The Social Observatory: integrating the social sciences for adaptive practice
The Social Observatory (SO) is a unit in the World Bank’s Development Research Group. It has worked for seven years with a $5 billion portfolio of community-based livelihoods projects in India. This w...
15 Des 201738min
2017 Mitchell Oration - Development: towards 21st century approaches - Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Are our current approaches to development cooperation fit for purpose to address contemporary challenges? How should development practice evolve to reflect 21st century priorities and knowledge? And h...
6 Des 20171h 19min
China and the United States as aid donors: past and future trajectories - Patrick Kilby
The United States and China have followed nearly parallel paths as providers of foreign aid over the past seven decades. Although both countries’ aid programs were ostensibly aimed at development, bot...
4 Des 20171h 1min
Strengthening government systems and processes in PNG: ICAC and other issues - Eric Kwa
In this podcast of a seminar, Dr Eric Kwa discusses the agenda and approach being taken by PNG’s new government in relation to strengthening government systems and processes. Among other topics, Dr Kw...
16 Nov 20171h 3min
Supporting economic reform in Vanuatu: the Governance for Growth program
The Governance for Growth (GfG) program in Vanuatu has been running for ten years, and is about to move into its third phase. Considered to be quite innovative when it was first implemented, the progr...
12 Nov 20171h 36min
Robin Davies interviews Gillian Mellsop
Robin Davies interviews Gillian Mellsop on her career with UNICEF for the Aid Profiles series. Read the full profile at devpolicy.org/aidprofiles. Devpolicy Talks is the podcast of the Australian Nati...
2 Nov 201733min
An interview with Muhannad Hadi, WFP
Sachini Muller interviews Muhannad Hadi, WFP Regional Director for the Middle East, North Africa, Central Asia and Eastern Europe, discussing humanitarian crises in the region and what we can do about...
23 Okt 201720min
PNG after the elections: politics
In this podcast, you'll hear a panel discussion on the 2017 Papua New Guinea National Elections. The elections, held in June and July, copped both criticism and praise — but mostly criticism. Ballot b...
18 Okt 20171h 12min
