GDI October news
Publications
Tom Lavers published a new open access book, Dams, Power, and the Politics of Ethiopia’s Renaissance, a detailed examination of the domestic and international political dynamics that shaped Ethiopia’s dam building. Access a PDF copy here. Tom will be presenting the book for the first time at the Geneva Water Hub on Monday, 11th November. He’ll also deliver a lecture about the book on Wednesday, 4th December as part of the GDI Lecture Series.
PGR Louis Cyuzuzo published ‘Gatekeeping beyond the state: The Mombasa port development program and the emergence of the gatekeeper city’ (open access) in Political Geography.
Maria Rusca, Alice Sverdlik, Marcellus Mbah, Diana Mitlin, Arianna Tozzi and colleagues published ‘Plural climate storylines to foster just urban futures’ in Natures Cities. The group will also host a webinar about the article next month (details TBC).
Blogs
Entries on the GDI blog this month include:
- Global warming, national vulnerability and personal anxiety in 113,00 teenagers and adults from 108 countries: How does trust in science affect mental health? By Gindo Tampubolon
- GDI Research Digest: Probing Prevalent Development Narratives by Louisa Hann
- GDI launches new PhD in Development Studies
- MSc Human Resource Management students get together to kick off the year by Lujia Feng
- COVID-19 deaths and global value chains: Labour losses cast long shadows by Gindo Tampubolon
Podcasts
GDI have published a new podcast episode – Global Development Today… Whose ‘Development’ Is It Really? – a recording of a recent discussion between Deborah Doane, author of ‘The INGO Problem: Power, Privilege and Renewal’, and Nana Asantewa Afadzinu, Executive Director of the West Africa Civil Society Institute.