Global Development Institute podcast
Episodes
In conversation: What makes aid effective with Pablo Yanguas & Daniel Honig
17 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment could aid effectiveness be improved? What in the aid ...
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu
16 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and economics advisor to the Indian go...
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur talks Brazil with economist Alex Schwartsman
09 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Alex Schwartsman is a Brazilian e...
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur talks China with Yukon Huang, former World Bank Director
02 May 2018
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Yukon Huang, a former director World...
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Lord Jim O’Neill
25 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lord Jim O’Neill talks to BBC Hardtalk presenter Stephen Sackur about where the BRIC acronym came from, it’s real world repercussions and where th...
In conversation: Informal settlements in Zimbabwe with Beth Chitekwe-Biti & Ezana Weldeghebrael
09 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Beth Chitekwe-Biti and Ezana Weldeghebrael discuss the recent political changes in Zimbabwe and what they mean for the urban poor. Beth Chitekwe-Biti,...
In conversation: The new face of global trade with Khalid Nadvi & Rory Horner
26 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A growing body of research points to the ‘Rise of the South’ and the growth of South–South trade. Rory and Khalid consider the implications of t...
In conversation: Why we lie about aid - Pablo Yanguas & Diana Mitlin
16 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Diana Mitlin interview Pablo Yanguas about his new book Why We Lie About Aid which is out now on Zed books. They discuss the aid sector, accountabili...
In conversation: Youth participatory development with Nicola Banks, Fikiri Elias & Sadala Ismail
12 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nicola Banks, Global Development Institute, talks to Fikiri Elias and Sadala Ismail of the youth participatory development NGO Tamasha Vijana. Find ou...
In conversation: The future of economics with Ha-Joon Chang, David Hulme & Mihai Codreanu
09 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Listen to Ha-Joon Chang, The University of Cambridge, in conversation with David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global Development Institute, and Mi...
Lecture: Ha-Joon Chang on are some countries destined for under-development?
06 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Global Development Institute Lecture Series and in collaboration with the Post-Crash Economics Society Dr Ha-Joon Chang, University of ...
Lecture: Irene Guijt on Oxfam's use of evidence for influencing
20 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Global Development Institute Lecture Series Dr Irene Guijt, Head of Research at Oxfam GB, delivered a lecture entitled: Evidence for In...
In conversation: Economics and collective action problems with Bill Ferguson & Pablo Yanguas
06 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Effective States and Inclusive Development’s Dr Pablo Yanguas engages Grinnell University’s Professor Bill Ferguson in a thought-provoking discuss...
In conversation: Community organising in informal settlements with SDI & Diana Mitlin
27 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Prof Diana Mitlin talks to Kenyan representatives of Shack/Slum Dwellers International who recently visited Global Development Institute Find out more...
In conversation: Mapping development NGOs in the UK with Dan Brockington & Nicola Banks
10 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Brockington, Director of Sheffield Institute for International Development, and Nicola Banks, Global Development Institute, discuss their new res...
In conversation: Globalisation, inequality and trade with Dani Rodrik & David Hulme
03 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Be a fly on the wall as GDI's Executive Director, Prof David Hulme, interviews Prof Dani Rodrik, Ford Foundation Professor of International Poli...
Lecture: Dani Rodrik on the economics of populism
27 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Prof Dani Rodrik, Harvard University, gave the Global Development Institute Annual Lecture.Populism seems to have come out of nowhere, but economic hi...
Lecture: Richard Heeks on the digital gig economy
20 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
To coincide with his recent Development Informatics Working Paper Professor Richard Heeks discusses the decent work and the digital gig economy. In th...
Lecture: Diana Mitlin on urban development and inequalities
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
As part of the Global Development Institute Lecture Series Prof Diana Mitlin discusses urban development and inequalities."Housing in the Global ...
Lecture: Uma Kothari on migration and development
18 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In August 2017 Prof Uma Kothari, Global Development Institute, spoke at the EADI NORDIC 2017 conference on ‘Contesting Reconfigured Boundaries: Migr...
In conversation: Trump, the Daily Mail & aid with Pablo Yanguas & Chris Jordan
30 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Pablo Yanguas, Research Associate at ESID, sat down with GDI's Communications and Impact Manager Chris Jordan, to talk about the politics of a...
In conversation: Poverty and vulnerability in Mexico Mercedes González de la Rocha & Diana Mitlin
14 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Prof Diana Mitlin, Managing Director of GDI, and Dr Mercedes González de la Rocha, an anthropologist and sociologist at CIESAS and a...
Lecture: Richard Heeks on from ICT4D to digital development
01 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Professor Richard Heeks spoke as part of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission lecture series. The event was entitled Information and Communication ...
Lecture: Saleemul Huq on the least developed countries negotiating climate change
25 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dr Saleemul Huq from International Center for Climate Change and Development, Dhaka discusses the power of Least Developed Countries at UN climate tal...
Lecture: Should rich nations help the poor? - David Hulme
24 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Professor David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global Development Institute discusses his book, Should Rich Nations Help the Poor?This podcast was r...