Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice

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These podcasts are recordings from the Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice lecture series 2021/22 and 2020/21, a visiting lecture series coordinated by Professor in Practice in the Department, Duncan Green and Professor of Development S

LSE Department of International Development


    • Feb 16, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 26 EPISODES


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    S2,E13 Isabella Weber – How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2022 83:24


    Isabella Weber on How China Escaped Shock Therapy: The Market Reform Debate. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S2,E12 Lise Grande – Peacebuilding in Today's World

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2022 51:57


    Lise Grande on Reflections on Peacebuilding in Today's World. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S2,E11 Irungu Houghton – Human rights organising in Africa during a global pandemic

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2022 60:37


    Irungu Houghton on Human rights organising in Africa during a global pandemic: Trends and Insights. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S2,E10 Tasneem Essop – Outcomes of COP26 and Where Next on Climate?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 56:53


    Tasneem Essop on Outcomes of COP26 and where next on Climate? The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S2,E9 Terhas Clark and Mosharraf Hossain – Disability, Development, Rights and Inclusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 8, 2021 58:40


    Terhas Clark and Mosharraf Hossain on Disability, Development, Rights and Inclusion. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S2,E8 Ingrid Srinath – COVID-19, Corporatisation and Closing Space: The Triple Threat to Civil Society in India

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2021 65:28


    Ingrid Srinath on COVID-19, Corporatisation and Closing Space: The Triple Threat to Civil Society in India. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S2,E7 Agnes Kalibata – Paradigm Shifts in Food Systems

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 24, 2021 60:57


    S2,E6 Jayati Ghosh – Access to Vaccines and the Limiting Role of Intellectual Property Rights and Pharma Monopolies

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2021 68:03


    Jayati Ghosh on Access to vaccines and the limiting role of intellectual property rights and pharma monopolies. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S2,E5 Mushtaq Khan – Making Anti-Corruption Effective: A New Approach

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 80:44


    Mushtaq Khan on Making Anti-Corruption Effective: A New Approach. The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S2,E4 Clare Short – What's wrong with Aid?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 52:15


    Clare Short on What's wrong with Aid? The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S2,E3 Gabriel Palma – Why the Rich Stay Rich (no matter what)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2021 76:02


    Guest lecturer, Gabriel Palma joins us to talk to us about "Why the Rich Stay Rich (no matter what)". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S2, E2 Ha-Joon Chang – The Political Economy of Parasite (the movie)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2021 82:12


    Ha-Joon Chang on The Political Economy of Parasite (the movie). The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S2, E1 The Implosion of the Afghan State: What next for women and the nation?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2021 80:59


    Antonio Giustozzi, Deniz Kandiyoti, Graeme Smith, Pashtana Durrani and Dr. Orzala Nemat guest lecture panel on The implosion of the Afghan State: what next for women and the nation? The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E13 Mariana Mazzucato – A Mission Oriented Approach to Stakeholder Value

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 30, 2021 83:29


    Guest lecturer, Mariana Mazzucato joins us from London to talk to us about "A Mission Oriented Approach to Stakeholder Value". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E12 Kate Raworth – Doughnut Economics: turning a radical idea into irresistible practice

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 23, 2021 75:45


    Guest lecturer, Kate Raworth joins us from Oxford to talk to us about "Doughnut Economics: turning a radical idea into irresistible practice.". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S1, E11 Yuen Yuen Ang – Unbundling Corruption: Why it Matters and How to Do It

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2021 58:25


    Guest lecturer, Yuen Yuen Ang joins us from Michigan to talk to us about "Unbundling Corruption: Why it Matters and How to Do It". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E10 Akosua Adomako Ampofo – Decolonising Academia

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 9, 2021 68:17


    Guest lecturer, Akosua Adomako Ampofo joins us from Accra to talk to us about "Decolonising Academia". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S1, E9 Ha-Joon Chang – Building Pro-Developmental Multilateralism – Towards a ‘New' New International Economic Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 2, 2021 78:52


    Guest lecturer, Ha-Joon Chang joins us from Cambridge to talk to us about "Building Pro-Developmental Multilateralism – Towards a ‘New' New International Economic Order". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S1, E8 Danny Quah – Global Power Shift to Asia: Great Power Competition in the Marketplace for World Order

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 70:44


    Guest lecturer, Danny Quah joins us from Singapore to talk to us about "Global Power Shift to Asia: Great Power Competition in the Marketplace for World Order". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E7 Clare Short – Reflecting on the demise of DfID

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 19, 2021 44:14


    Guest lecturer, Clare Short joins us to speak to us about "Reflecting on the demise of DfID". The lecture part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E6 Nora Lustig – Inequality in Latin America: Markets, Covid-19 and Policies

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 12, 2021 75:28


    Guest lecturer, Nora Lustig joins us from Washington DC to talk to us about "Inequality in Latin America: Markets, Covid-19 and Policies". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E5 Jimi Adesina – Why Development and Transformative Social Policy Matter: Lessons of COVID-19 in Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 5, 2021 74:03


    Guest lecturer, Jimi Adesina joins us from Pretoria to talk to us about "Why Development and Transformative Social Policy Matter: Lessons of COVID-19 in Africa". The lecture is in honour of Prof Thandika Mkandawire and is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development.

    S1, E4 Branko Milanovic – Capitalism Alone: The Future of the System that Rules the World

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 29, 2021 55:50


    Guest lecturer, Branko Milanovic joins us from New York to talk to us about "The Future of the System that Rules the World". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E3 Panel on China in Africa

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2021 68:19


    Guest lecturers, Deborah Brautigam; Folashade Soule-Kohndou and Shirley Ze Yu talk to us about "China in Africa". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series. 

    S1, E2 Saleemul Huq – Human Induced Climate Change: Dealing with Loss & Damage

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2021 56:54


    Guest lecturer, Saleemul Huq joins us from Dhaka to talk to us about "Human Induced Climate Change: Dealing with loss and damage". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

    S1, E1 Jayati Ghosh: The Pandemic and the Indian government's response

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 75:15


    Guest lecturer, Jayati Ghosh joins us from New Delhi to talk to us about "The Pandemic and the Indian government's response". The lecture is part of the LSE ID Cutting Edge Issues in Development Thinking & Practice series.

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