Podcast Episodes

Making evidence actually usable | Lindsey Moore

Season 6 Episode 20

This episode of In Pursuit of Development explores how AI is reshaping the way development organizations learn from evidence, unlocking lessons burie…

9 months ago

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Vietnam’s remarkable development turnaround | Arve Hansen

Season 6 Episode 19

Vietnam is often held up as one of the world’s standout development success stories—rapid growth, dramatic poverty reduction, and a transformation fr…

9 months, 1 week ago

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Energy for growth on the African continent | Todd Moss

Season 6 Episode 18

Electricity is often treated as a basic development milestone. But in large parts of the African continent, the deeper challenge is not only connecti…

9 months, 2 weeks ago

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Looking back, thinking forward | Dan Banik

Season 6 Episode 17

As the year comes to a close, this special year-end episode of In Pursuit of Development offers a reflective look back at the conversations that have…

10 months, 1 week ago

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Climate, conflict and the development squeeze | Florian Krampe

Season 6 Episode 16

Dan Banik and Florian Krampe explore how climate change is reshaping development and security debates -- not as a single cause of conflict, but as a …

10 months, 2 weeks ago

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Aid at the breaking point | Nilima Gulrajani

Season 6 Episode 15

Foreign aid is under pressure. Budgets are shrinking, politics are hardening, and trust between donors and recipients is wearing thin. In this episod…

10 months, 3 weeks ago

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How Latin America sees the new Global South | Benedicte Bull

Season 6 Episode 14

Dan Banik sits down with Benedicte Bull, professor of political science at the University of Oslo’s Centre for Global Sustainability, to unpack how L…

10 months, 4 weeks ago

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Borders, bargains, and the business of smuggling | Max Gallien

Season 6 Episode 13

Smuggling is often portrayed as a shadowy threat to state authority — a world of criminals, traffickers, and dangerous border crossings. But in many …

11 months ago

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Solidarity in a divided world | Cecilia Bailliet

Season 6 Episode 12

In this episode, Dan Banik speaks with Cecilia Marcela Bailliet, the UN Independent Expert on Human Rights and International Solidarity and Professor…

11 months ago

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When evidence meets Washington politics | Dean Karlan

Season 6 Episode 11

In this episode, Dan Banik speaks with economist Dean Karlan, the Frederic Esser Nemmers Distinguished Professor at Northwestern University and forme…

11 months, 1 week ago

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