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Special edition: Early detection in Brazil is a game changer for lung cancer care
In a special edition of the This Week in Global Development podcast, Devex cofounder and Executive Vice President Alan Robbins sits down with Brazili…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
What can we expect from the 79th World Health Assembly?
Episode 145
This week, we look ahead to the key talking points at the 79th World Health Assembly, where the Devex team will be reporting from next week. As the W…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
Special edition: Turning sustainable energy into a viable asset class in Africa
In this special episode of This Week in Global Development, Alain Ebobissé, CEO of Africa50, joins Devex Managing Editor Anna Gawel to discuss a para…
4 months ago
Inside the corruption scandal that tarnished the UN
Episode 144
This week, we take you inside a Devex exclusive: the $60 million fiasco at the United Nations, a complex story with an equally complex set of charact…
4 months ago
Reform or be defunded: The Trump administration’s demands for the UN
Episode 143
In an internal memo seen by Devex, the Trump administration has threatened to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in funding to the United Natio…
4 months, 1 week ago
The new world order of aid: Inside the Skoll World Forum
Episode 142
This week, we are on the ground in Oxford for the Skoll World Forum, an annual international convening of social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, and …
4 months, 2 weeks ago
Special edition: Visionomics - how eyeglasses drive economic growth
In a special edition of the This Week in Development podcast, Devex Executive Vice President Alan Robbins sits down with Ambassador Keisha McGuire, c…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Global Progress in the AI Era: The future of AI will be decided by small choices with big stakes
In this episode of Global Progress in the AI Era, a government minister and tech entrepreneur argue that the future of AI will be determined by thous…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Inside the World Bank Spring Meetings
Episode 141
Against the backdrop of the World Bank and IMF Spring Meetings, Devex reporters Adva Saldinger, Michael Igoe, and Ayenat Mersie dissect the stories t…
4 months, 3 weeks ago
Special edition: Every crisis is political - redefining humanitarian response
The international aid system has long operated on the ideal of "neutrality," but our latest episode of This Week in Global Development, sponsored by …
4 months, 4 weeks ago