Devpolicy Talks
315 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 month ago - ★★★ - 1 ratingDevpolicy Talks brings you interviews, event recordings and more in-depth documentary features relating to the topics we research at the Development Policy Centre. The Centre, part of the Australian National University’s Crawford School of Public Policy, works on Australian aid, development in Papua New Guinea and the Pacific, and regional and global development issues. It is host to the Devpolicy Blog (devpolicy.org) and a range of public events including the annual PNG Update, Pacific Update and Australasian Aid and International Development Conference.
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2013 aid budget breakfast
June 01, 2015 05:40 - 1 hour - 75.1 MBThe annual aid budget is the most important event for the aid sector. And it is a time when the entire sector converges on Canberra for the budget lock up. Devpolicy seized this opportunity to host a morning-after aid budget breakfast at the ANU where we provided fresh but in-depth analysis on what the budget means for the sector. Devpolicy's Tony Swan and Stephen Howes delivered their analysis. We also heard from Angus Barnes, a member of the executive at IDC Australia, and the new head of ...
Pacific conversations - interview with Sina Retzlaff
June 01, 2015 05:26 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBDevpolicy Research Associate Tess Newton Cain sits down with Sina Retzlaff, Samoa country representative for the Pacific Leadership Program. A full transcript is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/3.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Sina%20Retzlaff.docx Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/in-conversation-with-sina-retzlaff-20130522-2/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events a...
Pacific conversations - interview with Sir Mekere Morauta
June 01, 2015 05:19 - 12 minutes - 11.9 MBDevpolicy Research Associate Tess Newton Cain sits down with Sir Mekere Morauta, Review Leader of the 2013 Pacific Plan Review. A full transcript is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/2.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Sir%20Mekere%20Morauta.doc Blog post available here: http://devpolicy.org/in-conversation-with-sir-mekere-morauta-20130408/ Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at de...
Climate change - avoiding a four degree warmer world
June 01, 2015 05:16 - 36 minutes - 33.2 MBRachel Kyte, Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank, spoke recent at the Development Policy Centre about the risk a 4 degree warmer world poses for development and the impact of sea-level rise, heat waves and extreme weather events globally, and in Australia and Oceania. Everyone will be affected by the changing climate, but the poor and vulnerable will suffer most. She argued that we must avoid a 4 degree warmer world and prepare for 2 degrees, and highlights action t...
An interview with World Bank VP Rachel Kyte
June 01, 2015 05:10 - 7 minutes - 6.68 MBFrank Jotzo, Senior Lecturer at the ANU's Crawford School of Public Policy, sits down with Rachely Kyte, Vice President for Sustainable Development at the World Bank. In this brief but wide ranging interview they discuss the risk a 4 degree warmer world poses for development, Australia's approach to combating climate change (in particular its price on carbon emissions), and the World Bank's role in combatting climate change. Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn mor...
Public expenditure and financial management in fragile states
June 01, 2015 04:53 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBFew would argue that a country’s development trajectory is not crucially influenced by its government’s ability to manage public resources. The stability of the economy, the delivery of basic services such as education and health - even the legitimacy of the state itself - all greatly depend on effective and equitable public finance management. In fragile and conflict-affected states, public finance reforms have been high on the agenda for both donors and governments alike -- and a key part ...
Interview with Peter Forau on the Melanesian Spearhead Group
June 01, 2015 04:51 - 55 minutes - 51 MBDevpolicy Research Associate Tess Newton Cain sits down with Peter Forau, Director General of the Melanesian Spearhead Group Secretariat, discussing their successes throughout 25 years of operation. A full transcript is available here: http://devpolicy.org/pacific-conversations/1.%20Transcript%20of%20interview%20with%20Peter%20Forau.docx A blog post is available here: http://devpolicy.org/peter-forau-on-why-the-melanesian-spearhead-group-is-a-success-20130305/ Read and subscribe to our da...
Stephen Howes interviews Michael Clemens
June 01, 2015 04:37 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this podcast Devpolicy Director Stephen Howes sits down with Michael Clemens, a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Global Development and migration expert. The main topics covered were: The US Seasonal Workers Program Skilled vs. unskilled migration Fostering skilled migration The Australia Pacific Technical College Read and subscribe to our daily blogs at devpolicy.org. Learn more about our research and join our public events at devpolicy.anu.edu.au. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, L...
Economics and emigration - trillion dollar bills on the sidewalk
June 01, 2015 04:29 - 1 hour - 62 MBOne of the biggest growth opportunities in the world economy lies not in the mobility of goods or capital, but in the mobility of labour. Many people born in low-income countries would like to leave those countries, but barriers prevent their emigration. Those barriers, according to economists’ best estimates to date, cost the world economy much more than all remaining barriers to the international movement of goods and capital combined. Yet economists spend a great time studying the moveme...
Timor-Leste and the New Deal for Engagement in fragile states
June 01, 2015 04:19 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBTimor-Leste, which gained its independence in 2002, is one of the world's youngest countries. Born out of a history of violence and poverty, in recent years Timor-Leste has experienced both social stability and rapid growth, and its development prospects have strengthened considerably. Timor-Leste has also been a pioneer in establishing the g7+, a group of 17 fragile states, which was formed in 2010 as a country-owned and country-led global mechanism to monitor, report and draw attention t...
Revisiting The Limits Of Growth - A Global Forecast For The Next Forty Years
June 01, 2015 04:09 - 1 hour - 75.5 MBJorgen Randers, Professor of Climate Strategy from the BI Norwegian Business School, is one of the world's most respected and rigorous global systems experts. Forty years ago he co-authored the best-selling environmental book of all time -- The Club of Rome's 1972 Limits to Growth, which set out different scenarios, including ones of overshooting and collapse, out to 2100. Now, 40 years later, Randers asks the question: What will the world look like in another 40 years? His answer is in his...
Engaging Business In Development Session 4
June 01, 2015 03:50 - 47 minutes - 43.5 MBThis full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture. Session 4 (Product development partnerships) speakers: Dr Mary Moran, Director, Policy Cures, Sydney. George Jagoe, Executive VP, Global Access, Medicines for Malaria Venture. D...
Engaging Business In Development Session 3
June 01, 2015 02:34 - 44 minutes - 41 MBThis full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture. Session 3 (Pro-poor supply chains for internationally traded products) speakers: Dr Dan Evans, Principal, Executive Compass and Deputy Chairman, B4MD. Rachel Levine, Producer Sup...
Engaging Business In Development Session 2
June 01, 2015 02:28 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBThis full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture. Session 2 (Partnerships for service delivery) speakers: Annmaree O’Keeffe, Research Fellow, Lowy Institute for International Policy. Ross Hutton, Manager Health Services, Oil Sea...
Engaging Business In Development Session 1
June 01, 2015 02:19 - 1 hour - 105 MBThis full day forum examined recent experience and explore the potential for further aid investment in partnership with business in four areas: inclusive business ventures, service delivery, pro-poor supply chains for internationally-traded products, and product development partnerships in health and agriculture. Session 1 (Keynote address and inclusive business) speakers: Dr Jane Thomason, Chairperson, JTA International (keynote). Sean Rooney, Principal Consultant, The Foundation for Dev...