This Week in Global Dev: #152: US aid leadership changes and a controversial UN merger
This week we discuss Jeremy Lewin’s departure from the U.S. State Department’s foreign aid bureau to the White House. His transition to the National Security Council ends a controversial leadership ma...
2 Jul 34min
Special edition: Live from Hamburg: Can governments still invest in the future?
This special two-part edition of This Week in Global Development comes to you from the Hamburg Sustainability Conference, where leaders from across development, government, business and civil society ...
1 Jul 1h 7min
Special edition: The blueprint for better lung cancer screening
In a special edition of the This Week in Global Development podcast, Devex cofounder and Executive Vice President Alan Robbins sits down with Brazilian thoracic surgeon Dr. Ricardo Sales do Santos to ...
30 Jun 30min
Theory of Change: #5: Why Rachel Kyte doesn’t listen to climate polls
Rachel Kyte has spent decades shaping global climate change policy — from the World Bank to the United Nations to the United Kingdom. More than a decade since the signing of the Paris climate agreem...
30 Jun 57min
This Week in Global Dev: #151: Live from London Climate Action Week
As London Climate Action Week gets into full swing, we break down the key talking points from the conference so far. With the city in the midst of a scorching heat wave, the discussion of climate chan...
25 Jun 29min
Theory of Change: #4: William Easterly still believes development is freedom
Development economist William Easterly famously does not mince words about the disappointments of anti-poverty megaprojects and far-fetched foreign aid plans. For much of his career, Easterly has tak...
23 Jun 59min
This Week in Global Dev: #150: Fact-checking US aid claims as the State Department continues to hire
In our landmark 150th episode, we discuss a common theme in global development over the past 18 months: the state of U.S. foreign aid. We’re seeing the State Department steadily replenish its workforc...
18 Jun 29min
Theory of Change: #3: Gayle Smith on the next fight for foreign aid
U.S. foreign aid is undergoing one of the most tumultuous transformations in its history. The Department of Government Efficiency’s dismantling of USAID and transfer of its remaining programs to the ...
16 Jun 1h 6min
