This Week in Global Dev: #18: How white savior complex impacts global development
Following the release of “White Savior,” a new HBO documentary series following https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2023/sep/25/white-savior-complex-documentary-tv-show-hbo-renee-bach, a white mi...
28 Syys 202333min
This Week in Global Dev: #17: What did we learn at the 78th UN General Assembly?
Last week saw the annual gathering of heads of state, thought leaders, civil society members, development professionals, and other industry personalities in New York City for the 78th session of the U...
26 Syys 202328min
This Week in Global Dev: Special episode: Rebuilding trust in the UN system
In this special sponsored episode of This Week in Global Development, Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Natalie Samarasinghe, head of global advocacy at Open Society Foundat...
18 Syys 202339min
This Week in Global Dev: #16: Key issues to watch at the 78th UN General Assembly
With the high-level general debate of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly taking place next week, leaders from around the world will be gathering in New York City to talk through s...
15 Syys 202329min
This Week in Global Dev: #15: The END Fund's new board chair, and the UK's potential ODA increase
This week The END Fund announced Tsitsi Masiyiwa as the organization’s new board chair, with the aim of ushering in more African voices into discussions about increasing funding for neglected tropical...
8 Syys 202328min
This Week in Global Dev: #14: USAID's staffing shortages & country-owned strategies in development
This week Devex Climate Correspondent William Worley sat down with Meike van Ginneken, the Netherlands’ special envoy for water, who argued that we should be prioritizing investment to help overcome i...
1 Syys 202331min
This Week in Global Dev: #13: Open Society Foundations' reorganization, and World Water Week
For the latest episode of the podcast, I am joined by global strategy and development leader Nasra Ismail and Devex Business Editor David Ainsworth to discuss the top stories in global development, in...
25 Elo 202334min
This Week in Global Dev: #12: U.S. and allies block key UN agreement and Germany's aid cuts
This week we broke an exclusive story on the United States, the United Kingdom, and a handful of allied powers blocking an agreement on a draft declaration that advocates the need to accelerate progre...
11 Elo 202333min
