Development Drums
By Owen Barder
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Podcast Description
Development Drums takes an in depth look at key issues in international development and global poverty.
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Episode 31: David Roodman on Microfinance | Center for Global Development Senior Fellow David Roodman talks about his latest book 'Due Diligence, An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance'. - David discusses the evidence surrounding the effects of microfinance on the lives of the world's poo... | 5/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 30: Interviews with EBRD Candidates | Four candidates to lead the EBRD set out their position. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 29: Toby Ord on Giving What We Can | Toby Ord, founder of Giving What We Can | 4/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 28: Tim Harford on Adapt (why success always begins with failure) | Tim Harford talks about his book Adapt: Why Success Always Begins with Failure. | 2/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 27: Tony Blair | Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks about his Africa Governance Initiative, about globalization, development, democracy and governance in Africa, leadership, the role of the Department for International Development, and his own future. | 6/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 26: China in Africa | China in Africa with Deborah Brautigam | 5/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 25: Global development challenges | Malini Mehra from the Center for Social Markets and Alex Evans from the Center on International Cooperation at NYU discuss ten big global challenges for development. | 2/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 24: The New Bottom Billion | Andy Sumner (IDS) and Claire Melamed (ODI) discuss the implications of Andy's paper, Global Poverty and The New Bottom Billion. | 12/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 23: Famine and Foreigners | Peter Gill talks on Development Drums about his new book, Famine and Foreigners: Ethiopia Since Live Aid. | 10/18/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 22: Enough – Hunger in an Age of Plenty | Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman talk about their book Enough: Why The World's Poorest Starve In An Age of Plenty. Download transcript (pdf) | 5/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 21: Randomized Evaluation | In this edition of Development drums, Owen talks to Rachel Glennerster, Director of the Poverty Action Lab, about rigorous evaluation of development programmes. - Rachel explains how rigorous evaluation techniques can give important insights into the ... | 4/19/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 20: Corruption | Daniel Kaufmann and Mushtaq Khan debate the role and importance of tackling corruption as part of a development strategy. - Download transcript (pdf) | 11/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 19: Beyond Planning | Guest presenter Alison Evans, Director of ODI, interviews Owen Barder about his new paper, Beyond Planning: Markets and Networks for Better Aid, and Roger Riddell, author of two key books on aid and a non-executive director of Oxford Policy Management. | 10/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 18: Portfolios of the Poor | Daryl Colliins and Jonathan Morduch discuss their book, co-authored with Stuart Rutherford and Orland Ruthven, Portfolios of the Poor. - Forty percent of the world's population lives on less than $2 a day. | 8/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 17: Obama in Ghana | President Obama spoke in Ghana on July 11, 2009 about US policy towards Africa. - In this episode of Development Drums, Todd Moss and Chris Blattman join me to talk about the speech, and what it means for the US and Africa. - | 7/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 16: False Economy | Alan Beattie, World Trade Editor of the Financial Times, talks about his new book, False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World, with Professor Robert Wade of the London School of Economics. - Running time 41 minutes; size 17.8 Mb. - | 7/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 15: Peter Singer | Professor Peter Singer talks on Development Drums about his new book, The Life You Can Save. This book sets out an ethical case for why people should give more money to people in developing countries. - Here are the links mentioned in the podcast. - | 6/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 14: Philanthrocapitalism | Matthew Bishop and Mike Green talk about their book, Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and Why We Should Let Them - Running time 1 hour 5 minutes; size 33.8 Mb. - Download transcript (pdf) | 5/23/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 13: Butijira | Andrew Mitchell MP, the shadow Secretary of State for International Development in the British Conservative party, talks about whether and how UK policy on development would change if the Conservatives win the next General Election. - | 5/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 12: The Hague | The authors of the WrongingRights blog, Kate Cronin-Furman and Amanda Taub, help to clear up the mysteries of international criminal law. - Running time: 46 minutes 47 seconds. Size: 22Mb - Download transcript (pdf) - | 3/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 11: Moorgate | Nancy Birdsall (CGD) and Simon Maxwell (ODI) reflect on the London Poverty Summit on 9th and 10th March; and Minouche Shafik (DFID) talks about the forthcoming DFID White Paper. - Running time: 1 hour and 11 minutes. File size: 32.4 Mb - | 3/14/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 10: Oxford | Paul Collier talks about his prize winning book The Bottom Billion, and his new book published this month in the UK, Wars Guns and Votes. | 3/5/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 9: Rome | Are donors living up to their promises? Eckhard Deutscher (Chair of the Development Assistance Committee) and Richard Carey (Director of the Development Cooperation Directorate of the OECD) talk about the 2009 Development Cooperation Report, | 2/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 8: Timkat | Jonathan Glennie talks about his new book, The Trouble With Aid. | 1/19/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 7: Sophiatown | The food crisis and international tax reform, with guests Alex Cobham (Christian Aid) and Stephen Devereux (Institute for Development Studies). | 11/13/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 6: Grant Park | What will the US elections means for US foreign assistance? Guests Ruth Levine (Center for Global Development), Paul O'Brien (Oxfam America) discuss the implications for US foreign assistance of the US elections. | 11/9/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 5: Kivu – A Congo Backgrounder | Backgrounder on Eastern Congo with Patrick Smith. - In this additional episode of Development Drums, Patrick Smith, editor of Africa Confidential, explains what is happening in the Eastern Congo. - Download transcript (pdf) - | 11/2/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 4: Gabarone | Guests Shanta Devarajan and Sheila Page. Discussion of the impact of the economic crisis on developing countries, the food crisis, moves towards a new Free Trade Area for Africa, and the Mo Ibrahim Prize for good governance. | 10/31/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 3: Washington | Ngaire Woods and David Roodman discuss the impact of the financial crisis on developing countries and proposals for reform of international institutions. | 10/24/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 2: Harare | With guests Peter daCosta in Kinshasa and Professor Adrian Wood of Oxford University - Download transcript (pdf) - We've done our best to respond to feedback: the sound quality is better more voices voices from the South more, | 9/23/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Episode 1: Accra | With guest Simon Maxwell of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). - Download transcript (pdf) - Discussion of: Accra High Level Forum Accra Agenda for Action (pdf) Simon Maxwell Blog Report on Accra UN MDG Gap Task Force Report | 9/11/08 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 31 Episodes |
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