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"Adaptation, Poverty and Development: The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being" Edited by David Alexander Clark

28 July 2014

Adaptation, Poverty and Development: The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being Edited by David Alexander Clark With a Foreword by David Hulme ISBN 9780230360563 Palgrave Macmillan April 2012 In contrast to previous attempts to examine adaptation to climate change in developing countries, the authors focus on how individuals...

Peter Nolan Book Launch

28 July 2014

Peter Nolan Book Launch Available at Amazon

China's growing influence in Africa article

28 July 2014

Read Tayyab Safdar's in depth article here.

New post for Dr Alexandra Winkels

28 July 2014

In addition to her position as an affiliated lecturer in Centre of Development Studies, from 1st October 2012 Dr Alexandra Winkels will be working part-time for four years as the Institute Teaching Officer and Academic Director in Development Studies for the Cambridge University Institute for Continuing Education at...

When Brian Eno met Ha-Joon Chang

28 July 2014

Brian Eno has a new album out. How best to explain it? By hooking up with radical economist Ha-Joon Chang to debate everything from finance to free jazz and dogs in parks. Caspar Llewellyn Smith joins in. ‘Let’s find a place in between’ … Eno and Chang in conversation. Photograph: Martin Godwin for the Guardian Read More...

Dr Jasdeep Sandhu visits Cambridge

28 July 2014

Dr Jasdeep Sandhu met Dr Michael Kuczynksi at High Table, Pembroke College and Dr Alexandra Winkels at the Centre of Development Studies, University of Cambridge.

Ha-Joon Chang voted the third most influential economist in the Prospect World Thinkers 2013 polls

28 July 2014

Ha-Joon Chang has been voted the third most influential economist in the Prospect World Thinkers 2013 poll (overall rank 18), after Paul Krugman (overall rank 5) and Amartya Sen (overall rank 7). The full information is at: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/world-thinkers-2013/

Dr. Fennell organises workshop on Evidence Based Policy

28 July 2014

The Centre of Development Studies and the World Bank Institute jointly organised a colloquium on 'Examining Evidence of Institutional Change on Poverty Reduction' The focus of the colloquium was on how governments and donors, who spend billions each year on designing and implementing interventions, can create favourable...

Dr. Fennell awarded £200,000 contract as the Principal investigator on a DFID commissioned series of research studies on Activity Based Learning (ABL) in India.

28 July 2014

Dr. Fennell has been awarded a £200,000 contract as the Principal investigator on a DFID commissioned series of research studies on Activity Based Learning (ABL) in India. The studies will look closely at not just what children learn, but how they learn. This includes gaining a better understanding of the ‘black box’ of...

"Ha-Joon Chang voted no. 9 in the Prospect World Thinkers 2014 poll"

28 July 2014

Ha-Joon Chang has been voted no. 9 in the Prospect World Thinkers 2014 poll. The full information is at: http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/magazine/world-thinkers-2014-the-results/#.U1jjaSjmIfZ

"Adaptation, Poverty and Development: The Dynamics of Subjective Well-Being" Edited by David Alexander Clark

Peter Nolan Book Launch

China's growing influence in Africa article

New post for Dr Alexandra Winkels

When Brian Eno met Ha-Joon Chang

Dr Jasdeep Sandhu visits Cambridge

Ha-Joon Chang voted the third most influential economist in the Prospect World Thinkers 2013 polls

Dr. Fennell organises workshop on Evidence Based Policy

Dr. Fennell awarded £200,000 contract as the Principal investigator on a DFID commissioned series of research studies on Activity Based Learning (ABL) in India.

"Ha-Joon Chang voted no. 9 in the Prospect World Thinkers 2014 poll"

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