The New Humanitarian
164 episodes - English - Latest episode: 11 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsThe New Humanitarian brings you an inside look at the conflicts and natural disasters that leave millions of people in need each year, and the policies and people who respond to them. Join TNH’s journalists in the aid policy hub of Geneva and in global hotspots to unpack the stories that are disrupting and shaping lives around the world.
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Why we need to fund feminists | What’s Unsaid
April 18, 2024 09:30 - 22 minutes - 30.6 MBYoung girls and women are leading the way in driving systemic change, and supporting their communities, but a new report, titled “We need to know the humanitarian sector stands with us”, shows the extent to which they’re being overlooked and underfunded – and makes a plea directly to the sector to change this. The report’s co-author Nana Darkoa Sekyiamah tells host Obi Anyadike that “a real revolution” is required. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we expl...
How mutual aid in Sudan is getting international support (UPDATED) | Rethinking Humanitarianism
April 11, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 115 MB*This episode originally aired in October 2023, and includes new interviews recorded days before the first anniversary of the war in Sudan. Hajooj Kuka, external communications officer for the Khartoum State Emergency Response Rooms, updates host Melissa Fundira on how mutual aid groups are scrambling to avert a famine, how badly needed funding continues to be bogged down by bureaucracy, and why he believes Sudan’s emergency response rooms should inspire a change in how humanitarian aid is ...
Gaza: Is a ceasefire enough? | What’s Unsaid
April 04, 2024 09:30 - 23 minutes - 21.5 MBIsrael has continued to choose violence, despite a UN Security Council resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire. Ahmed Shihab-Eldin, an independent journalist of Palestinian descent, tells host Ali Latifi that “this is not just a humanitarian crisis. It’s a global moral crisis.” What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
How Yemenis keep each other alive, nine years into war | First Person
March 28, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBToday’s First Person story comes from Fatma Jaffar, a Yemeni humanitarian worker and the policy and advocacy lead for Oxfam Yemen. Fatma describes the dire humanitarian situation in her country and how Yemenis have kept each other alive throughout nine years of war. The ongoing conflict in Yemen is featured in The New Humanitarian’s annual list of ten crises that demand your attention now, which highlights places in the world where needs are rising, aid budgets are cut or insufficient, an...
What’s Unheard? The Yemen Listening Project | What’s Unsaid
March 21, 2024 10:44 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBAs Yemen’s war continues, a new project by The New Humanitarian shares personal testimonies that show how the devastating conflict has changed life for millions, while the rest of the world wasn’t paying attention. And how important it is that we keep listening. Nuha al-Junaid, project coordinator for the The Yemen Listening Project, tells her own story of war and migration with guest host and Middle East Editor, Annie Slemrod. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitari...
In conversation with Heba Aly | Rethinking Humanitarianism
March 14, 2024 10:11 - 56 minutes - 77.9 MBFor nearly 40 episodes, Rethinking Humanitarianism has been hosted by Heba Aly. But this time around, Aly joins the podcast as a guest. Since 2007, Aly has worked with The New Humanitarian, and IRIN News before, in many different roles. It’s a journey she started as an intern, and recently finished as the CEO. In this season finale, Aly joins host Melissa Fundira to reflect on her career and the evolution of humanitarian journalism, how the humanitarian sector has (or hasn’t) changed, a...
Kenya’s new integration plan for refugees: Hope or hype? | What’s Unsaid
March 07, 2024 10:30 - 23 minutes - 21.4 MBA project to turn Kenya's refugee camps - some of the largest in the world - into self-reliant communities where refugees can live, work, and set up businesses among their local hosts was recently launched. Host Obi Anyadike asks Victor Nyamori, a researcher and adviser for Refugee and Migrants’ Rights at Amnesty International, what he thinks of this idea, dubbed the Shirika Plan. Given his work on legal protection for Kenya’s refugees in Dadaab and Kakuma refugee camps, is he optimistic t...
‘When will we be next?’: A dispatch from Rafah | First Person
February 29, 2024 10:00 - 9 minutes - 13.6 MBA Mercy Corps staff member describes life in the sliver of southern Gaza where 1.2 million people are sheltering in desperate conditions. The author’s name is being withheld for safety given the security situation in Gaza. Their First Person essay is read out by The New Humanitarian's Freddie Boswell. This essay was written before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the Israeli military to prepare plans for a ground invasion of Rafah and for the ‘evacuation’ of the...
Is the Politicisation of Health Workers Getting Worse? | What’s Unsaid
February 22, 2024 13:00 - 20 minutes - 19.3 MBMedical missions are a lifeline to stressed health systems, usually in developing and post colonial states, but they can also be caught up in, and manipulated by, the politics of the powerful. Host Ali Latifi asks Dr. Zaher Sahloul, president and co-founder of MedGlobal, a medical NGO, whether dismissal over medical neutrality is getting worse. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world’s conf...
Why humanitarians should care about tax justice | Rethinking Humanitarianism
February 15, 2024 10:00 - 58 minutes - 81 MBThey say two things in life are certain: death and taxes. But taxes – and how they’re collected – are anything but certain, and certainly not fair. Every year, nearly $500 billion in tax is lost to corporate and individual tax abuse, enough to vaccinate the world against COVID-19 three times over, or provide basic sanitation to 34 million people. Another $5 trillion is projected to be lost in the next 10 years as multinational corporations and the ultra-wealthy use tax havens to underpay...
Double standards leave local aid workers unprotected | What’s Unsaid
February 08, 2024 13:51 - 19 minutes - 26.7 MBWhen danger comes, foreign aid workers are often flown out, leaving behind local staff to risk their lives. Othman Moqbel is the CEO for Action for Humanity, an international aid agency trying to provide protection equally to all staff. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
Charting the course: Navigating 2024’s humanitarian landscape | Event
February 01, 2024 11:28 - 1 hour - 126 MBCrises are mounting, and their impacts are overlapping and rippling across the globe. Emergency response has grown more complicated, and more costly. What’s the way forward? Each year, The New Humanitarian publishes our list of trends driving humanitarian needs and shaping crisis response. From military sieges and water scarcity to ‘deterrence’ migration policies and governments’ refusal to deal with ‘pariah’ states, we unpack some of the key factors that will see an estimated 300 million...
2024, another deadly migrant year? | What’s Unsaid
January 25, 2024 10:30 - 21 minutes - 20 MBMigration policies are making borders tougher to cross and pushing people to risk their lives along ever more dangerous routes. Is there a way to stem the rising number of migrant deaths? Eric Reidy, The New Humanitarian’s migration editor, and host Ali Latifi discuss why we’re likely to continue to see a high number of deaths in 2024 and explore better policies to keep people safe. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortab...
How to step aside to promote change | Rethinking Humanitarianism
January 18, 2024 10:00 - 57 minutes - 52.6 MBFor as long as the international humanitarian sector has existed, its top jobs have been overwhelmingly occupied by white Western men. And yet, most of the people affected by their decisions come from the global majority. One, rarely exercised, tactic to address this power differential is for Western leaders to step aside or be willing to turn down coveted top positions in favour of historically marginalised leaders – especially those whose lived experience gives them a better understand...
What science fiction teaches us about imagining a better world | Rethinking Humanitarianism (REPLAY)
January 04, 2024 10:00 - 59 minutes - 81.4 MB*This episode was originally published on January 11, 2023. Time and again, guests on this season of Rethinking Humanitarianism have called for systemic changes to the humanitarian system and global governance – from alternatives to the UN to revolutionised global climate financing. But how can you imagine something you’ve never seen before, while being grounded in the realities of today? In many ways, this is the domain of science fiction. The writer and activist Walidah Imarisha onc...
From refugee inclusion to shifting power | Event
December 21, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 120 MBRefugees International, The New Humanitarian, and Asylum Access hosted an event on the sidelines of the Global Refugee Forum in Geneva for a candid conversation about how to truly include refugees in the policy decisions that shape their lives. SPEAKERS Sana Mustafa, Asylum Access CEO (moderator) Ana Maria Diez, President of Coalición por Venezuela and Fellow at Refugees International Matai Muon, South Sudanese refugee and graduate student Mohammed Naeem, Deputy Director of Strategy...
How humanitarianism changed in 2023 | Rethinking Humanitarianism
December 14, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 129 MBFrom new conflicts in Gaza and Sudan, to flood disasters in Libya and East Africa, to earthquakes in Morocco, Syria, and Türkiye, humanitarian crises around the world drove more than 350 million people to need help in 2023. While funding to address those needs reached record levels, so too did the funding gap. Only a third of the $57 billion that humanitarians appealed for this year was actually received – the largest shortfall in years. For the last episode of 2023, we reflect on the...
Let’s talk about aid diversion | What’s Unsaid
December 07, 2023 10:30 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBCould talking about aid diversion actually help people who need aid? Ashley Jackson is the co-director of the Center on Armed Groups and a former aid worker. She has researched aid diversion in Afghanistan, Somalia, and elsewhere, and joins host Irwin Loy for a candid conversation. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
A journey into Libya’s man-made disaster | First Person
November 30, 2023 09:30 - 8 minutes - 7.66 MBAla Majid Khayrullhah, a medical student and climate activist, shares what he witnessed in Libya a month after the devastating floods. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Find more first-person stories on TheNewHumanitarian.org
Genocide or not, what difference does a word make? | What’s Unsaid
November 23, 2023 10:41 - 17 minutes - 16.3 MBHuman rights lawyer and war crimes investigator Yasmin Sooka joins host Ali Latifi in a conversation about using the word “genocide”, and why language matters – in the middle of a crisis, and in the aftermath of mass violence. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
Is aid sustaining Palestine's occupation? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
November 16, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBEven before Israel’s current siege, 80% of Gazans relied on international humanitarian aid for survival, according to the UN. But under international law, it’s the occupying power’s responsibility to provide food, shelter, medicine, and other essential needs. Have aid agencies historically let Israel off the hook by failing to challenge the very thing that creates the need for aid in the first place: Israel’s occupation? And if decades of humanitarian response in the region have ...
Peace in Gaza | What’s Unsaid
November 09, 2023 10:30 - 22 minutes - 21 MBPalestinian peace activist Nivine Sandouka discusses the difficult way forward for building trust between Israelis and Palestinians. Hosted by Irwin Loy. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable conversations around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
Gaza lines your bones: Memories of a place I’ve lived | First Person
November 02, 2023 09:00 - 16 minutes - 15.1 MBAn anonymous aid worker reflects on their time in Palestine as they watch Israel's bombardment and siege of Gaza and the escalating violence in the West Bank. Today's First Person essay is read out by The New Humanitarian's Elise Campbell-Bates. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Find more first-per...
The media’s silencing of Palestinians | What’s Unsaid
October 24, 2023 10:55 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBPalestinian-American writer and journalist Mariam Barghouti joins host Ali Latifi to discuss how both mainstream media and aid policy help muffle Palestinian perspectives. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable truths around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
How mutual aid in Sudan is getting international support | Rethinking Humanitarianism
October 19, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBIt has been six months since a military conflict in Sudan began claiming thousands of lives and triggered, according to the UN, the world’s fastest growing displacement crisis. As international NGOs and the UN struggle to access certain areas, decentralised mutual aid networks – known as emergency response rooms (ERRs) – have stepped in to fill the vacuum. In acknowledgement of this reality, donors, international NGOs and UN agencies are trying to shift their programmes to support thes...
How profit is preventing peace in Yemen | What’s Unsaid
October 12, 2023 09:33 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBConflict analyst Hisham Al-Omeisy joins host Irwin Loy to explain how war has become a profitable business in Yemen, even as millions of Yemenis struggle. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable truths around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
What's Unsaid, a podcast by The New Humanitarian
October 05, 2023 11:10 - 1 minute - 1.24 MBWhat’s Unsaid is our new bi-weekly podcast exploring the open secrets and uncomfortable truths that often surround the world’s conflicts and disasters, hosted by staff editors Irwin Loy and Ali Latifi. A podcast by The New Humanitarian.
Pakistan must confront blasphemy-related vigilante violence | First Person
October 05, 2023 09:30 - 13 minutes - 12.3 MBMenaal Munshey shares how dubious blasphemy accusations in Pakistan make people feel unsafe and lead to vigilante violence. Today's First Person essay is written and read out by Menaal Munshey. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Find more first-person stories on TheNewHumanitarian.org
The preventable trauma of humanitarians | What’s Unsaid
September 28, 2023 09:40 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MBAid worker and psychologist Imogen Wall joins host Ali Latifi to discuss how the way humanitarian organisations are run can do as much damage to aid workers' mental health as being confronted with war, hunger, and rights abuses. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast by The New Humanitarian, where we explore open secrets and uncomfortable truths around the world’s conflicts and disasters.
What is a humanitarian crisis, really? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
September 21, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBWhat is a humanitarian crisis, as it’s commonly understood? What’s the historical weight of that term? What happens if we change our common understanding of it? It may seem like a game of semantics, but the answers to those questions are more consequential than we may realise, because they reveal something deeper about who we believe will perpetually be an underclass, what’s deserving of an urgent reaction, and who we see as capable of providing humanitarian assistance. These are questio...
What is a humanitarian crisis, really? | RH S4E1
September 21, 2023 09:00 - 46 minutes - 64.4 MBWhat is a humanitarian crisis, as it’s commonly understood? What’s the historical weight of that term? What happens if we change our common understanding of it? It may seem like a game of semantics, but the answers to those questions are more consequential than we may realise, because they reveal something deeper about who we believe will perpetually be an underclass, what’s deserving of an urgent reaction, and who we see as capable of providing humanitarian assistance. These are questio...
The UN is not climate neutral | What’s Unsaid
September 14, 2023 09:35 - 26 minutes - 35.9 MBThe UN overstates its claims of climate neutrality and purchases junk carbon credits that do little to cut emissions. This is revealed in a new investigation by The New Humanitarian and Mongabay. Investigations reporter Jacob Goldberg explains why the UN’s climate neutrality claims are problematic, how the investigation evolved, and what the next steps for the UN may be. What’s Unsaid is a bi-weekly podcast that explores the open secrets and uncomfortable truths that surround the world’s ...
First Person | Why I came back to Dadaab: A different kind of refugee return story
September 07, 2023 16:09 - 9 minutes - 13 MBJournalist and filmmaker Abdirahman Ahmed Aden is a Somali refugee who left the camp in Kenya where he had lived most of his life to go back home to Somalia. In his essay, he shares what he experienced after returning made him reconsider his decision. Due to a lack of internet access, the author is not able to read the essay himself. Instead, you’ll hear the voice of The New Humanitarian’s senior Africa editor, Obi Anyadike. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees,...
The international community is ignoring Afghan calls to engage with the Taliban | What’s Unsaid
August 31, 2023 10:00 - 23 minutes - 31.9 MBIf the aim is to see real change in Afghanistan, shouldn’t the Taliban be included in the conversation? In this first episode of What’s Unsaid, we speak to Afghan human rights defender Madina Mahbobi, who says it’s time for the international community to start listening to local voices like hers that are calling for increased engagement with the Taliban. Despite being roundly condemned after making this unpopular case on a recent UN panel, Mahbobi is adamant that people like her must not ...
First Person: Why narratives around migration in Latin America need to change
August 23, 2023 19:14 - 8 minutes - 11.9 MBLaura, a Colombian refugee living in Ecuador explains why narratives around migration in Latin America need to change. In her essay, Laura shares her experience of how people displaced within Latin America are overlooked as the dominant media narrative is about those heading north for the United States. In order to protect their security, the author uses a pseudonym, Laura, and her essay is read out by The New Humanitarian’s Sofia Kuan. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of...
First Person | How Malawi is telling me and other refugees we don’t belong
August 09, 2023 10:08 - 7 minutes - 11 MBA refugee in Malawi shares how their treatment makes them worry about their security and feel like they don’t belong. Today’s essay was written by a refugee living in Malawi. In order to protect their security, the author’s name is not public. Therefore, their essay is read out by The New Humanitarian’s Senior Editor for Inclusive Storytelling, Patrick Gathara. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - pl...
First Person | Let refugees be economic contributors
July 26, 2023 14:27 - 8 minutes - 11.7 MBMatai Muon shares how policies suppress the economic potential of refugees, which forces many into a situation of dependency instead of allowing them to contribute to the societies they’re currently living in. Today’s essay was written and read out by Matai Muon. He is a South Sudanese refugee. Although he is currently studying in the United Kingdom, this essay was recorded from his home country of South Sudan where he is conducting research. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the vo...
First Person | Why Cyclone Mocha should end talk of sending Rohingya like me home
July 12, 2023 15:11 - 8 minutes - 12 MBSan Thai Shin is a Rohingya researcher and volunteer teacher in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. In his essay, San looks at how restrictive policies suppress refugees’ economic potential, forcing many into a situation of dependency rather than allowing them to contribute to the societies they live in. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies an...
First person | How years of impunity gave Sudan’s generals licence to destroy my country
June 28, 2023 10:57 - 13 minutes - 19 MBHala al-Karib shares how the days unfolded when the violence started in Sudan, and what some of the root causes are according to her, including the failings of the international community. Today’s essay was written and read out by Hala al-Karib. She is the regional director of SIHA - the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa. The New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre...
First person | A reporter reflects on Somalia’s record drought
June 14, 2023 14:15 - 10 minutes - 15.2 MBThe New Humanitarian aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and people affected by conflict and disaster - placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Today’s essay was written and read out by Liban Mahamad. He is a freelance journalist and writer from Somalia. In his essay, Liban looks at the limitations of international aid in Somalia, and in particular at how its short-termism risks perpetuating a cycle of need ...
First Person | The roots of the refugee protection system are colonial and racist
May 31, 2023 13:50 - 11 minutes - 15.5 MBFlipping the Narrative is an ongoing series by The New Humanitarian. It aims to amplify the voices of refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants, placing them at the centre of the conversations about the policies and events that shape their lives. Today’s essay was written and read out by Sana Mustafa. She is a feminist human rights defender and CEO of Asylum Access. In her essay, Sana looks at power imbalances within the international refugee protection system, and calls for those who have be...
Interview | How to fix the UN’s sex abuse problem?
April 25, 2023 10:35 - 37 minutes - 51 MBChristian Saunders was appointed as the UN’s special coordinator on improving the response to sexual exploitation and abuse in July. The New Humanitarian’s Investigations Editor Paisley Dodds spoke with him on 19 April following his recent trip to South Sudan, where allegations of sexual abuse and exploitation surfaced last year at a UN-run camp for civilians in the northern city of Malakal. In their wide-ranging interview, Saunders says he believes in “radical transparency”, he...
In conversation with chef José Andrés | Rethinking Humanitarianism
April 12, 2023 14:43 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBDoes the humanitarian sector have something to learn from this celebrity’s approach to relief work? Chef José Andrés took his cooking skills to disaster zones and began distributing hot meals to people in need, via the NGO he founded: World Central Kitchen. Their model is simple: Respond quickly after a disaster by tapping into resources already available in affected communities – local chefs – and without all the bureaucracy of a big aid organisation. In this episode of Rethinking ...
In conversation with chef José Andrés | RH S3E12
April 12, 2023 14:43 - 54 minutes - 74.6 MBDoes the humanitarian sector have something to learn from this celebrity’s approach to relief work? Chef José Andrés took his cooking skills to disaster zones and began distributing hot meals to people in need, via the NGO he founded: World Central Kitchen. Their model is simple: Respond quickly after a disaster by tapping into resources already available in affected communities – local chefs – and without all the bureaucracy of a big aid organisation. In this episode of Rethinking ...
Event | Principled humanitarian action in Ukraine
April 02, 2023 11:27 - 1 hour - 105 MBAt the European Humanitarian Forum, The New Humanitarian's CEO Heba Aly moderates a panel on principled humanitarian action in Ukraine.
More trade; less aid? | Rethinking Humanitarianism
February 22, 2023 17:15 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBAre more equitable trade policies possible at a time many countries are turning to protectionism? Why have developing countries and emerging economies not benefited as much from the globalised trade architecture as multinational corporations and international investors? And what needs to change for global trade to be more equitable? This episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism explores whether a re-imagined global trading system could reduce aid needs in the Global South. Guests: Nick D...
More trade; less aid? | RH S3E11
February 22, 2023 17:15 - 44 minutes - 60.9 MBAre more equitable trade policies possible at a time many countries are turning to protectionism? Why have developing countries and emerging economies not benefited as much from the globalised trade architecture as multinational corporations and international investors? And what needs to change for global trade to be more equitable? This episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism explores whether a re-imagined global trading system could reduce aid needs in the Global South. Guests: Nick D...
In search of pandemic equity | RH S3E10
February 08, 2023 17:44 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic showed that the current global health architecture is not fit for purpose. While rich countries hoarded vaccines, low and middle income countries were left behind, coping with massive global healthcare inequalities. Despite lofty promises, COVAX, the global initiative launched during the pandemic to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of tests, treatments, and vaccines failed to deliver on its promises. This episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism explores how t...
In search of pandemic equity | Rethinking Humanitarianism
February 08, 2023 17:44 - 41 minutes - 56.8 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic showed that the current global health architecture is not fit for purpose. While rich countries hoarded vaccines, low and middle income countries were left behind, coping with massive global healthcare inequalities. Despite lofty promises, COVAX, the global initiative launched during the pandemic to ensure a fair and equitable distribution of tests, treatments, and vaccines failed to deliver on its promises. This episode of Rethinking Humanitarianism explores how t...
Will the elite ever give up power? A view from Davos | Rethinking Humanitarianism
January 27, 2023 08:54 - 44 minutes - 61.7 MBFor one week every year, some of the world’s richest business people and most powerful politicians descend on the Alpine ski town of Davos, Switzerland. They’re here for the World Economic Forum’s Annual Meeting, which bills itself as the premiere global forum for the public and private sectors to join forces to “drive tangible, systemic change for the future”. But systemic change would require them to give up some of their wealth and power, like paying their fair share of taxes, or endin...