Ann Mei Chang’s innovation playbook for the development sector
Ann Mei Chang talks to Ravi and Grant about her new book, ‘Lean Impact: How to Innovate for Radically Greater Social Good.’ Her career spans both the private and public sector: she led USAID’s first-e...
23 Okt 201855min
David Miliband on politics, populism and the global refugee crisis
Ravi talks to David Miliband, president and CEO of the International Rescue Committee - and a long-time friend and colleague - during a special event recorded with a live audience at the New School’s ...
16 Okt 201848min
Patrick Fine explains integrated development
In order to solve any given problem, an understanding of its root cause is the first step. But when those roots are tangled up with other factors - a whole set of interrelated causes and contexts, the...
9 Okt 201850min
Anne Richard on 'humanitarian diplomacy' and dealing with anti-refugee sentiment
The Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration operates with a 3 million dollar budget, and combines aid with diplomacy. Anne Richard served as the former Assistant Secretary of State for PRM from 2...
2 Okt 201850min
Nazanin Ash: The Trump administration is tearing apart U.S. refugee policy
Last week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced a sharp reduction in the number of refugees the U.S. would take in over the next year: 30,000. Grant and Ravi talk to IRC colleague Nazanin Ash for ...
25 Sep 201855min
Stefan Dercon: how insurance could make humanitarian response faster and cheaper
Stefan Dercon is professor of economic policy at the University of Oxford, and is the former chief economist at the Department for International Development (DFID) in the UK, where he was involved in ...
18 Sep 201849min
Nancy Lindborg on what 'fragility' actually means
Almost a quarter of the world’s population now live in some form of fragility, and we talk often about fragile states and fragile contexts - but what does the term mean? Nancy Lindborg is the presiden...
11 Sep 201858min
Jeremy Konyndyk on the humanitarian business model
This episode looks at how humanitarian response works - the rules of the game, the players, their incentives - and how these elements impact lives of displaced people. Jeremy Konydyk calls this the ‘h...
4 Sep 201857min
