Podcast Episodes

Can One Crisis Solve Another? Debt-for-Nature Swaps with Sawsan Bou Fakhreddine

Season 2 Episode 14

As mounting debt strangles public services and climate disasters escalate, a provocative idea is gaining ground: what if countries could trade their debt burdens for environmental action? In this epi…

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

The Aid Localization Mirage: Dr. Duncan Green on Why Shifting Power Means Rethinking Aid

Season 2 Episode 13

“Localization” has become one of the most repeated terms in international development—but is it a genuine shift, or just a new label for old practices? In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues pod…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Abandonment at the Breaking Point: Confronting Aid Cuts with Stephen Cornish

Season 2 Episode 12

Abandonment at the Breaking Point: Confronting the Aid Cuts with Stephen Cornish  

By: DevelopmentAid Dialogues 

In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues podcast, host Hisham Allam speaks with Steph…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Aid cuts: Gamble on development or risky retreat? Insights from Professor Stefan Dercon

Season 2 Episode 11

In this 26th episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues podcast, host Hisham Allam interviews Stefan Dercon, Professor of Economic Policy at the University of Oxford and author of Gambling on Development, a…

Published on 6 months, 1 week ago

The War on Global Health | Diagnosing the Impact of Aid Cuts with Lisa Hilmi

Season 2 Episode 10

As foreign aid cuts ripple across donor nations, global health systems are beginning to fracture. In the 25th episode of the DevelopmentAid Dialogues podcast, host Hisham Allam sat down with Lisa M. …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Unveiling the aid cuts: Between chaos and power shifts | Rethinking the aid model with Katri Bertram

Season 2 Episode 9

As foreign aid budgets shrink across Western nations, the global development sector is confronting a moment of reckoning. In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues, host Hisham Allam speaks with Ka…

Published on 7 months ago

Water shortage isn't the problem - we are. Navigating the water crisis with David Shackleton.

Season 2 Episode 8

In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues, host Hisham Allam speaks with David Shackleton, CEO of SIS.BIO, about a problem that rarely makes headlines but affects millions every day: water that’s t…

Published on 7 months, 2 weeks ago

The Future of Aid, Donald Trump, and the Prisoner’s Dilemma | A dialogue with Dr. Göran Holmqvist

Season 2 Episode 7

While the drastic aid cuts announced by the largest donors are making the headlines around the world, a deeper issue may be at stake. In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues, host Hisham Allam sp…

Published on 8 months ago

Corruption in healthcare, education & infrastructure: who pays the price in developing countries? | Dialogue with Jean-Pierre Méan, Attorney-at-law

Season 2 Episode 6

One of the biggest barriers to sustainable development is still corruption, which undermines confidence in institutions, damages economies, and especially affects the most vulnerable. Host Hisham All…

Published on 8 months, 2 weeks ago

International Development Exodus: Who Pays the Price When the U.S. Pulls Out? discussion with Felix Gnehm

Season 2 Episode 5

In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues, host Hisham Allam confronted the seismic repercussions of the United States’ decision to slash USAID funding—a policy shift that destabilized the global a…

Published on 9 months, 1 week ago