GDP - The Global Development Primer
157 episodes - English - Latest episode: 2 months ago - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingThe Global Development Primer podcast is about all issues in Global Development. Your host is Professor Bob Huish, broadcasting from Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
The podcast covers a wide range of issues in International Development and features the work of researchers, practitioners, and policy makers from around the world.
This is your podcast to learn more about the latest and most pressing issues in Global Development.
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What is holding Human Development Back? The Fog of Misperception.
May 14, 2024 09:08 - 22 minutes - 40.3 MBPolitical polarization and disinformation is not just out of control - it is crippling Global Development. The 2023/2024 UNDP Human Development Report makes the case with sound methods and transparent data that political polarization is creating a trench in human development. We know about the supply of political populism and disinformation. What about the demand for it? Where is this coming from? Pedro Conceição, lead author of the Human Development Report, joins us this week to get into th...
What is holding Human Development Back? The Fog of Misrepresentation
May 14, 2024 09:08 - 22 minutes - 40.3 MBPolitical polarization and disinformation is not just out of control - it is crippling Global Development. The 2023/2024 UNDP Human Development Report makes the case with sound methods and transparent data that political polarization is creating a trench in human development. We know about the supply of political populism and disinformation. What about the demand for it? Where is this coming from? Pedro Conceição, lead author of the Human Development Report, joins us this week to get into th...
India's greatest strength and toughest challenge: Diversity
May 08, 2024 09:39 - 19 minutes - 31.7 MBIndia is experiencing dramatic change economically and politically. As India's influence continues to grow globally, what happens at home? And what happens in regions that have highly diverse populations along religious or cultural lines? Srijana Karki has worked in, and between, diverse communities in India. She joins us on GDP to share her experiences of how diversity and cooperation can flourish at the community level and why it matters significantly for India's growing place globally. ...
It's Gone Off the Rails: The Global Sustainability Crisis.
April 30, 2024 09:03 - 24 minutes - 41.8 MBWe're 6 years out from the Sustainable Development Goals, and it's not looking good. The COVID-19 pandemic, Russia's war against Ukraine, and now war in the Middle East have put a handbrake on the global goals. What's more, the cost of everything has gone up, and it will likely mean that hundreds of millions of people will not ascend out of poverty by 2030. To help us understand the rough ride ahead, Oliver Schwank joins us to explain why we're off track, and what we need to do to get back o...
Meet your New Neighbours: Why Cities Need More Help for Migration and Climate Crises
April 23, 2024 09:05 - 25 minutes - 46.2 MBMass migration and climate change are urban crises. The lack of preparedness of cities around the world to handle climate adaptation is lagging. What's more the current and future stresses on mass migration due to climate and conflict will impact cities the most...and in particular a handful of cities in the global South. How can cities be better prepared for what lies ahead? Vittoria Zanuso has a plan. Empower cities with the resources and expertise necessary to get the job done. She has as...
Send in the Clowns: Why Vladimir Putin Fears Comedians.
April 02, 2024 08:01 - 30 minutes - 52.1 MB"We all remember Alexander the Liberator [Alexander II] and Yaroslav the Wise [Yaroslav I]. Well, now we’ll have Vladimir the Poisoner of Underpants...and it is the duty of every person to defy him" Some of the final words from the late Russian Opposition Leader Aleksei Navalny. Navalny was a ferocious opponent to Vladimir Putin, and he was also pretty hilarious. Telling jokes until his final hours in a Russian prison camp, Navalny's sense of humour made him relatable to many in Russia. Cons...
Right Now, We Need You: A Story of Advocacy From a Father and Son Living with Autism
March 26, 2024 08:41 - 26 minutes - 50.9 MBIn so many parts of the world children with intellectual disabilities are excluded from education opportunities. Once they are shunned, they are stigmatized. Once stigma sets in, entire families can fall victim to various acts of hatred. It is why inclusive education for persons with physical and intellectual disabilities needs to count. The Honourable Mike Lake (PC MP) travels widely to tell audiences about the story of him and his son Jaden, who lives with non-communicative autism. Mike...
Live with the Tension: Rethinking Development Politics
March 19, 2024 09:16 - 34 minutes - 59.7 MBHow many times have we pursued Global Development Projects, from agricultural technology to power grids, with the promise that it will all be okay, and then it falls short? All the time. How many times have Global Development Theories encouraged a change in discourse to rest upon idolized examples that mask over important complexities? All the time. This time Dr. Ilan Kapoor and Dr. Gavin Fridell have written a provocative book Rethinking Development Politics. Where they confront an often ...
Soledad: What life is like for imprisoned asylum seekers in the United States
March 12, 2024 08:03 - 22 minutes - 39.4 MBSoledad is a documentary by Peabody Award Winner Lisa Molomot that tells the story of a young woman from Central America who was imprisoned in the Eloy Detention Facility when she sought asylum in the United States. Soledad set out on a perilous journey from her homeland after enduring horrific persecution where she was kidnapped, sex-trafficked, tortured and nearly killed. Through one woman's story, Soledad illustrates the plight faced by many asylum seekers and refugees arriving at the U....
Is Development Dead? Far from it: Get Ready For A New Era of Global Development Education
March 05, 2024 09:02 - 33 minutes - 56.8 MBThere is a lot of talk amongst Global Development Studies as to whether or not the discipline itself is in decline. One of the key features of global development education was the opportunity to gain real world experience in cross-cultural settings. Dodgy past practices, climate concerns, and decolonial critique have put service learning abroad out of style. Prof. Anke Schwittay says that before we bury development studies, we should ask "How can university work experiences contribute to r...
The "Multilateralverse": What Multilateral firms do for development, and how you can join them.
February 27, 2024 08:58 - 31 minutes - 53.3 MBClean energy is coming to Asia. But who is going to get it there? Multilateral development agencies like the Asian Development Bank are sometimes overlooked, or not well understood as important players by development scholars. But big ideas, big projects, and big dollars are involved in taking on ambitious development work. To get a sense of how the Asian Development Bank rolls, we're joined by Sam Tumiwa to learn about adaptation financing, and what it is like working within a multilateral ...
To the bankers: Better community-based savings and financing could lead to a more peaceful planet.
February 20, 2024 09:03 - 29 minutes - 51 MB2024 is turning out to be deadly for many. Expanding war in the Middle East, the war of attrition continues in Ukraine, and now gangs are trying over run Ecuador. How do we answer the question "Why is this happening"? To some degree the answer lies in understanding why young men, and they are mostly men, are willing to enter into high risk deadly combat in the first place. What's drawing recruits into gangs and mercenary armies? Kate Schecter reminds us that a lack of opportunities at the...
Think getting your grandparents connected to new technology is tricky? Try 3.7 billion people. Digitalization and International Development.
February 13, 2024 09:05 - 27 minutes - 50.4 MBIf you think it's a real chore getting your parents or grandparents connected to new technology? Try 3.7 billion people! That's the digital divide we're facing today on a global scale. Industry wants to see this happen, and as we've seen in the past, there are ethical concerns about getting connected too quickly. Where are governments on this in terms of providing effective aid? Is the development sector missing out? The Canadian Association of International Development Professionals (CAIDP...
Special Feature: Why Ukraine Is Running Low On Ammunition & Support on the Bill Kelly Podcast.
February 06, 2024 09:09 - 2 minutes - 5.29 MBCLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE ON THE BILL KELLY PODCAST. Nearly two years into the war in Ukraine, is the west still paying attention, notably the United States? If funding or support from Washington wanes, will Ukraine be able to win a war of attrition against Russia? For this special issue of GDP, Dr. Bob is interviewed by legendary radio personality, Bill Kelly. Bob and Bill get down the brass tacks of what's needed in Ukraine, and why this matters for global stability CLI...
El miedo en el medio del mundo: Gang Violence Takes Ecuador.
January 30, 2024 14:10 - 29 minutes - 53.7 MBEcuador has tumbled into a state of fear and peril. In early January 2024 armed men stormed a popular evening television show in Guayaquil. It was a brazen visualization of growing gang violence across the country. Under state of emergency, Ecuador is now facing declared internal conflict. Why? In part due to the changing geography of narco-trafficking in the region, in part due to economic instability and increasing poverty across the country, and in part due to broader global economic tre...
So you want to work in Global Development? Here's how.
January 23, 2024 09:05 - 28 minutes - 47.4 MBSo you want a career in Global Development? You asked your professor about what to do next, and their response was underwhelming? A lot of that going around. This is why Gretchen Villegas is the person to talk to. In this interview with GDP, Gretchen shares some powerful advice on how to get involved in global development. Sharing stories of her own career, Gretchen spells out why more students should be interested in a career in global development, and how to get there. Not only is care...
Scaling Up Development: Why it is mission critical.
January 16, 2024 21:43 - 25 minutes - 44.1 MBToday, nearly one billion people lack electricity, over three billion lack clean water, and 750 million lack basic literacy skills. Many of these challenges could be solved with existing solutions, and technology enables us to reach the last mile like never before. Yet, few solutions attain the necessary scale to match the size of these challenges. Scaling Up Development Impact is written by Isabel Guererro, Siddhant Gokhale, and Jossie Fahsbender. In this interview with GDP, Isabel and Sid...
The Scarcest Resource in the Middle East is Trust: How Water Management Could be a building block towards peace.
November 02, 2023 20:20 - 27 minutes - 44.8 MBThe war between Israel and Hamas is unfolding into a humanitarian catastrophe. Water is the most precious resource for Gaza, and it is in short supply. Ground water supplies are sparse, and Israel controls inflow into Gaza. To punish Hamas, Israel temporarily turned off the taps which led to further humanitarian emergencies. Israel has mastered scarce water resource technology, including de-salinization. This technology could come to Gaza, but it is not. Why? Clive Lipchin joins us to sh...
A burger with a side order of methane: The Staggering Consequences of Animal Industrial Agriculture
October 24, 2023 10:00 - 22 minutes - 36.1 MBAs smelly as they are, flatulent cattle really take their toll on the climate. Major producers of methane, cattle, and other industrialized animals in agriculture, produces detrimental levels of methane which warm the planet faster than carbon. Not only is there no end in sight to seeking alternatives to this industry, but the World Bank has approved Industrial Agriculture as being compliant to the Paris Climate Commitment. Kelly McNamara joins us this week to offer a stern warning as to wh...
Why Humanitarian Hurt is Being Used as a Military Tactic in Gaza.
October 17, 2023 10:18 - 24 minutes - 41.5 MBWar is raging in The Gaza Strip. As Israel prepares for a ground invasion, Hamas holds dozens of prisoners, and now with knowledge that U.S. citizens are in the mix, it all spells disaster for Gaza. The Gaza Strip, home to 2.3 million people under a heavy blockade on movement and basic resources, are now facing an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in this conflict. The simple question is: "Why"? Why blockade water, energy, bread, and ice, when the worry is military rockets? Why restrict mov...
The Deep Digital Divide & Frugal Innovation
October 10, 2023 11:23 - 23 minutes - 38.5 MBAlmost 1/3 of the 8 billion people on this planet have never used the internet. Landlocked countries, conflict zones and remote islands have the highest rates of people who have never "logged on". This is a problem that goes beyond being a new face of inequality. As Anir Chowdhury says, the internet "is like oxygen"as those who have it, exist through it. But for those who do not have access or have low-literacy skills in technology the opportunities for exploitation, deception, and misinfo...
Striking Today & Voting Tomorrow: How Youth Activists are tackling the climate crisis.
October 03, 2023 11:06 - 17 minutes - 30.9 MBHoward Zinn said, "People in all countries need the spirit of disobedience", and that "once they organize and protest and create movements—have a voice no government can suppress". High school students like Iman Mannathukkaren are doing exactly that. Concerned about the the world that they are going to inherit, and ready to talk to the highest offices in the land to demand a carbon-free economy, students are quickly becoming that force that no governments can suppress. So what do they want, a...
🇰🇵"Kim Jong Gone"? Pursuing human rights and doing research in North Korea. 🇰🇵
October 02, 2023 02:00 - 32 minutes - 60.2 MBIn April 2020 rumour spread like wildfire that Kim Jong Un died. Greg Scarlatoiu and Dr. Bob Huish didn't believe it. They were right. So how did the world get this story so wrong? In this episode of GDP, Dr. Bob chats with Greg Scarlatoiu, the Executive Director of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea (HRNK) in Washington, D.C., about the challenges of doing research in North Korea. Greg Scarlatoiu has coordinated 28 HRNK publications addressing North Korea’s human rights situa...
Who is trying to help? The Commitment to Global Development Index.
September 26, 2023 11:29 - 26 minutes - 46 MBThe Sustainable Development Goals were at the top of the agenda for the United Nations General Assembly in New York this year. How many donor countries get a failing grade when it comes to meeting the target of contributing 0.7% of their Gross National Income? A lot. But 3 countries in Europe are standing out as leaders in surpassing the 0.7% commitment. And this comes at a time when countries like the United States and the United Kingdom are focusing more development dollars back on to the...
Development Beyond Brexit: Furthering Global Britain in East Africa.
September 19, 2023 10:31 - 32 minutes - 54.5 MBDid the bedlam of Brexit impact the United Kingdom as a global partner and donor? Is Russia and China pushing the UK out of Africa? Are partner nations in Africa rejecting the "assistance" from former colonial powers? Looking at the changing dynamics in East Africa, Simon Rynn and Michael Jones take a deep dive into the subject with their recent policy paper Furthering Global Britain? Reviewing the Foreign Policy Effect of UK Engagement in East Africa - Occasional Paper. In this discussion w...
Why The Vegas Buffet, Isn't The Way: Digging into the hunger project.
September 12, 2023 11:13 - 27 minutes - 51.3 MBIt continues to baffle many as how hunger remains in a planet of 8 billion people when there is the ability and potential to feed everyone. In this conversation with Tim Prewitt, CEO of the Hunger Project, we explain why Las Vegas buffets probably won't save humanity from hunger. But local level community development projects in Uganda just might. In Uganda, The Hunger Project is working in nine districts where agro-ecological zones - referred to as epicenters - have been set up. Across the...
Ponying up for the New Green Industrial Age
April 20, 2023 12:29 - 24 minutes - 43.8 MBThe spring meetings of the IMF and the World Bank are underway. Climate change adaptation is a top concern, and many wonder whether or not emerging economies can be part of the New Green Industrial Age. Technology, resources and political will exist. But do the finances? Will green technology remain a reserved commodity for affluent nations? Is it possible to change over millions of two-stroke Tuk-Tuks to emission free vehicles. None of it will happen without the right economic model ...
What we need to do to avoid the next Global Pandemic.
April 06, 2023 11:43 - 24 minutes - 46.9 MBGlobally, public health is pretty beat up after the pandemic. High and low income countries alike are struggling to get their own health systems back to capacity, let alone think about preparing for the next global pandemic. Yet, if pandemics teach us anything, being prepared for the next one is what really matters. As Spring meetings commence for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, Amanda Glassman from the Center for Global Development joins us to talk about what world leade...
The Foggy Crystal Ball: Global Development by 2050
March 28, 2023 12:00 - 23 minutes - 43.6 MBIt's hard to predict what will happen next week, let alone more than 25 years down the road. Nevertheless a new report has come out from the Centre for Global Development titled: Scenarios for Future Global Growth to 2050. In it, there are many positive calls made. Severe poverty may disappear as we currently know it and measure it. Military spending may well be exhausted, and rich country growth will slow down. What can we make of these global predictions and trends? What can be said ab...
Men Lead and Women Deliver: Global Health's Glass Ceiling.
March 20, 2023 15:59 - 28 minutes - 54 MBDuring the COVID-19 pandemic women health care leaders stood out. Jurisdictions with women as elected leaders or top public health policy experts seemed to manage the challenges of the pandemic a bit better, and with a bit more public trust. Well before the pandemic, in parts of rural India communities that train Dalit women as community health workers often experienced dramatic improvements in health outcomes, all the while challenging rigid gender norms. We know that gender equity in heal...
Could feminism fend off threats to our democracies? You better believe it can.
March 08, 2023 11:00 - 27 minutes - 47.6 MBMany countries around the world are growing deeply concerned about the health and well being of their democracies. China's foreign interference in elections is is a major concern at the moment for Canada, as it has been to New Zealand. But foreign governments are not necessarily the greatest to the health of democracies. In fact, one of the greatest threats to democratic well being may be a lack of feminism. On this international women's day, Dr. Gabrielle Bardall takes us through the co...
Leaning into Uncomfortable Spaces: Strategies for dealing with Permacrisis
February 28, 2023 17:39 - 28 minutes - 51.7 MB"Permacrisis" was declared word of the year by Collins English Dictionary. The idea is that state of crisis lingers on despite society's best efforts to wish it weren't there. War, climate change, economic crisis, and global inequality are with us. How do we begin to understand what we're up against? Do we pursue learning in order to find solutions? Do we attempt to learn new skills to adapt? Or do approach these heavy topics with the intent to take care of our selves, especially our o...
Ay-Ay-Ay, an episode on AI: How ChatGpt will impact teaching, learning, development work, and even podcasts.
February 21, 2023 13:13 - 29 minutes - 55.2 MBWe promise that this podcast write up is in fact written by a human being. But we can't say the same about this episode of GDP itself. In this episode we let ChatGpt do some of the work by scripting dialogue, and then we ask it to write an essay about climate change and climate justice. With us this week is Dr. Becca Babcock and Dr. Anders Hayden both from Dalhousie University. Dr. Babcock provides some reflection on the use of AI, and how she has managed to go as far as using it as a te...
Is it Business as Usual? Why Private Partnerships continue to be a cornerstone of Global Development.
February 14, 2023 12:33 - 32 minutes - 61.8 MBIf you've studied global development, you probably didn't get too far into the curriculum before learning about how private partnerships in development have led to ruin more than once. Oil companies, mining companies, water companies, chemical companies and others have all been called out on human rights abuses. Yet, the private sector remains a major player in global development. Gina Volynsky suggests that it is because the private sector has evolved into a broader ecosystem than in the...
When the World Went Upside down: A Conversation with Luis Martínez-Fernández
February 07, 2023 13:09 - 26 minutes - 45.7 MBJournalists, it’s often said, write the first drafts of history because they are the first recorders and commentators of current events and social realities. And the last couple of years have been a meaty first draft. A global pandemic, a rise in authoritarianism, economic chaos, war in Europe, and now Artificial Intelligence that will write essays for you, and probably one day curate podcasts. Has the world gone upside? Will it right itself? Instead of searching fro the prolific crysta...
Tell me a story: The Power & Purpose of Memoirs.
January 31, 2023 12:04 - 27 minutes - 52.1 MBThe power of stories in global development cannot be under-estimated. Chronicling experiences, encounters and adventures can inspire others to journey, engage and do the same. Rich stories can build relations and understanding in rich and dynamic ways. Telling stories comes with great power and responsibility. Stereotypes can be forged, speaking on behalf of others leads to patriarchy, and sensationalism can create harmful representations of the land and life of peoples and cultures. Th...
The Last Line of Defence: The World Bank's Inspection Panel.
January 24, 2023 12:11 - 25 minutes - 49.2 MBWhen a World Bank Development project gets rolling, people's lives will be impacted. Sometimes for the better? Sometimes for the worse. If you are a person living in a project impacted community, and you feel that your life will worsen, what can you do? Protest? Standby and watch? Leave your home? These are all options, but another key option is to take your concerns to the highest levels of the World Bank. Sometimes forgotten in many international development studies courses, the Worl...
It's like a Fellini Film: Dissent In & Exodus Out Of Cuba.
January 17, 2023 12:00 - 25 minutes - 45.1 MBFrederico Fellini films are a mix of "memory, dreams, fantasy and desire" that create idiosyncratic interpretations of society. If you're have any ties to, or interests in, Cuba, it might feel like you're in a Fellini script. Cuba entered the pandemic on the front foot. Sending its own health care workers around the world to assist with COVID-19 care, and then exporting its domestically engineered vaccines abroad, it seemed like Cuba was THE GLOBAL HEALTH POWER. Now at the beginning of 2...
Inclusive Disability Relief in Moldova: A Commitment to Action
November 08, 2022 21:13 - 19 minutes - 34.5 MBHealth and human needs only intensify during a conflict. Persons relying on disability-inclusive spaces and services face enormous challenges when attempting to flee their homes because of the threat of invasion or attack. Moldova continues to receive refugees from Ukraine, many of whom are in great need of disability inclusive care. But Who Cares? Where does the responsibility to provide care and services lie in such crises? One organization is stepping in to answer the call. Based on ...
Learning from the Afterlife of Genocide: Chronicles of Guatemala.
October 27, 2022 13:56 - 24 minutes - 42.9 MBThe Guatemalan genocide was the systematic murder of Maya civilians during the government rule in the 1970s and 1980s. Some 200,000 lives were taken by military and paramilitary operations during this era, all the while the government denied it was occurring. Governments are notoriously lousy at hiding secrets forever, and the military dictatorship in Guatemala was no exception. In 2005 an abandoned room was discovered by Guatemala's human rights office. In it was a vast collection of pol...
Any is too much: How the Out of the Shadows Index can be used to prevent child exploitation around.
October 12, 2022 21:39 - 28 minutes - 54.8 MBChild exploitation. Any is too much. No government in the world would openly advocate for child exploitation. Yet, it occurs with impunity. The Out of the Shadows Index is a tool that can help get governments get on track to prevent vulnerabilities for child exploitation. Check out this episode with Rute Caldeira from Ignite Philanthropy, who is overseeing the strategic direction of the Out of the Shadows Index. Rute Caldeira has almost two decades of experience in the development and t...
Minding The Renter Wealth Equity Gap.
October 04, 2022 16:45 - 18 minutes - 34.4 MBWe want affordable housing! And we want housing to be the greatest appreciating asset! How can it be both? This antipodal relationship is not only impossible to fulfill, its consequences are falling on renters. In the United States the average renter has a few thousand dollars of net wealth, while home owners boast hundreds of thousands. Michael Barnes sees this problem not as a wealth management problem, but as an issue of racial and gender discrimination. The renter wealth equit...
Innovate like your life depends on it...because it does.
September 28, 2022 18:22 - 34 minutes - 65.1 MBA 17-year old student from Ukraine who may be able to put the land mine business out of business. A video game that connects players to solving pressing climate change challenges. And a robotic habitat for bees. These are 3 stories of innovations that are unfolding not just so people can thrive, but so they can thrive. In this episode of GDP, broadcast live from the CGI 2022 meeting in New York City alongside the UNGA, we meet 3 innovators who's ideas put into action may make a world of ...
The Clinton Global Initiative returns to a world with more challenges than ever before.
September 22, 2022 14:47 - 27 minutes - 52.1 MBNot since 2016 has the Clinton Global Initiative met in person to make commitments for action against pressing global challenges. Climate change, health care, inclusive economic growth, gender inequalities, even the health and well being of bees. It's all on the table. For this episode of GDP, Dr. Bob heads to New York to catch the conversations of world leaders in government, business, or the non-profit sector to better understand "The business of how". How are these leaders approaching...
We Say No! How a feminist development organization in Sierra Leone is turning the Development Industry on its head.
September 06, 2022 12:00 - 22 minutes - 37.2 MBImagine this. A Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) founded in a post-conflict country in Western Africa that offers assistance to the Global North. And what if that same NGO refuses funds from those who disagree with its feminist mandate, and yet continues to thrive? And what if this organization, Purposeful - based in Sierra Leone, is a leading example of how to turn the development industry right around. In Sierra Leone Chernor Bah the Co-CEO of Purposeful joins GDP this week to expla...
Possibility in a World Hungry for Hope: The 2022 Clinton Global Initiative.
August 30, 2022 12:00 - 23 minutes - 44.1 MBGreat ideas can be contagious. But they need networks, validation, and times mentorship. For the first time since 2016, the Clinton Global Initiative is coming back to New York alongside the United Nations General Assembly to bring together established and emerging leaders from government, business and philanthropy to tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges. From war in Ukraine to the global climate crisis, to searching for inclusive economic development coming out of the pand...
The Slow Pandemic: Antimicrobial Resistance
August 22, 2022 15:25 - 22 minutes - 41.9 MBFinish your prescriptions even if you feel well. Wash your hands. And get ready for a tough new era of global health: Antimicrobial resistance. Antibiotics were the greatest heroes of World War 2. Thanks to this miracle medicine the 2nd world war was the first major conflict where people died of the actual wounds, not of infection. Praise for antibiotics was so high following World War 2 that it put entire global health literatures of disease prevention and health promotion on the shelf...
Dance, Thrive and Grow: How one community development project in Uganda protects traditional knowledge.
August 15, 2022 12:52 - 23 minutes - 43.3 MBIn Uganda 1 in 5 high-school aged children attend classes. In rural areas the number plummets to only 5% for young girls. This is in a country where 55% of the population is under 18. Ronald Kibirige works with InteRoots, an organization that sees how serious this education crisis is in Uganda. Beyond getting students into classrooms, there is real concern that traditions, oral histories, and knowledges are at risk of vanishing. It is why his work is about keeping traditional knowledge ...
When a Breadbasket Burns: The Global Food Crisis of 2022
August 08, 2022 12:25 - 23 minutes - 44.5 MBPeople are paying more for food in 2022 - a lot more! And in countries where food security is frail, access to the basics is going to get harder. Price spikes are being felt around the world. In some cases leading to violence, in other cases, triggering famine warnings. Russia's war in Ukraine is fuelling the crisis first by targeting Ukraine's wheat and sunflower oil producers, and second by disrupting global trade networks. What should G7 and G20 nations be doing about this? Accordin...
Working in Exile: How development practitioners will get the job done in the post-pandemic world.
June 13, 2022 15:09 - 22 minutes - 38.3 MBIn this season finale of GDP, James Grall joins the conversation about how development practitioners can do what they do best in a challenging post-pandemic world. Will remote working be part of the equation? Are there risks of relying remote technology in countries with heavy handed internet surveillance? Are there opportunities for development scholars and practitioners to get "back in the field". Now with the war in Ukraine grinding on, what other challenges will continue to unfold fo...