"The History of Supporting Development is a History of Learning"– Podcast...
Meet Masood Ahmed, CGD’s new president. On his first CGD Podcast, Ahmed shares some of the development lessons he's learned in his 35-year career and suggests ways for the development community to move...
View ArticleThe Evidence on Immigrants – Podcast with Cindy Huang and Gaurav Khanna
The Trump administration's signature policy proposal to control immigration more tightly has been the most contentious issue of the early days of this presidency. In this podcast we seek to add some...
View ArticleThe Tech Revolution: Can Development Policy Keep Up? – Podcast with Raj Kumar...
Viral videos, crowdsourced donations, digital cash transfers for refugees—what opportunities do digital technologies present for development, and how can those of us working on policy innovation make...
View Article“Poverty is a Form of Violence” – International Women’s Day Podcast with...
In India, 94% of women in the labor force are in the unorganized sector, their work is generally unrecognized and they often receive no regular salary or workplace benefits. Women can be trapped in...
View ArticleCutting Foreign Aid: What Will It Mean for the US? — CGD Podcast
Big cuts are likely coming to the State Department and USAID. So how can the US make the best use of fewer foreign assistance dollars in future? That was the subject of a heated debate at CGD earlier...
View ArticleWhat Do the Trump Administration's Budget Cuts Mean—and What Do They...
What do the cuts mean for the people most affected and for America’s role as a global development leader? That’s the subject of this edition of the CGD Podcast.Blog: CGD PodcastAuthor(s): Rajesh...
View ArticleThe Case for Foreign Assistance — Podcast with Gates Foundation’s Mark Suzman...
How do you make the case for US foreign aid to an Administration that has proposed slashing it? That was the task for Mark Suzman, Chief Strategy Officer and president of Global Policy and Advocacy for...
View ArticleWhy and How Change is Coming to the World Bank – Podcast with New CEO...
Just ahead of the annual World Bank/IMF spring meetings, the Bank’s new CEO, Kristalina Georgieva, spoke with me about a new way of thinking at the 72-year-old institution. The Bank has renewed...
View ArticleA Universal Basic Income for India? – Podcast with Arvind Subramanian
The Indian Ministry of Finance’s 2017 Economic Survey considers—though does not commit to—the idea of a large-scale experiment in UBI, or universal basic income. How would it work? What effects would...
View ArticleHow to Make Disasters Predictable – CGD Podcast
Last year more than 83 million people in low and middle income countries were affected by natural disasters. We may not know when or where the next disaster will strike, but we know it will. So why do...
View ArticleA Vision for Africa's Future – Podcast with African Development Bank...
The African Development Bank recently turned 50. In that time it's made more than 4,000 grants and loans, totaling more than $71 billion. So what might its next half-century look like? Bank President...
View ArticleAre We Ready for the Next Pandemic? – CGD Podcast
Consider this statement: Science knows how to deal with a pandemic outbreak, but policy gets in the way. That was how we framed a recent event at CGD with key people who led the US government’s...
View ArticleThree Lessons for G7 Leaders on Refugees – Podcast with IRC's David Miliband
The location for this year's G7 Summit, in the Sicilian coastal city of Taormina, is a reminder that Italy's shores are a frontline for refugees making the perilous journey across the Mediterranean...
View ArticleWhat Now for Paris, the Climate, and the Trump Administration? – Podcast with...
President Trump’s recent decision to pull the United States out of the Paris climate agreement—what does it mean for the agreement? For the climate? And for the US? CGD senior fellows Scott Morris,...
View ArticleJordan’s Compact Approach to the Syrian Refugee Influx: What the World Can...
As we mark World Refugee Day, it is increasingly clear that there is a desperate need to fill the gap between short-term humanitarian response and long-term development need. Jordan’s Minister of...
View ArticleResults, Not Receipts: Tackling Corruption in Development – Podcast with...
What impact does corruption have on development, and what’s the best way to stamp it out? In a new book called Results, Not Receipts, CGD senior fellow Charles Kenny offers a way to strengthen the...
View ArticleGlobal Agriculture and the American Farmer – Podcast with CGD Author Kim Elliott
The US agricultural sector is critical to global food security, but many of the policies that currently govern it negatively impact people around the world. In a new book, CGD visiting fellow Kim...
View ArticleThe Future of Family Planning – Podcast with Rachel Silverman
At a London conference earlier this month, some donors promised generous funding for family planning services in developing countries. At the same time, however, future support from the US is in doubt,...
View ArticleAddressing the World’s Most Pressing Economic Challenges – Podcast with IMF’s...
What are the economic, political, and technological risks to future global growth and stability? This complex question was the topic of a recent conversation between IMF Managing Director Christine...
View ArticleMexicans, Cubans, Indians—and the Impacts of Immigrants on US Wages – Podcast...
CGD experts Michael Clemens and Gaurav Khanna look at high- and low-skilled workers from three countries across several decades. Different studies, different perspectives—but all pointing at the same...
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