What We're Watching at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings
CGD's Clemence Landers presents highlights from our recent event on what to watch at the Annual Meetings next week. She was joined at the ev...
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International development experts share their ideas on how wealthy countries can promote prosperity in developing countries.
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20 of 106 episodesRethinking How to Boost Learning in Africa with Kwame Akyeampong and Rachel Glennerster
CGD's David Evans and Rachel Glennerster speak with Kwame Akyeampong, professor at the Open University, about his book Reconceptualising the...
Women and Work in South Asia with Seema Jayachandran
CGD's Rachel Glennerster speaks with Princeton's Seema Jayachandran about how gender inequality can manifest differently in different region...
The Future of Development Finance with Leslie Maasdorp
CGD's Sam Attridge and Nancy Lee speak with British International Investment CEO Leslie Maasdorp about balancing national interests with dev...
The Lasting Impact of the Middle East War for Low- and Middle-Income Countries with Mohamed El-Erian and Judy Woodruff
CGD Board Chair Mohamed A. El-Erian speaks with renowned journalist Judy Woodruff about the Middle East War's impacts on low- and middle-inc...
Ending Violence in Schools with Dipak Naker and Gabriela Smarrelli
CGD's David Evans speaks with Dipak Naker of the Coalition for Good Schools and CGD's Gabriela Smarrelli on what the data shows about school...
What Does the Iran War Mean for Low- and Middle-Income Countries? With Liliana Rojas-Suarez and Catherine Pattillo
CGD's Clemence Landers, Liliana Rojas-Suarez, and Catherine Pattillo look at how the Iran war compares to recent shocks like COVID-19 and th...
Tackling Child Marriage with Imran Matin and Kehinde Ajayi
CGD's Rachel Glennerster speaks with colleague Kehinde Ajayi and Imran Matin of BRAC University's Institute for Governance and Development a...
Can Venezuela's Economy Recover? With Dany Bahar and Liliana Rojas-Suarez
Venezuela has experienced one of the deepest economic collapses in modern history. CGD's David Evans, Dany Bahar, and Liliana Rojas-Suarez e...
Vaccines in a Changing Global Health Landscape with Seth Berkley
CGD's Rachel Glennerster speaks with Seth Berkley, former CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, about lessons from COVID-19 and how they should...
Inside the 2025 Commitment to Development Index with Ian Mitchell
In this episode, I speak with Ian Mitchell, the lead author of the 2025 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), about what this year's result...
Philanthropy's Evolving Role in Global Development with Katrina Sill
The landscape of global development is shifting —shrinking aid budgets, emerging funding models, and evolving priorities are forcing philant...
Where AI Meets Development with Temina Madon and Han Sheng Chia
From chatbots supporting new mothers and nutrition coaches guiding families, to tutoring tools for children and apps advising farmers, artif...
Saving Newborn Lives with Lord Jim O'Neill and Dr. Akhil Bansal
CGD's Rachel Glennerster speaks with Lord Jim O'Neill and Dr. Akhil Bansal on the nature and scale of the problem of neonatal sepsis, how an...
Remittances for Development with Manuel Orozco
CGD's Helen Dempster speaks with the Inter-American Dialogue's Manuel Orozco about the key role that remittances play in development, the im...
Climate Finance in an Era of Uncertainty with Dirk Meyer and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
Following the 2025 Development Leaders Conference, CGD's Rachel Glennerster speaks with BMZ's Dirk Meyer and SAIIA's Elizabeth Sidiropoulos...
Racing to Preserve Life-saving USAID Programs with the Project Resource Optimization Team
After a large share of USAID's work was terminated, a small cadre of development experts created Project Resource Optimization, or PRO, to i...
CGD Podcast: Fiscal Policies for Equality
CGD's Sanjeev Gupta and Benedict Clements of Universidad de Las Américas discuss the considerations that influence the design of sound monet...
Pandemic Proof: Preparing for What Comes Next
As the second season of Pandemic Proof comes to a close, host Javier Guzman reflects on the progress made in pandemic preparedness since COV...
CGD Podcast: The Future of the African Development Bank with Three Presidential Candidates
Ahead of the African Development Bank's presidential election in May, CGD's Karen Mathiasen and AfriCatalyst's Daouda Sembene interview thre...