A Tragic Blessing: Developing Countries and the Resource Curse
Throughout history, the struggle for control of natural resources has triggered conflict across the world. Nowhere is this truer than in developing countries. It is rare that the populations of ...
Read More Moments from our Development Debate ‘Has #MeToo Really Taken Off in International Development?’
On 11th December, 100+ staff, students and alumni of LIDC member institutions, as well as civil society representatives joined us in John Snow Lecture Theatre, London School of Hygiene & ...
Read More Commissioning pre-announcement
CEDIL is pleased to announce forthcoming opportunities to apply for funding to contribute to the strategic research agenda of the Centre of Excellence for Development Impact and Learning (CEDIL). This ...
Read More Five Fantastic Ways You Can Support the 16 Days of Activism Campaign
A staggering 1 in 3 women globally will be victim to physical or sexual based violence in their lifetime. Violence against women cuts across social class, country and ethnicity. It ...
Read More Why are innovative approaches to evaluation and evidence synthesis important?
In recent years, there has been increased scrutiny of international development and particularly foreign aid. For example, the UK’s Department of International Development (DFID) regularly faces criticisms regarding the effectiveness of its ...
Read More Why migration bans and restrictions on recruitment of workers to the Gulf States is a bad idea
In 2017, the government of Ghana banned the recruitment of workers to the Gulf region. The ban was introduced due to widespread reports of abuse and exploitation of Ghanaian migrant ...
Read More From Voices to Choices: Will people have more influence over aid?
Last week, we published our latest report – From Voices to Choices – which looks at: why it’s important for crisis-affected people to have influence over aid, what’s going on ...
Read More Why the Global Challenges Research Fund encourages development experts to think in creative new ways
A bit of background Poverty eradication has long been an area that has eluded the savviest of international development economists and experts. Despite massive increases in global wealth, millions of ...
Read More LIDC GCRF Networking Workshop: A round up
On 7th November, LIDC welcomed over 80 people to our GCRF Networking Workshop. The Workshop brought together academic researchers, professional services staff and postgraduate students from our member institutions for ...
Read More Alumni Spotlight: Farai Mubaiwa
This month's Alumni Spotlight focuses on Farai Mubaiwa who graduated from King's College London's Department of International Development with an MSc in International Development. Farai co-founded Africa Matters, a youth-led organisation ...
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