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Webinar: Understanding the political economy of dam building and operation in Ghana

Webinar: Understanding the political economy of dam building and operation in Ghana

Feb 23, 2022 | Uncategorised

Panellists Barnaby Dye,  Research Fellow, Global Development Institute Pauline Destree, University of St Andrews  Ismael Ayanoore, Global Development Institute Chair: Sarah Redicker, PhD Researcher, Global Development Institute Please find below a recording of the...
Webinar: The challenge of the dynamic baseline in transboundary water negotiations: the case of the Nile River

Webinar: The challenge of the dynamic baseline in transboundary water negotiations: the case of the Nile River

Feb 17, 2022 | Uncategorised

Tuesday 8th March 16:00pm GMT REGISTER Speaker: Prof Dale Whittington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (USA) Chair: Mohammed Basheer, PhD Researcher, The University of Manchester The effect of a proposed or planned policy intervention is estimated using a...
Keynote seminar: Water, energy & sustainable development – past, present and future

Keynote seminar: Water, energy & sustainable development – past, present and future

Sep 28, 2021 | Uncategorised

Achim Steiner United Nations Development Programme Administrator and Vice-Chair of the UN Sustainable Development Group  Chair: Professor David Hulme Executive Director, Global Development Institute, University of Manchester For nearly three decades, Achim Steiner has...

The rise, demise and revival of Nepal’s Arun III: lessons on mega dam decision making

Sep 24, 2021 | Uncategorised

The Arun-III hydropower project in Nepal is one of the symbolic projects which marked the end of the 20th Century dam building era with the withdrawal of the World Bank from big infrastructure projects in low and middle income countries. At an estimated cost of USD...
The World Commission on Dams: then and now

The World Commission on Dams: then and now

Nov 20, 2020 | News, Uncategorised, World Commission on Dams

By Christopher Schulz and Bill Adams On 16 November 2000, the World Commission on Dams (WCD) launched its final report in London, in the presence of Nelson Mandela. This event marked the conclusion of an unlikely process. WCD was composed of 12 eminent personalities...

Political economies of energy transition: wind and solar power in Brazil and South Africa

Oct 14, 2020 | Uncategorised

The Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, is hosting an online webinar, exploring the transition to wind and solar power in four different political economies. Wednesday 28th October , 4.30 – 6 pm Professor Kathy Hochstetler, LSE...
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