The US government avoids a shutdown, and the World Bank's big plan
Even though the U.S. government avoided a shutdown this week, serious concerns remain over whether lawmakers will be able to hammer out a federal budget for fiscal 2024 within the next 45 days, leavin...
6 Okt 202337min
How the white savior complex impacts global development
Following the release of “White Savior,” a new HBO documentary series following Renee Bach, a white missionary who tasked herself with managing a clinic in Uganda with no medical training, we reflect ...
28 Sep 202333min
What did we learn at the 78th UN General Assembly?
Last week saw the annual gathering of heads of state, thought leaders, civil society members, development professionals, and other industry personalities in New York City for the 78th session of the U...
26 Sep 202328min
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 Samarasinghe, head of global advocacy at Open Society Foundat...
18 Sep 202339min
Key issues to watch at the 78th UN General Assembly
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 will be gathering in New York City to talk through s...
15 Sep 202329min
The END Fund's new board chair, and the UK's potential ODA increase
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 discussions about increasing funding for neglected tropical...
8 Sep 202328min
USAID's staffing shortages, and country-owned strategies in development
This week Devex Climate Correspondent William Worley sat down with Meike van Ginneken, the Netherlands’ special envoy for water, who argued that we should be prioritizing investment to help overcome i...
1 Sep 202331min
Open Society Foundations' reorganization, and World Water Week
For the latest episode of the podcast, I am joined by global strategy and development leader Nasra Ismail and Devex Business Editor David Ainsworth to discuss the top stories in global development, in...
25 Aug 202334min
