Jan 21, 2022 | Politics and governance, The Volta river basin and Ghana
Thursday 3rd February 15:00 – 16:30 GMT REGISTER Barnaby Dye: When the Means Become the Ends: Ghana’s ‘Good Governance’ Electricity Reform Overwhelmed by the Politics of Power Crises Pauline Destree: Renewables as ‘Stranded Assets’: overcapacity and...
Nov 26, 2021 | India, Politics and governance
Read Shruti Jain’s commentary published in India’s Economic & Political Weekly, ‘Repudiating Chipko Village’s Identity and Existence’. Jain is a postdoctoral fellow with the Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, working on FutureDAMS. In...
Oct 26, 2021 | News, Politics and governance
Joao Costa, Head of Sustainability, International Hydropower Association Jeff Opperman, Global Freshwater Lead Scientist, WWF Mathaios Panteli, Assistant Professor, University of Cyprus Jamie Skinner, Principal researcher, natural resources, IIED Chair: Judith Plummer...
Jun 16, 2021 | Politics and governance
By Fana Gebresenbet, Biruk Terrefe and Tom Lavers In 1991, Ethiopia had 370MW of installed electric power and 4% grid connectivity, one of the lowest rates in the world. In the 27 years of the Ethiopian People’s Revolutionary Democratic Front’s (EPRDF) rule, both of...
May 17, 2021 | Politics and governance
By David Hulme and Barnaby Dye (Global Development Institute, University of Manchester) Originally published on Global Policy Can Britain learn from the mistakes and reforms of other emerging and developed economies in creating its new infrastructure bank? In the...
Apr 22, 2021 | India, Politics and governance
FutureDAMS and the Institute of Economic Growth, India, are inviting participants to a workshop on Dams, Development and Water. 27-28 April 2021, 02:00PM-06:15 PM IST (9:30 AM – 13:45 PM UK). There will be eight presentations by leading scholars, examining a...