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How the white savior complex impacts global development
Episode 18
Following the release of “White Savior,” a new HBO documentary series following Renee Bach, a white missionary who tasked herself with managing a cli…
2 years, 11 months ago
What did we learn at the 78th UN General Assembly?
Episode 17
Last week saw the annual gathering of heads of state, thought leaders, civil society members, development professionals, and other industry personali…
2 years, 11 months ago
Special episode: Rebuilding trust in the UN system
In this special sponsored episode of This Week in Global Development, Devex President and Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sits down with Natalie Samarasing…
2 years, 11 months ago
Key issues to watch at the 78th UN General Assembly
Episode 16
With the high-level general debate of the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly taking place next week, leaders from around the world w…
2 years, 11 months ago
The END Fund's new board chair, and the UK's potential ODA increase
Episode 15
This week The END Fund announced Tsitsi Masiyiwa as the organization’s new board chair, with the aim of ushering in more African voices into discussi…
3 years ago
USAID's staffing shortages, and country-owned strategies in development
Episode 14
This week Devex Climate Correspondent William Worley sat down with Meike van Ginneken, the Netherlands’ special envoy for water, who argued that we s…
3 years ago
Open Society Foundations' reorganization, and World Water Week
Episode 13
For the latest episode of the podcast, I am joined by global strategy and development leader Nasra Ismail and Devex Business Editor David Ainsworth t…
3 years ago
U.S. and allies block key UN agreement and Germany's aid cuts
Episode 12
This week we broke an exclusive story on the United States, the United Kingdom, and a handful of allied powers blocking an agreement on a draft decla…
3 years, 1 month ago
USAID’s record breaking localization push and the impact of UK aid cuts
Episode 11
This week Devex reported that the U.S. Agency for International Development saw a record-breaking obligation to local contractors in 2022, up 169.8% …
3 years, 1 month ago
The UK's refugee bill and a call to fight HIV and AIDS
Episode 10
While we usually expect the summer months to be slower than usual, it has certainly not been the case over the past week. In an exclusive Devex story…
3 years, 1 month ago