Laszlo Varro: Climate Change Shaping Energy Policy
80 percent of the world's energy consumption is based on fossil fuels which account for most of the greenhouse gas emissions that are warming the planet. Climate change is affecting the global economy...
25 Sep 201712min
Gaining an Edge with Big Data
Good data and statistics can help drive economies and are the basis for sound policy decisions in both private and public sectors. The advent of 'big data' poses opportunities for private companies an...
13 Sep 201713min
Randa Filfili : Être une femme entrepreneur n'est pas du tout facile
Dans ce podcast, Randa Filfili, directrice générale de l'entreprise sénégalaise Zena Exotic Fruits raconte pourquoi les petites et moyennes entreprises africaines ont souvent du mal à survivre, et les...
8 Sep 201712min
Benno Ndulu: Champion of Inclusion
Only a third of adults in sub-Saharan Africa have a bank account, and in this podcast, Tanzania Bank Governor, Benno Ndulu, says the lack of access to financial services is a key constraint on the reg...
30 Aug 201713min
Mthuli Ncube: Building Blocks for Africa's Growth
While Africa's workforce expands, the lack of modern and efficient infrastructure is inhibiting economic growth. The prospect of building power plants and transportation networks is daunting for many ...
17 Aug 201713min
Growing Pains: Malawi's Struggle with Hunger, Climate Change
Extreme weather has hit Malawi's economy hard over the last two years. Severe flooding followed by a drought—the worst in its history—caused widespread crop failure and placed 6.7 million people at ri...
3 Aug 201742min
Eswar Prasad on the Curious Rise of the Renminbi
As China's economy catches up in size with that of the United States, some predict the renminbi will soon challenge the dollar's dominance in international finance. But in this podcast, Cornell Univer...
21 Juli 201716min
Uganda: Rising Debt and the Promise of Oil
Drought, regional conflict, and slow credit growth are taking their toll on Uganda's economy. While per-capita growth has hovered around 5 percent for the last 20 years, the IMFs latest economic asses...
13 Juli 20179min
