The traditional idea that developing countries would ‘catch up’ economically developed countries has been dismissed. The narrative of a rich/poor and global south and global north seems to be increasingly dysfunctional. The economies of the advanced industrial countries will need to undergo change as much as the developing countries.
Find out how our academics see addressing these economic inequalities as essential in order to change how ‘development’ becomes a truly global project.
1. Members of the Work and Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School wrote a series of thought-provoking articles on the impact of the pandemic in their specific fields of research highlighting the continued inequalities across the global workplace.
2. Jill Rubery looks at whether UK government support for workers in the wake of the crisis is as generous as it sounds. Professor Jill Rubery is Director of the Work & Equalities Institute at Alliance Manchester Business School.
3. An independent review, led by British Entrepreneur Ron Kalifa OBE, that sets out a strategy to put the UK at the top of the global fintech league table has profiled Alliance Manchester Business School’s “dual mission” to support the growing fintech revolution. Markos Zachariadis, Professor of Financial Technology & Information Systems at AMBS, said: "At Alliance Manchester Business School we’re on a dual mission. We are developing cutting-edge research to support the fintech revolution, and we are dedicated to educating the next generation of analysts, managers, stakeholders, regulators, investors, and entrepreneurs."
