The Case for IFAD – Podcast with New President Gilbert Houngbo
Recently the UN warned that 20 million people are facing famine in four countries. How can the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) help? Gilbert Houngbo, former Prime Minister of...
View ArticleWhere Does Your Country Rank on Development? – CDI Podcast with Ian Mitchell...
How well do your country's policies make a positive difference for people in developing nations? That’s the question CGD seeks to answer each year in our Commitment to Development Index (CDI). The team...
View ArticleHow Businesses Could Help Solve the Refugee Crisis – Podcast with Cindy Huang
Businesses have unique opportunities to help refugees and improve their bottom line at the same time, says CGD senior policy fellow Cindy Huang. All they need is the right policy framework. Get the...
View ArticleStolen Futures – Podcast with Save the Children’s Helle Thorning-Schmidt
3.5 million children around the world are refugees, many with little or no access to schooling. That means we won’t come anywhere near our targets for the fourth Sustainable Development Goal—quality...
View ArticleSounding the Alarm on the Rohingya Crisis — Podcast with Eric Schwartz and...
Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar for Bangladesh in a matter of weeks. The UN has called the situation “a textbook example of ethnic cleansing.” What can the international community,...
View ArticleCan Manufacturing Kickstart Growth in Africa? – Podcast with Vijaya...
China has long been the factory of the world. But as wages there rise, manufacturers are looking to other countries and regions. Meanwhile, African countries have a huge and burgeoning population of...
View ArticleThe Humanitarian System Needs Development Partners – Podcast with the UN’s...
More than 65 million people are forcibly displaced, for on average about ten years. That's the scale of the problem facing Mark Lowcock, the new UN Emergency Relief Coordinator and Under-Secretary...
View ArticleWhat Can India's Biometric ID System Do for Development? – Podcast with...
India's biometric ID system Aadhaar has provided over a billion people with digital IDs, and changed how the country's government provides services and subsidies. But opponents of the system say that...
View ArticleWhat Now for Zimbabwe? – Podcast with Todd Moss
History was made in Zimbabwe this week as Robert Mugabe finally agreed to resign the presidency after almost four decades in power. How the country will be governed by new leadership is still very much...
View ArticleLooking Forward: Development in 2018 – CGD Podcast
What's going to happen in the world of development in 2018? Will we finally understand how to deal equitably with refugees and migrants? Or how technological progress can work for developing countries?...
View ArticleInvest in Girls’ Futures – Podcast with DFID Chief Economist Rachel Glennerster
DFID's new chief economist Rachel Glennerster on her goals for the organization, how to help girls stay in school, and why even low price barriers can pose big problems for takeup of health...
View ArticleCanada's Bold Commitment to Women's Empowerment – Podcast with Marie-Claude...
Marie-Claude Bibeau, Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, on Canada's new feminist international assistance policy, the need for psychosocial support for refugees, and...
View ArticlePlan B for Development – Podcast with World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim
World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on robots in the workplace, multilateral cooperation, and the development potential of blockchain.Blog: CGD PodcastAuthor(s): Rajesh...
View ArticleAre You a Podcast Listener? We Want to Hear from You!
What do you like? What could we do better? Who would you want to hear from? Please share your thoughts with us in our two-minute survey, and we'll use your ideas as we plan our future episodes.Blog:...
View ArticleThe Anti-"Sausagefest" Episode with Alice Evans – CGD Podcast
King's College London lecturer Alice Evans on how social change happens, the consequences of male bias for developing countries, and the larger takeaways of the "#sausagefest" incident for development...
View ArticleLessons from Liberia with Ellen Johnson Sirleaf – CGD Podcast
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, former President of Liberia and Africa’s first elected female president, on the impact of private sector investment, the urgency of action on climate change, and the resilience...
View ArticleRewriting the Migration Story with Louise Arbour – CGD Podcast
Louise Arbour, Special Representative for International Migration at the United Nations, on why we need to do better on migration, how international cooperation enhances national sovereignty, and...
View ArticleA Nation of Immigrants with Denis McDonough – CGD Podcast
Former White House Chief of Staff Denis McDonough on the state of US immigration policy, the case for refugee resettlement, and national identity.Blog: CGD PodcastAuthor(s): Holly...
View ArticleHow Girls Become Leaders with Joyce Banda – CGD Podcast
Former president of Malawi Joyce Banda on how leaders are made, the challenges she faced as Malawi's first women president, and how the development community can help African girls reach their full...
View ArticleTargeted Development with Sarah Bermeo – CGD Podcast
Sarah Bermeo, political economist and author of Targeted Development: Industrialized Country Strategy in a Globalizing World, on how rich countries’ motivations for development have evolved, what they...
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