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Uncertainty over UNAIDS’ future and avoiding sexual abuse in Ebola response
Episode 153
With uncertainty lingering over its future, we discuss a new UNAIDS interim report outlining potential pathways forward — including further downsizin…
2 months ago
US aid leadership changes and a controversial UN merger
Episode 152
This week we discuss Jeremy Lewin’s departure from the U.S. State Department’s foreign aid bureau to the White House. His transition to the National …
2 months, 1 week ago
Special edition: Live from Hamburg: Can governments still invest in the future?
This special two-part edition of This Week in Global Development comes to you from the Hamburg Sustainability Conference, where leaders from across d…
2 months, 1 week ago
Special edition: The blueprint for better lung cancer screening
In this special edition of the This Week in Global Development podcast, produced in partnership with the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation, Devex co-fo…
2 months, 1 week ago
Live from London Climate Action Week
Episode 151
As London Climate Action Week gets into full swing, we break down the key talking points from the conference so far. With the city in the midst of a …
2 months, 2 weeks ago
Fact-checking US aid claims as the State Department continues to hire
Episode 150
In our landmark 150th episode, we discuss a common theme in global development over the past 18 months: the state of U.S. foreign aid. We’re seeing t…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
Development banks pivot strategies as global volatility deepens
Episode 149
At this year’s annual meeting of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in Riga, Latvia, discussions centered on a critical structural …
3 months ago
The latest on the Ebola outbreak response
Episode 148
This week, we unpack the latest on the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. With no approved vaccines or treatments for the…
3 months, 1 week ago
Can domestic resources and private capital fund development?
Episode 147
In this episode, we look back at the conferences we reported from over the past few weeks, reflecting on how global development narratives are evolvi…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
Live from the World Health Assembly
Episode 146
Filmed live from Geneva, Switzerland, on the sidelines of the World Health Assembly, this episode of This Week in Global Development delves into the …
3 months, 3 weeks ago