30 April 2026
DID News April 2026
Latest updates from the Department of International Development.

Recent publications
The Education Divides: (that confront societies today) Sukarieh, M. & Tannock, S., 10 Apr 2026, In: Globalisation, Societies and Education. 24, 4, p. 1-12 12 p.
Institutionalised Indigeneity, State Formation and Crisis: Lessons From the Indio Institucionalizado in Evo Morales’ Bolivia Ikemura Amaral, A. & McNelly, A., Apr 2026, In: Bulletin of Latin American Research book series. 45, 2, e70076.
Kuznets at 70: The enduring significance of a curve and a hypothesis Galbraith, J., Kanbur, R., Sen , K. & Sumner, A., Apr 2026, In: Structural Change and Economic Dynamics. 77, p. 248-257 10 p.
Social Science Fiction and Development Studies: Expanding the Imaginative and Methodological Horizon Camfield, L. & Sumner, A., Apr 2026, In: European Journal of Development Research. 38, 2, p. 267-288 22 p.
The Absolute and Relative Facets of the Economic Gradient in Educational Attainment: Large-Scale Evidence from Brazil Villaseñor, A., Esposito, L., Kumar, S. & Macedo, S., Apr 2026, In: European Journal of Development Research. 38, 2, p. 237-266 30 p.
Hot air: hydrocarbons, world money and development in twenty-first century Bolivia McNelly, A., 31 Mar 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Review of Political Economy.
Recent events
International Development BA Offer Holder Information Session - 21 April 2026 | King's College London
21 April 2026
Book Talk: Memories and Social Struggles in Contemporary Bolivia, with Dr Sue AS Iamamoto | King's College London
13 April 2026
Stories, Blogs and Media
Bolivia Did Not Run Out of Gas – It Ran Out of Dollars
Dr Angus McNelly
30 April 2026
Why Climate-Smart Farming Fails Without Cash in Farmers’ Pockets
Dr Amanda Lenhardt
28 April 2026
Teaching the Climate Crisis in Today’s University
Dr Ambarish Karamchedu & Dr Nithya Natarajan
22 April 2026
Rolling the Dice Across the Strait of Gibraltar
Dr José Ciro Martínez
21 April 2026
Institutionalised Indigeneity: The Unravelling of State Power in Bolivia
Dr Aiko Ikemura Amaral & Dr Angus McNelly
14 April 2026
Military Escalation in the Middle East: Reversals in Global Development, Policy Response Options | United Nations Development Programme
Dr Eduardo Ortiz-Juarez
13 April 2026
Beyond The State: How Chinese Actors Earn Trust Across Africa
Dr Kathy Dodworth
7 April 2026
New study reveals why housing booms and busts are built into the system | King's College London
Dr Ben Tippet
7 April 2026
Eurocentrism, hypocrisy and racism ROAPE
Eyob Balcha Gebre Mariam
3 April 2026
Bangladesh Must Move Beyond “Free Education” to End Child Marriage
Professor Zaki Wahhaj
2 April 2026
Podcasts
Sacrificing the Ocean to Save the Planet
with Dr Ben Tippet
29 March 2026