Robin Davies interviews Phillip Passmore - Part 1
During times of disaster, people naturally want to help. Unfortunately, they sometimes choose to do so in ways that do more harm and create more chaos: like emptying their medicine cabinets of expired...
28 Nov 201645min
From managing disasters to managing disaster risk: an interview with Robert Glasser
Disaster risk reduction, and its interface with climate risk management and adaptation, is a topic of increasing interest in international development, particularly for those working in the Pacific. R...
25 Nov 201626min
The future of the World Bank
Speaker: Mr Kyle Peters, Interim Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer and Senior Vice President, Operations, The World Bank. The global community is facing extraordinary challenges which call...
15 Nov 20161h 4min
Betty Lovai Keynote - Women in Leadership - 2016 PNG Update
In a keynote address at the 2016 PNG Update (held at the University of Papua New Guinea, November 3-4), Professor Betty Lovai, Dean of the UPNG School of Humanities and Social Science, discussed the c...
15 Nov 201622min
In conversation with Muhammad Musa, BRAC ED
Dr Muhammad Musa is the Executive Director of BRAC, the Bangladesh-based international NGO that has grown to become the world’s largest NGO (by number of employees). During a recent trip to Australia ...
13 Nov 201628min
Challenging gender inequality: in conversation with UN Women Asia and the Pacific
Gender inequality and violence against women are major development challenges facing the Asia-Pacific region. In a wide-ranging conversation hosted by UN Women National Committee Australia and the Uni...
4 Nov 20161h 17min
ADB@50: what does the future hold?
To help mark the Asian Development Bank’s half-century, a panel of eminent speakers shared their insights on Asia-Pacific development over the past 50 years and the relevance of the institution in cur...
3 Nov 20161h 30min
Strengthening public financial management reform in Pacific Island countries
The World Bank, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), and Overseas Development Institute (ODI) recently released a report that makes...
3 Nov 20161h 34min
