In conversation: What makes aid effective with Pablo Yanguas & Daniel Honig
What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment could aid effectiveness be improved? What in the aid bureaucracy and political environment constrains f...
17 Maj 20181h
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and economics advisor to the Indian government for the latest in the Rising Powers and Int...
16 Maj 201834min
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur talks Brazil with economist Alex Schwartsman
In this week’s Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Alex Schwartsman is a Brazilian economist and former Director of International Affairs ...
9 Maj 201833min
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur talks China with Yukon Huang, former World Bank Director
In the latest Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series, BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Yukon Huang, a former director World Bank Director for China and Russia.They discuss Chi...
2 Maj 201839min
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Lord Jim O’Neill
Lord Jim O’Neill talks to BBC Hardtalk presenter Stephen Sackur about where the BRIC acronym came from, it’s real world repercussions and where the BRICs go next.This weekly podcast mini-series explor...
25 Apr 201837min
In conversation: Informal settlements in Zimbabwe with Beth Chitekwe-Biti & Ezana Weldeghebrael
Beth Chitekwe-Biti and Ezana Weldeghebrael discuss the recent political changes in Zimbabwe and what they mean for the urban poor. Beth Chitekwe-Biti, an alumna of Global Development Institute, recent...
9 Apr 201855min
In conversation: The new face of global trade with Khalid Nadvi & Rory Horner
A growing body of research points to the ‘Rise of the South’ and the growth of South–South trade. Rory and Khalid consider the implications of the shifting dynamics of global trade and the greater pro...
26 Mars 201831min
In conversation: Why we lie about aid - Pablo Yanguas & Diana Mitlin
Diana Mitlin interview Pablo Yanguas about his new book Why We Lie About Aid which is out now on Zed books. They discuss the aid sector, accountability and the Department for International Development...
16 Feb 201836min
