.

Alumnus Eyob Balcha Gebremariam (Bristol) published ‘Thandika Mkandawire’s Model for an African Developmental State, and the Ethiopian Experiment (2001–2018)’ in Africa Development. The paper was awarded the Thandika Mkandawire Prize for Outstanding Scholarship in African Political Economy in 2022.

Osman Ouattara and researchers at the Central Bank of Belize published ‘Climate threat and price stability: A case study of Belize’ in Review of Development Economics.

Bina Agarwal and Shruthi Naik publishing ‘Do courts grant women their inheritance shares? An analysis of case law in India’ in World Development.

Tom Gillespie and Baraka Mwau published ‘Road Corridors as Real Estate Frontiers: The New Urban Geographies of Rentier Capitalism in Africa’ in Antipode.

Bina Agarwal published ‘Farmer Cooperation in England: Exploring its extent, forms and impact over time’ for the Centre for Rural Policy Research, University of Exeter.

Md Moslah Uddin and David Lawson published ‘Individual social capital and extreme poverty: when is it good or bad capital for women’s health?’ for the GDI Working Paper Series.

Adam Aboobaker published ‘What to do about the South African economy?’ in Africa is a Country.

Johan Oldekop and colleagues published ‘Amazon deforestation cut by 83% in places protected by Indigenous communities – new research’ in The Conversation (based on the Nature paper listed above).

Antonio Savoia and colleagues published ‘Inégalités et objectifs de développement durable : comment ne plus se voiler la face?’ in The Conversation (only available in French).

Niki Banks published ‘Transforming funding landscapes to benefit communities’ about One World Together for IIED.

Dhanapal Govindarajulu and Anjal Prakash published ‘What Pune Floods Are Teaching Us About Building Climate-Resilient Cities’ in The Quint.

Read about the role of GDI in the 21^st century in the University of Manchester Magazine.

Pritish Behuria Pritish ‘Mauritius’ Next Growth Phase: A New Plan is needed as the tax haven era fades‘ in The Conversation. The blog was republished in Le Mauricien, Scroll.in, Moneyweb, and many other online publications.