Apr 23, 2020 | comment, News, Politics and governance, Social impacts
By David Hulme and Barnaby Dye, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester Today we live in a lockdown world as the Covid-19 pandemic sweeps across countries and continents: air travel has virtually ceased; billions of people have been told to stay at...
Feb 28, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News, Politics and governance
By Barnaby Dye What factors drive countries’ economic development? Is it still possible for Africa to follow the trajectory of the Asian states that saw rapid industrialisation in the latter half of the 20th century? A new working paper by Benjamin Chemouni and...
Jan 24, 2020 | News, Politics and governance
Listen to DW’s radio show ‘Living Planet’ to hear FutureDAMS’ Barnaby Dye talk about the safety of dams, how we can improve the planning of integrated water-energy-food-environment systems using the FutureDAMS integrated assessment toolset and...
Jan 6, 2020 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Politics and governance, Uncategorised
By Barnaby Dye Africa has experienced a dam boom since the mid-2000s with projects across the continent being built by the so-called rising powers like China, ‘traditional donors’ (e.g. the USA and Germany) and established international development organisation such...
Dec 16, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, Politics and governance, Uncategorised
By Barnaby Dye A boom in constructing electricity infrastructure is underway in Africa – whether in generation plants or power lines. However, there aren’t many studies explaining why this building wave is taking place. My new paper presents a detailed case study of...
Nov 15, 2019 | East Africa and Eastern Nile, News, Politics and governance
‘The missing middle: addressing tensions in interdisciplinary ‘solutions-focused’ water research projects’ The latest FutureDAMS seminar was delivered by Dr Anna Mdee, Associate Professor in International Development in the School of Politics...
