
This Week in Global Dev: #126: Forget quiet quitting, the State Dept appears to be quiet hiring
In our final episode of 2025, we discuss a tumultuous year in U.S. foreign assistance. It has not always been clear who is calling the shots in the new world of U.S. development funding, but we break ...
17 Joulu 202535min

This Week in Global Dev: #125: Kenya’s new deals with the US, and the latest on food aid cuts
The U.S. State Department has signed a bilateral agreement with Kenya, its first in its ongoing efforts to overhaul how it provides global health assistance. The United States said it will invest up t...
10 Joulu 202530min

This Week in Global Dev: #124: Impact of HIV funding cuts, and the rise of digital public infrastructure
We dig into the details of a new report published by UNAIDS, which found that donor funding cuts to the HIV response could lead to an additional 3.9 million new infections over the next five years, ev...
4 Joulu 202531min

This Week in Global Dev: #123: G20 politics, and the future of UNHCR
This week, we unpack the major storylines emerging from the G20 Summit — the first ever held on African soil — where South Africa used its presidency to spotlight debt, inequality, climate, and critic...
27 Marras 202532min

This Week in Global Dev: #122: Trump’s approach to global health, and the latest from COP30
This week, we take a look at the details of the new template for bilateral agreements between the United States and partner governments, which sheds light on the ideas floating around the Trump admini...
21 Marras 202524min

Special edition: Can AI support mental health?
Special edition: Can AI support mental health? by Devex
19 Marras 202534min

This Week in Global Dev: #121: On the Ground at COP30: The latest on climate finance
This week we are on the ground at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém, Brazil, where the intense heat and daily thunderstorms offer an “immersive experience” of the c...
14 Marras 202536min

Special Episode: Innovation in Action - Scaling Climate Solutions from the Ground Up
In this week’s special episode of the This week in global development podcast, filmed at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, and hosted in partnership with CropLife International, we explore the expanding role of...
13 Marras 202516min




















