Podcasts about capacity development

Today's Five-Star Guest is Courtney Backen, Director of Community and Capacity Development for GiveMN and RaiseMN. Courtney leads the charge on resource and tool building for GiveMN and RaiseMN.With a background in fundraising for several Minnesota-based organizations like Friends of the Hennepin County Library, Environment Minnesota, and Minnesota Public Radio, Courtney helps provide fundraising tools and resources that take nonprofits and schools to the next level.Courtney graduated from Concordia College-Moorhead with an English Literature degree (her favorite authors are Haruki Murakami and Louise Erdrich) and received her master's in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University.When she's not fundraising, you can find Courtney knitting, shopping at Trader Joe's or taste-testing the newest Haribo gummy flavor.RaiseMN is the answer to years of research, listening, and planning as the GiveMN board and staff sought to fill the critical gap identified by Minnesota nonprofits: a lack of confidence that organizational fundraising strategy and infrastructure will keep up with the demands of their missions, especially among small- to medium-sized nonprofits.Learn More About RaiseMN:  https://www.raisemn.org/Learn More about GiveMN:  https://www.givemn.org/Get on our waiting list for our new nonprofit & fundraising community filled with on-demand courses and live webinars that are exclusive to members! Learn all about what's in store to support you and your leadership team at www.DoGoodYOUniversity.com!Support This Podcast! Make a quick and easy donation here:https://www.patreon.com/dogoodbetterSpecial THANK YOU to our sponsors:Donor Dock - The best CRM system for your small to medium sized nonprofit, hands down! Visit www.DonorDock.com and use the Promo Code DOGOODBETTER for a FREE month!iTunes: https://apple.co/3a3XenfSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2PlqRXsYouTube: https://bit.ly/3kaWYanTunein: http://tun.in/pjIVtStitcher: https://bit.ly/3i8jfDRFollow On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoodBetterPodcast/Follow On Twitter: @consulting_do #fundraising #fundraiser #charity #nonprofit #donate#dogood #dogoodBETTER #fargo #fundraisingdadAbout Host Patrick Kirby:Email: Patrick@dogoodbetterconsulting.comLinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fundraisingdad/Want more great advice? Buy Patrick's book! Now also available as an e-book!Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing GoodAvailable through Amazon Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1072070359

It's been a year of weather extremes — again. But there's also been cause for  renewed hope about our climate future. On the heels of this year's international climate conference held in the oil-rich Middle East, Climate One hosts Greg Dalton and Ariana Brocious review major climate stories of the year, both lows and highs. This special episode features excerpts from some of Climate One's most surprising, moving and compelling interviews of 2023, including conversations with luminaries Rev. Lennox Yearwood and Rebecca Solnit, White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, climate activist Nalleli Cobo and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker. Guests:  Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., CEO, Hip Hop Caucus  Kathy Baughman-McLeod, Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center; Senior VP, Atlantic Council  Ali Zaidi, White House Climate Advisor Jane Fonda, Activist, Actor Nalleli Cobo, Cofounder, People Not Pozos Ralph Chami, Assistant Director, Western Hemisphere Division, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF Bernie Krause, Soundscape Ecologist Paolo Bacigalupi, author John Curtis, U.S. Representative (R-UT) Cory Booker, United States Senator, New Jersey Rebecca Solnit, Writer, Historian, Activist For show notes and related links, visit our website.

It's been a year of weather extremes — again. But there's also been cause for  renewed hope about our climate future. On the heels of this year's international climate conference held in the oil-rich Middle East, Climate One hosts Greg Dalton and Ariana Brocious review major climate stories of the year, both lows and highs. This special episode features excerpts from some of Climate One's most surprising, moving and compelling interviews of 2023, including conversations with luminaries Rev. Lennox Yearwood and Rebecca Solnit, White House Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi, climate activist Nalleli Cobo and U.S. Sen. Cory Booker. Guests:  Rev. Lennox Yearwood, Jr., CEO, Hip Hop Caucus  Kathy Baughman-McLeod, Director, Adrienne Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center; Senior VP, Atlantic Council  Ali Zaidi, White House Climate Advisor Jane Fonda, Activist, Actor Nalleli Cobo, Cofounder, People Not Pozos Ralph Chami, Assistant Director, Western Hemisphere Division, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF Bernie Krause, Soundscape Ecologist Paolo Bacigalupi, author John Curtis, U.S. Representative (R-UT) Cory Booker, United States Senator, New Jersey Rebecca Solnit, Writer, Historian, Activist For show notes and related links, visit our website.

The pace at which artificial intelligence is transforming jobs is astounding, but while it boasts higher productivity AI is also increasing wage inequality. When workers are replaced by machines, real wages decline, and the owners of capital prosper. So who owns AI and how should its benefits be distributed? In this podcast, the IMFs Andrew Berg and Maryam Vaziri discuss AI's inequality problem, the subject of their article in December's special AI edition of Finance and Development magazine. Berg is Deputy Director, and Vaziri is an economist, both in the IMF Institute for Capacity Development.  Transcript: https://bit.ly/3NdgRxR

Kasmira Cryer is someone who saw first-hand the devisivness media can create. Instead of staying in the problem she is committing herself to elevate media and social influence to unite the world! Tara Trantham is a lawyer determined to use her story to create better systems for victims of family violence and mental health issues. This dynamic duo are not only inspiring, they are creating a positive way forward, promoting love and acceptance for all. Follow them both on social media to keep up with their latest projects.Amanda Kazzy Cryer is a Filmmaker, Social Impact Influencer, Consultant and Strategist. She is committed to elevating voices through social media, film and traditional media, and is passionate about media-driven projects that bring awareness to social issues. Having lived and worked in both developed and developing countries, she has been active in co-creating opportunities to solve problems, shift systems, and activate the inner capacity of leaders to create lasting change. As a social impact influencer and consultant, Amanda has coached and worked with hundreds of people from all different backgrounds including influencers, leading change makers and emerging changemakers in media, celebrities, community activists, leaders at the United Nations, scientists, philosophers, thought-leaders, TV and Film personalities, Nobel Prize recipients, CEOs, actors, and founders of nonprofits and triple bottom line organizations. Since 2009, Amanda has been practicing the Conscious Full Spectrum Response framework developed by her mentor Dr. Monica Sharma (former Director of Leadership and Capacity Development at the United Nations) in systems shift language and transformative dialogue in media. The CFSR is a unique response model based on extensive application, which simultaneously in time solves problems, illuminates and shifts systems and creates new patterns sourced from individual inner capacity and transformational leadership. This particular model has generated sustainable results worldwide. ​Amanda was the Project Director for United Global Shift, a non profit that delivers workshops for people engaged in initiatives that make a difference. UGS coaches people on projects that both empower individuals and shift the systems that perpetuate chronic issues such as poverty, discrimination, environmental degradation and war. United Global Shift works with leaders and emerging leaders who want to be at the forefront of positive change. UGS mission statement: We are causing a united global shift in what is possible for humanity, focusing on the environment, entrepreneurship, health and education. A shift from survival and scarcity to possibility and peace. Amanda coached emerging leaders in project management and strategic planning that addressed systemic issues.​As a filmmaker, Amanda's productions have included What They Wanted, What They Got, which sold to Showtime; and the multiple award winning, Luz: The Flower of Evil. From 2009 to 2012, she worked with a cohort of Native American actors, including alumni of the Twilight film series, to bring awareness to the water infrastructure issues negatively impacting Indigenous communities across the country. She also worked at Roy Lee's production company Vertigo Entertainment (Doctor Sleep, It, The Departed, The Lego Movie) and served as a producer on the award-winning short film The Lord of Catan starring Fran Kranz (The Cabin in The Woods,Mass) and Amy Acker (Person of Interest, Angel). She co-founded Do Good Media and 1 Voice World, production companies involved in the development and co-creation of media driven projects that look at what's possible when we overcome polarization and move towards unity. Amanda's latest film, Inside Men, highlights personal stories from people whom the prison system has affected in one way or another, the injustices of the prison industrial complex repudiating governmental structures, and private industries that view prisons as a solution to their bottom lines and societal challenges.​She is a conscious activist for ethical eating, prison reform, mental health, addiction, human trafficking and people experiencing homelessness and poverty.Tara received her B.A. degree in Political Science with a minor in Religious Studies from The University of North Carolina in 1995 where she was involved in various campus organizations. She went on to receive her J.D. degree from The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois, where she was ranked in the Top 15% of her class, on the Dean's List and received the Dean's Grant Scholarship. She studied International Comparative Law in Norway, was a Student Advisor and a member of Moot Court Health Law Competition Team along with other campus organizations.Tara began her career at AGFA Corporation, Healthcare Division, as an Assistant General Counsel in August 2001. In August 2005, she accepted a position as Vice President and Assistant General Counsel with Sherman Financial Group, LLC/Resurgent Capital Services, LLP. She was Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel at Security Finance Corporation of Spartanburg from 2009 to 2012. Tara became the Senior Vice President, Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel of World Acceptance Corporation in 2013 to 2018. Tara served as Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, Secretary and General Counsel for Heights Finance from 2018 to 2021.Tara was appointed General Counsel and Chief Legal Officer for Omni Financial until December 2021.In February of 2022, Tara founded her own fractional general counsel company, Rise Legal Team.Tara is an experienced, detail oriented corporate lawyer with excellent litigation and management skills and is a driven team leader. Having over 23 years of experience, Tara is an expert in the financial services industry and specializes in regulatory compliance and risk management, SEC reporting, mergers and acquisitions and licensing issues. Her expertise led to handling the seminal CID from the CFPB in the installment loan industry resulting in a no finding.She is a member of the Georgia Bar, the American Bar Association, and has served on the Board of Directors for American Financial Services Association, Served on the Law Committee with American Financial Services Association (AFSA). Served as Chair of the State and Government Affairs Committee with AFSA. Tara has been very active in her local community as well, serving on the Board of Safe Harbor, the Board of the Greenville Symphony, was a member of the class of 35 Leadership Greenville, Furman Diversity and Inclusion Program, Greenville Professional Women's Forum, Member of Female Leaders of the Upstate, and spends much of her time volunteering at local organizations.Tara is married to her husband Jonathan and has one son Christian. She treasures time with her family and loves to watch her son play football. Tara has completed her first book, entitled, “Take Off that Mask, Life Ain't No Masquerade Ball”, detailing her personal journey from a failed suicide attempt to thriving and living with joy, love and kindness.Tara Trantham | LinkedInAmanda "Kazzy" Cryer | LinkedIn

Brazil's 2022 census shows its population is well over 203 million people with the most populace states in the southern part of the country. The Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics is responsible for the nation's census, as well as the gathering of other official statistics. Today three members of IBGE are joining us for this episode of Stats+Stories. Bianca Walsh is a technical assistant for the Director of the National School of Statistical Sciences (ENCE) at IBGE. She is currently the co-lead of the Statistical Literacy task team of the Global Network of Institutes for Statistical Training (GIST), and has been an active member of the Training, Competencies and Capacity Development task team for the UN Big Data Project since 2021. She is also member of the technical board of the Regional Hub of Big Data in Brazil, specifically conceiving and promoting capacity-building events in the area. Ana Laura Azevedo is a Journalist with experience in social media management, video scripting and management, data journalism, press relations and internal communications. Currently, she is an analyst at the IBGE's Center for Information Documentation and Dissemination (CDDI), in the area of Journalism / Social Networks. Agláia Tavares is a Journalist with experience in social media management, data journalism, press relations and internal communications, and children's books. Currently, she is the manager of Content and Promotion Management (GECOP) at IBGE's Center for Information Documentation and Dissemination (CDDI) since 2022.

Today's Five-Star Guest is Courtney Backen, Director of Community and Capacity Development for GiveMN and RaiseMN.  Courtney leads the charge on resource and tool building for GiveMN and RaiseMN.With a background in fundraising for several Minnesota-based organizations like Friends of the Hennepin County Library, Environment Minnesota, and Minnesota Public Radio, Courtney helps provide fundraising tools and resources that take nonprofits and schools to the next level.Courtney graduated from Concordia College-Moorhead with an English Literature degree (her favorite authors are Haruki Murakami and Louise Erdrich) and received her master's in Nonprofit Management from Hamline University.When she's not fundraising, you can find Courtney knitting, shopping at Trader Joe's or taste-testing the newest Haribo gummy flavor. RaiseMN is the answer to years of research, listening, and planning as the GiveMN board and staff sought to fill the critical gap identified by Minnesota nonprofits: a lack of confidence that organizational fundraising strategy and infrastructure will keep up with the demands of their missions, especially among small- to medium-sized nonprofits. Learn More About RaiseMN:  https://www.raisemn.org/ Learn More about GiveMN:  https://www.givemn.org/Get on our waiting list for our new nonprofit & fundraising community filled with on-demand courses and live webinars that are exclusive to members! Learn all about what's in store to support you and your leadership team at www.DoGoodYOUniversity.com!Support This Podcast! Make a quick and easy donation here:https://www.patreon.com/dogoodbetterSpecial THANK YOU to our sponsors:Donor Dock - The best CRM system for your small to medium sized nonprofit, hands down! Visit www.DonorDock.com and use the Promo Code DOGOODBETTER for a FREE month!iTunes: https://apple.co/3a3XenfSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2PlqRXsYouTube: https://bit.ly/3kaWYanTunein: http://tun.in/pjIVtStitcher: https://bit.ly/3i8jfDRFollow On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DoGoodBetterPodcast/Follow On Twitter: @consulting_do #fundraising #fundraiser #charity #nonprofit #donate#dogood #dogoodBETTER #fargo #fundraisingdadAbout Host Patrick Kirby:Email: Patrick@dogoodbetterconsulting.comLinkedIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fundraisingdad/Want more great advice? Buy Patrick's book! Now also available as an e-book!Fundraise Awesomer! A Practical Guide to Staying Sane While Doing GoodAvailable through Amazon Here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1072070359

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When most of us think about using nature to remove carbon dioxide from the air, we think of trees. Yet blue carbon, a new name for storing carbon dioxide in coastal and marine ecosystems where it can no longer trap heat in our atmosphere, may have even greater potential. Salt marshes and mangroves have carbon-capturing capacity that may surpass that of terrestrial forests. Seagrasses, for example, currently cover less than 0.2% of the ocean floor, but store about 10% of the carbon buried in the oceans each year. How can natural, ocean-based solutions benefit both the planet and the people who live in and depend on coastal ecosystems?  Guests:  Ralph Chami, Assistant Director, Western Hemisphere Division, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF Emily Pidgeon, Vice President, Ocean Science And Innovation, Conservation International Irina Fedorenko-Aula, Founder, Co-CEO, Vlinder Isabella Masinde, CEO, Umita For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When most of us think about using nature to remove carbon dioxide from the air, we think of trees. Yet blue carbon, a new name for storing carbon dioxide in coastal and marine ecosystems where it can no longer trap heat in our atmosphere, may have even greater potential. Salt marshes and mangroves have carbon-capturing capacity that may surpass that of terrestrial forests. Seagrasses, for example, currently cover less than 0.2% of the ocean floor, but store about 10% of the carbon buried in the oceans each year. How can natural, ocean-based solutions benefit both the planet and the people who live in and depend on coastal ecosystems?  Guests:  Ralph Chami, Assistant Director, Western Hemisphere Division, Institute for Capacity Development, IMF Emily Pidgeon, Vice President, Ocean Science And Innovation, Conservation International Irina Fedorenko-Aula, Founder, Co-CEO, Vlinder Isabella Masinde, CEO, Umita For show notes and related links, visit ClimateOne.org Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This podcast was originally recorded on November 18, 2022, for the CID Speaker Series featuring Aleem Walji, Senior Advisor - Strategy, Innovation and Partnerships at the Institute for Capacity Development, International Monetary Fund. Aleem continued the conversation with CID Student Ambassador, Aining Liang, after an appearance at the CID Speaker Series event. Exponential technologies will not improve the lives of the poor by default. Design choices will determine who benefits from digital disruption and who is left behind. Two decades ago, many predicted that a digital divide would marginalize already underserved populations. While there are examples of digital exclusion, technologies like the mobile phone, mobile money and new delivery models have led to significant innovation and inclusion in financial services, health, education and agriculture. Recent advancements in artificial intelligence, machine learning and distributed ledgers, however, are not ‘inclusive by design'. Hardware is not distributed equally and most poor populations do not have reliable access to broadband, computing power or electricity. Delivery model innovation and how tech-enabled enterprises partner with the local, state and federal governments will determine whether these technologies will benefit the poor, result in greater inclusivity and drive greater equity.

When an owner-operator decides to lease on to Landstar, it's usually not a decision made lightly. On this episode, we have Scott Ray, Landstar Vice President of Capacity Development answering the frequently asked questions from truck drivers about the process and requirements for leasing on to Landstar, what it means to be a Landstar BCO, and what to expect as an independent business owner with the support of Landstar and the Landstar network to keep you loaded and on the road. Ray leaves everything on the table when he answers questions about potential income, insurance, equipment, the onboarding process, and perks like fuel and tire savings, but if you have more questions or would like to speak to a recruiter, you can call 855-578-7226 or fill out the form on LeaseToLandstar.com.

You are more than your title, but some problems do come along with these titles. What are the problems which only CEOs face and can relate to? How does one go from an HR head to a full-time CEO? So when everybody around you is doubting you, how do you build faith in your team, and in your stakeholders? That's the story of Amit Malik. In this episode, let yourself experience the power of acceptance in tough times to come out winning.  An accomplished Business, Customer and People focused leader with over 23 years of experience in Financial Services – Insurance, Banks, Captives and FMCG. Being a strong believer of inclusion & diversity, building capability and bringing social impact through sustainability initiatives, has been making a difference at Aviva since last 9 years with expertise in areas of Business Transformation & Growth, Strategy & Consulting, Business Restructuring, Change Management, Digital Strategy, Financial Analysis & Impact, Leadership & Capacity Development, Operations & Customer Services Management. He has served as the Executive Director on Aviva India Board and member of all Board level Committees, working with both shareholders as part of the Joint Venture, as the Chief Executive Officer & Managing Director for the organization. With collaboration at heart, he has worked with global teams and have a strong track record of Developing Leaders and building high-performance teams. He is also a Certified Coach from ICF and Erickson and was Awarded ‘Top 40 HR Leaders' 2014 in the country by Asia Pacific HR Congress. He has been an esteemed speaker at various forums, jury member and authored several articles on Future of Insurance, Customer services, Innovation and personalization , Key trends and practices in leading national dailies.Personally he is very keen to work towards increasing the Financial literacy of a common Indian.

In order for democracy to thrive, there needs to be good journalism. Journalism helps separate fact from fiction, inform the public and make sure that we live in a society that is informed and well-informed. Lady Ejiro Umukoro is a multi-award-winning broadcaster, investigative journalist, critically reviewed author, policy advocate, and political, civic intelligence, and gender rights activist, Spokesperson, and media executive with vast experience across the Media value chain ecosystem who helps create Start Up Radio Stations or help Revamp them as an Executive Consultant. ____________________________ For more about Obehi Podcast, visit our YouTube channel - ObehiPodcast. Check out also our official website Obehiewanfoh.com. Join our Content Membership for content creation strategy and digital entrepreneurship --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/obehi-podcast/message

WATER FOR WATER (WfW) is an international non-profit organisation with the vision of making the use of water resources climate-friendly and fair. Through long-term partnerships and holistic approaches, WfW sustainably improves the water and sanitation supply in Zambia and Mozambique. In Switzerland, Zambia and Mozambique, WfW places a strong focus on education and awareness-raising - always with the aim of establishing professional WASH systems and promoting the conscious use of water. Tumba M. Mupango is Programme Manager for Capacity Development at WfW in Zambia and advises the government in Zambia as a member of the Advisory Board. Question 1: Tumba, you have been working on water supply and sanitation projects in Zambia for more than ten years. Have you noticed any improvement? Answer: According to a demographic and health survey in Zambia, more than 36 percent of the population lacks access to basic water supply and more than 67 percent lack access to basic sanitation. Zambia has made many efforts to address these challenges. The development goal: to ensure access to fair and safe water and drinking water for all by 2030. Thanks to WfW, four districts of Lusaka, the capital of Zambia, have already been connected to the water supply. Question 2: As part of your work at WfW, you sit on the government's advisory board in Zambia, which deals with water and skills development issues. What are the challenges? Answer: Zambia's Vision 2030 focuses on skills development and investment in educational qualifications that respond to the demands of the labour market. With this in mind, we established the Water and Sanitation Sector Skills Advisory Board, which aims to match the increased demand for skilled labour in the sector with supply. WfW has supported over 500 students to gain trade and craft qualifications in the water and sanitation sector. Question 3: What is the difference that local people in Zambia experience through skills and know-how development? Answer: In 2020, there were about 3800 secondary schools, nine public universities and about 54 private universities in Zambia. Every year, over 100,000 students graduate from secondary school and cannot get into universities because higher education and universities in Zambia are expensive compared to vocational training. Question 4: Your personal story is a difficult one, but also very inspiring. You grew up in a family with six siblings and had to take care of your family from an early age. This hard time fostered your dedication to support women from disadvantaged backgrounds. Answer: I lost my father at the age of 13, my older siblings were just 17 and the youngest 6. We were raised by my mother and many hard-working women in my extended family. Because of this experience, I have always been committed to making life better for the next generation of women. Question 5: How is safe drinking water related to gender equality? And how do the projects you run help other women? Answer: There are direct and indirect links from our projects to gender equality. One is that the provision of clean water is a time factor, during which women could better engage in other economic activities that improve their livelihoods. On skills development: Most of the students I support are girls and women. The aim is for them to be self-sufficient and to finance their own livelihood. Links: Water for Water: https://wfw.ch/ Unseen Heroes: https://en.unseen-heroes.ch/heroes/tumba-m-mupango

Melissa speaks with Dr. Gaya Gamhewage about her work in the world's premier health organisation, the World Health Organisation (WHO), to prevent and response to sexual misconduct.  They talk about the importance of leaders being vocal, explicit and sincere about their commitment to living the organisation's values. They also surface a variety of tangible things organisations can do to reduce the exploitation of power, like:-        admit when there are failures, even though it is uncomfortable-        give immediate, timely and sustained support to victims and survivors, irrespective of the status of evidence and investigations-        integrate and emphasize values in vacancy notices, hiring, inductions and trainings-        ensure hires are screened, briefed, trained and sign a Code of Conduct-        build confidence in systems for reporting and investigations by resourcing them and showing results (e.g. an open accessible dashboard on the website tracking complaints follow-up, timely investigations, and following through with disciplinary actions); -        prevent retaliation against those reporting misconduct, even the subtle forms (e.g. letting contracts expire)-        create psychologically safe spaces to learn and speak up (e.g. upstander trainings as well as facilitating interactions between men and women, professionals and non-professionals, international and national staff)-        obliging every team across the organisation to select a team objective related to values, and assessing progress at the end of the year.Dr. Gaya Gamhewage is a medical doctor and public health expert with three decades of experience in the health sector. She has worked with the World Health Organization for over 20 years, mostly leading institutional capacity-building initiatives for health emergencies, including COVID-19 trainings. Since July 2021, she has been the Director a.i. for Prevention of and Response to Sexual Misconduct. Prior to this, Dr. Gamhewage was Head of Learning & Capacity Development for WHO's Health Emergencies Programme and worked in the Executive Director's Office where she introduced social learning for a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. Previously she led new areas of work for WHO including in health communications & behavioral change; risk communications & community engagement; and most recently, lifelong learning for health which included the development of the first-ever WHO Global Learning Strategy for Public Health. Dr Gamhewage has worked for national and international NGOs including the Save the Children UK and Norway, and was at the beginning of her career the Director of Community Health for Sarvodaya, a Sri Lankan NGO working in more than 15,000 villages. She holds two Masters Degrees in addition to her medical degree - in International Health and in International Policy-Making and Negotiation.To learn more, check out: -        WHO Director-General's opening remarks. The role of CSOs in the prevention, detection, and response to sexual exploitation, abuse, and harassment – 26 April 2022. https://www.who.int/director-general/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks.-the-role-of-csos-in-the-prevention--detection--and-response-to-sexual-exploitation--abuse--and-harassment---26-april-2022  -        Dotiv the Podcast, Episode 3: A journey from journalism to public health https://dotiv.life/dr-gaya-i-ep-3-a-journey-from-journalism-to-public-health/  -        Twitter: @GayaG  -        LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/gamhewage-gaya-36a1677To learn more about the CHS Alliance work on organisational culture and well-being, see: -        https://www.chsalliance.org/get-support/article/cultivating-caring-compassionate-aid-organisations/***Thanks to Ziada Abeid for editing the show.***

The intricacies of Capacity Building in its simplest term are growing the skills and the abilities you have. Capacity and capability are used interchangeably but are not totally the same. Capacity is basically what is contained in you or what you can contain and capability is your ability to do things. Ibitayo Ogunbanwo, ACIPM, AITD, the head of development at Kennedia Consulting Ltd gave insights on Capacity Building as our guest on SIGNALS on Lagos Talks 91.3 FM. He said capacity development is beyond just training but a continuous endeavor. He identified practicing what has been learned as a key index to measuring capacity development. He advised students who are currently at home due to the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike to see themselves as an entity, put in a little investment, and what is the investment? Time management, self-development. There are lots of things to learn online. Free courses on YouTube, Coursera, Udemy, and the like. There are practically a lot of things to do and learn. He spoke on the need for companies to tweak their policies so as to accommodate Gen Z, who he described as smart, sort-fused, and a must-have in the workplace. Ibitayo Ogunbanwo, ACIPM, AITD, an ardent believer in teamwork said more success will be recorded if all team members are working on the same goal. With good coercion, each team member lets go of their pride and ego and aim at the goal to win. The learning development expert shared with us the five stages of learning which are: 1. Unconscious Incompetence 2. Conscious incompetence 3. Conscious competence 4. Unconscious competence 5. Mastery. This and many more were shared on the radio programme (a production of Young & Cerebral) as hosted by Adewunmi Oshodi - Tapa Watch the full video on our YouTube channel https://bit.ly/3zrhVaY

Konrad Hauptfleisch is the Head of Capacity Development at IFOAM - Organics International, and has managed the Organic Academy since 2012. He brings 20 years of experience in management, facilitation, training and grassroots sector development.

The University of Hull deals with all aspects of water and oceans with respect to climate change which it presented at COP26 in Glasgow. Hiatt Jackson is the Technology Research Manager at the Flood Innovation Centre and explains how nature-based solutions can help us better manage flood water from extreme weather. The oceans not only threaten low lying land through rising sea levels but also offer a huge natural carbon sink to absorb excess carbon dioxide. However, this process can have damaging side effects: Dr Christina Roggatz, a research fellow in Marine Chemical Ecology at the University of Hull, has been looking into ocean acidification and its devastating impact on sea-life. The marine environment offers much potential for carbon sequestration which needs to be managed carefully to avoid further acidification. Economics determine the investment that will be made in this area as carbon values are attributed to natural absorption processes, plants and potentially to the ‘service' provided by living creatures from whales to elephants. We hear from Patricia Morales CEO of Filanthropia Cotés Solari, Ralph Chami, Co-Founder at Rebalance Earth and Assistant Director, Institute for Capacity Development, International Monetary Fund; and Paul Holthus, President and CEO, World Ocean Council, a global blue economy business and investment organisation. Our reporter Jonathan Levy compiled this report in our latest review from COP26

Achieving gender equality requires the intentional mobilization of resources worldwide to design and implement policies that protect and empower women. However, policies and development programs often rely on biased data collected in majority from men, making the needs and experiences of women and gender-diverse people essentially invisible. Today, we are joined by incredibly knowledgeable experts to discuss how big data can be leveraged to achieve gender equality.  Guests: Ali Dunn - Founder and Executive Director, Data Feminism Network Claudia Lopes - Research Lead for Capacity Development, United Nations University Institute for Global Health Joanne Crawford - Special Advisor, Equality Insights at International Women's Development Agency Produced by: Mycala Gill - Executive Producer, Beyond the Headlines

Janneh K. Wright: Building global economic power —  There is a direct connection between the economic, civic, and social engagement of a community and the prosperity of its business sector. Join Ramona as she and Janneh K. Wright discuss the Business Capacity Development Alliance (BCD Alliance). BCD Alliance aims to create the largest Black business network dedicated to the empowerment of the African American community and its business leaders. According to Janneh, through this network the community has the power and potential to control the supply chain that our businesses use and, therefore, increase the profitability within our businesses. Originally from Guyana and raised and based in Brooklyn, New York, Janneh is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Primus Business Management as well as the Founder of BCD Alliance. For more information about Janneh K. Wright, visit www.jannehkwright.com.

Wendy Perry is the Managing Director of Workforce BluePrint and  Entrepreneur Facilitator for Adelaide – West, Switch Start Scale.  Wendy is an entrepreneur herself, with her business doing work all over the world. Further to this, she is also an author, educator, explorer, innovator, mentor and speaker on Entrepreneurship and Innovation. Wendy is also a renowned expert in Workforce Planning and Development, Vocational Education and Training (VET),  International Capability and Capacity Development.  Wendy is living a life purpose, working to her strengths in Mentoring and facilitation, where she works alongside entrepreneurs, founders, individuals, organisations, start-ups, scaleups, students and unicorn companies.  On top of her own business, Wendy is strongly aligned to other business interests and partnerships, which include Australia Bhutan Ventures, Blue Poppy Ventures and Big Kids Adventures. In this episode, Wendy shares insights into her career journey, to the world she finds herself in now, her description of an entrepreneurial mindset and her approach to scaling the business globally: with tips on,  where to start, what countries to look at and a typical approach to take. We also discussed how to improve productivity and get stuff done, and how she manages her busy schedule. We talked about what is workforce strategy and why is it important, what the future of work looks like and to finish up, Wendy shared with us the meaning of her personal # of #humblehustle. Where to find Wendy PerryLinkedInEmail: wendy@workforceblueprint.com.auJoin the conversation on Synergy IQ LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram (@synergyiq) and please support other leaders by liking, subscribing and sharing this podcast. Access SynergyIQ Website to get to know more about us. Say hello to our host Daniel on LinkedIn.Books  and podcasts mentioned on this episode: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck  - by Mark MansonBlue Ocean Strategy - How to Create Uncontested Market Space and Make the Competition Irrelevant - By W. Chan Kim, Renee Mauborgne

Switzerland has chaired the SC since June 2020, and now that his chairmanship is coming to a close, we will sit down to have a chat with the chairperson, Mr. Carlos Orjales. The discussion will revolve around Switzerland's long-standing support of the TADAT framework and the road ahead.

Before the pandemic hit, 80 percent of corporate wealth was held by the top 10 percent of large companies richest in intangible assets like data, software, and intellectual property. In this podcast, Rana Foroohar says the concentration of wealth and power among Big Tech firms has grown exponentially over the course of the pandemic. Foroohar is Global Business Columnist and Associate Editor at the Financial Times. She was invited to speak at the Institute for Capacity Development about her book Don't be evil, which examines the implications for society of the growing influence of Silicon Valley tech giants in all aspects of the economy.  Transcript Read more about building a better data economy in the March issue of Finance and Development Magazine: IMF.org/FandD Transcript:  http://traffic.libsyn.com/imfpodcast/Rana_Foroohar-transcript-IMF_Podcast.pdf

Ralph Chami is currently Assistant Director in the Institute for Capacity Development (ICD), International Monetary Fund, where he oversaw the development and implementation of the internal economics training program for all IMF economists as well as the revamping of the Institute’s external training program for officials from member countries. Most recently, he was Assistant Director and Division Chief in the Middle East and Central Asia Department where he oversaw surveillance and program work on fragile states: Egypt, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen, and was Mission Chief for Libya and Somalia. He is the recipient of the 2014 IMF Operational Excellence Award for his work on Libya. Previously, he was the Chief of the Regional Studies Division, where he oversaw regional surveillance of 32 countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia regions, and the production of the Regional Economic Outlook. Prior to that, he was the Chief of the Middle Eastern Division of the IMF Institute where he oversaw capacity development in that region. He joined the IMF in 1999. From 1991 till 1999, he was on the faculty of Finance in the Department of Finance, University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He also served as a consultant to the World Bank, and to the private sector in the US. Ralph Chami has a BS from the American University of Beirut, an MBA in Finance and Statistics from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University. His areas of specialization are: banking regulation and supervision, financial markets, and remittances. His hobbies include music and yoga. Ralph was a semi- professional guitarist for over 40 years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/11/04/living-whales-are-worth-an-enormous-amount-money/ https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/12/natures-solution-to-climate-change-chami.htm https://nexuspmg.com

In this series, we're focusing on nourishing a culture of leadership by applying timeless principles of life to the art of leadership. In this episode, we're exploring the principle of capacity development. As humans, we can choose to continuously develop our capacity...or not. We're exploring simple ways to focus on building your physical, emotional, mental and spiritual capacity in order to develop yourself as a stronger and more consistent leader of your life and your work.

Ralph Chami is currently Assistant Director in the Institute for Capacity Development (ICD), International Monetary Fund, where he oversaw the development and implementation of the internal economics training program for all IMF economists as well as the revamping of the Institute’s external training program for officials from member countries. Most recently, he was Assistant Director and Division Chief in the Middle East and Central Asia Department where he oversaw surveillance and program work on fragile states: Egypt, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan, and Yemen, and was Mission Chief for Libya and Somalia. He is the recipient of the 2014 IMF Operational Excellence Award for his work on Libya. Previously, he was the Chief of the Regional Studies Division, where he oversaw regional surveillance of 32 countries in the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia regions, and the production of the Regional Economic Outlook. Prior to that, he was the Chief of the Middle Eastern Division of the IMF Institute where he oversaw capacity development in that region. He joined the IMF in 1999. From 1991 till 1999, he was on the faculty of Finance in the Department of Finance, University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He also served as a consultant to the World Bank, and to the private sector in the US. Ralph Chami has a BS from the American University of Beirut, an MBA in Finance and Statistics from the University of Kansas, and a Ph.D. in Economics from the Johns Hopkins University. His areas of specialization are: banking regulation and supervision, financial markets, and remittances. His hobbies include music and yoga. Ralph was a semi- professional guitarist for over 40 years. https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2019/11/04/living-whales-are-worth-an-enormous-amount-money/ https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/fandd/2019/12/natures-solution-to-climate-change-chami.htm https://nexuspmg.com

Her projects have informed thousands of girls on Menstrual Hygiene and new Menstrual Products. Benedicta Uweru is the founder @girls4developmentgoals , co-founder of @bennyandfreddylimited, a Supply Chain Pharmacist and Young Leader. She impacts communities through development projects around Sexual Reproductive Health  (SRHR) with a focus on: Teenage Pregnancy, Menstrual Hygiene, Nutrition, Education and Capacity Development. Benedicta tells stories from her childhood to how she has gone to inspire so many at such a young age, the value of design to her work and differences between cups and pads. This episode is part 2 of a 5 part series, in partnership with Open Design Afrika festival.

Virtual Event - Food Policy Research and Capacity Development in Eurasia Co-Organized by the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS), World Bank Group, and IFPRI Strengthening policy research and analytical capacity in Eurasia is critical for the region’s agricultural transformation and for development of inclusive food systems. A recent program supported by the Russian Federation and jointly implemented by the World Bank, IFPRI, and ECFS at Lomonosov Moscow State University has helped to strengthen capacities of research and educational institutions and individual researchers in Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries in the region. By facilitating a network of institutions and researchers, the program has helped actors in Eurasian food policy systems engage effectively with policy, research, and capacity development objectives. Reporting from this collaborative project, webinar speakers presented recent research and case study findings and discuss key lessons for strengthening Eurasia’s food policy systems. Speakers highlighted how providing evidence-based policy support, effectively engaging with policymakers, and supporting the next generation of policy analysts through educational and capacity development programs offer a path to strengthen the region’s policy systems in the face of pressing social, economic, health, and environmental challenges. Opening Remarks: Renaud Seligmann, Country Director for the Russian Federation, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group Steven Schonberger, Director, Water Global Practice, World Bank Group Sergey Shoba, Director, Eurasian Center for Food Security, Lomonosov Moscow State University Johan Swinnen, Director General, IFPRI Speakers: Kamiljon Akramov, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Suresh Babu, Senior Research Fellow & Head of Capacity Strengthening, IFPRI Katrina Kosec, Senior Research Fellow, IFPRI Artavazd Hakobyan, Senior Agriculture Economist, World Bank Group Roman Romashkin, Deputy Director for Development, Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS) Derrill Watson, Associate Professor & Department Head, Tarleton University Moderator Frauke Jungbluth, Practice Manager, Agriculture and Food, Europe and Central Asia, World Bank Group LINKS: Eurasian Center For Food Security (ECFS): https://ecfs.msu.ru/index.php/en/ World Bank Group: https://www.worldbank.org/ More on the seminar: https://www.ifpri.org/event/virtual-event-food-policy-research-and-capacity-development-eurasia Subscribe IFPRI Insights newsletter and event announcements at www.ifpri.org/content/newsletter-subscription

YoKpod welcomes Ralph Chami, an Assistant Director with the International Monetary Fund’s Institute for Capacity Development. Ralph, who is a true movement maker, is creating a new paradigm for environmental activism. Join me to learn about Ralph’s Whale Journey to Baja, Mexico which really woke him up to the urgent need to be a voice for nature and brought to the surface a question we all must face:  do we value our next breath?Apologies for the audio difficulties in the last 2 minutes of this podcast! 

In the early 2000s, Nobel Laureate, Michael Kremer helped develop the design of advance market commitment models (AMCs). They were used to incentivize the private sector to work on issues of relevance for the developing world by pledging that if they developed an appropriate vaccine, funds would be available for those countries to purchase it. The approach resulted in billions of dollars being devoted to pneumococcal vaccines for strains common in developing countries, saving hundreds of thousands of lives. Kremer's latest research focuses on how to expedite the production and distribution of the COVID-19 vaccines immediately following successful medical trials. In this podcast, Kremer says at-risk investment into vaccine manufacturing capacity before clinical approval would advance vaccine distribution by 6 months or more.  Transcript Michael Kremer is Professor in Economics at the University of Chicago, and director of the Development Innovation Lab. He shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 2019 for his work on experimental approaches to alleviating global poverty. He was invited by the Institute for Capacity Development to present this latest research to IMF economists. Check out the University of Chicago's podcast Pandemic Economics

Ralph Chami, Assistant Director at the International Monetary Fund’s Institute for Capacity Development, isn't a tree hugging hipster. He is a financial economist whose interest in whales has unlocked a well known fact by scientists but not by the general public. A whale during its lifespan is worth $2m in carbon capture and carbon sequestration services, whilst a dead whale's meat is worth $50,000. An African Forest Elephant's tusk is worth $40,000 but an elephant's carbon capture and carbon sequestration services as a living creature is worth $1.75m! Today we have a market for dead creatures but we don't have a market for the services rendered, in terms of carbon capture, by living creatures such as whales and elephants. Join us in this incredible podcast to hear how blockchain can help build a living and regenerative market that not only protects those magnificent creatures but build a circular economy that is a win-win for businesses, governments, local communities and societies around the world.   What is blockchain? Blockchain is an electronic ledger that ensures that all parties in a contract can record their transactions in a transparent, permanent and permissioned manner on an end to end basis. It also removes the need for intermediaries.   From the IMF to an article on Nature’s Solution to Climate Change Ralph works as the Assistant Director at the International Monetary Fund’s Institute for Capacity Development. The institute is tasked with training staff of the IMF which includes over 1500 economists as well as the training of the 189 member countries of the IMF. Ralph’s hobby is studying the great whales. A friend of Ralph belongs to the Great Whale Conservancy group which operates out of the Sea of Cortez in Baja, Mexico. Four years ago his friend managed to get him an invitation onto a research vessel to study the great whales, including the blue whales, fin whales and gray whales. For Ralph this was a life changing experience. Shortly after the expedition Ralph had dinner with members of the expedition whose scientists shared with him the role of whales in carbon capture and carbon sequestration – long-term storage of carbon dioxide or other forms of carbon to either mitigate or defer global warming and avoid dangerous climate change. This information completely  changed Ralph’s life as he had no idea about this fact that scientists have known for a long time. It impacted him in two ways: First was the immensity of the role whales play in carbon capture. Whales capture carbon on their body and capture carbon indirectly through what we call primary fertilisation, the amount of carbon dioxide that the whales contribute to keeping out of the atmosphere, directly and indirectly, is equivalent to that captured by thousands of trees! Second was the frustration that scientists had in their failure to effectively communicate the first piece of information to saving the whales. Nobody was acting upon it. Ralph realised that the problem in the conversation between the scientists and the policy makers was that they were speaking in a different language. When scientists put forward plans to save the whales, policy makers only saw costs. The benefits of saving the whales was in the realm of science whilst the costs were in the realm of dollars and cents. What we had here as Ralph would say from one of his favourite movies, Cool Hand Luke, was a “failure to communicate”. Scientists would communicate the benefits of saving the whales in scientific terms whilst policy makers heard costs in dollars, the units talked about were different. Ralph realised he had to translate the scientific benefits into dollars so that policy makers could understand the cost of mitigation is X and the return in benefits is Y. Ralph made the case in economic terms, in a neutral manner, that demonstrated that the value far exceeds the costs. His article was published on the IMF’s Finance and Development Magazin...

I had a conversation with Moses Abayowa a capacity development expert and he blew off the roof!!!

In this episode of OutBüro Voices featuring LGBTQ professionals, entrepreneurs, and community leaders from around the world, host Dennis Velco chats with Saraounia Mboka-Boyer, a Senior Capacity Development and Inclusion Specialist at Pact. Saraounia is a bilingual organizational change management and development specialist focusing on the intersections of Capacity Development/Building, sustainability, Gender equity, and Climate Change for systems strengthening in an international development context(s). In our discussion, she explains what Capacity Development is and how improving the basic operational skills can improve an organization's chances of gaining grants or other funding so they may work on their core mission. 1:10 Saraounia introduces her international exposure due to parents work with the #UnitedNations 02:45 Attended her first HIV/AIDS workshop at ages 6 accompanying her father which began to shape her foundation 04:00 She explains what capacity development is and how she applies that with organizations 05:20 My recap to validate understanding 07:10 Focuses on the LGBTQ communities, meeting them where they are on skills and helping them increase their skills and connect with resources 17:00 Discussion on how LGBTQ non-profit opportunities to partner, challenges to think how your organization might partner with others 26:15 Join OutBüro (https://www.OutBuro.com)and create/join for your non-profit, region, or industry Pact (https://www.pactworld.org/) is a nonprofit international development organization founded in 1971, Pact works on the ground in nearly 40 countries to improve the lives of those who are challenged by poverty and marginalization. They work in many areas including HIV/AIDS care and prevention. When called upon, they openly work with LGBTQ focused organizations based in the regions they operate in needing their assistance. They welcome partnerships to further create impactful change. In her role at Pact, she assists non-profit NGOs primarily within the countries of Liberia, Congo, South Africa, Indonesia, and Myanmar. To connect with Saraounia find her on OutBüro here. https://www.outburo.com/profile/saouniasmb/ Join me and Saraounia on OutBüro, the LGBTQ professional and entrepreneur online community network for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer, allies and our employers who support LGBTQ welcoming workplace equality focused benefits, policies, and business practices. https://www.OutBuro.com Would you like to be featured like this? Contact the host Dennis Velco. https://outburo.com/profile/dennisvelco/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/outburo/message

Remittances, the good, the bad, and the ugly, COVID, a systemic shock with significant negative effects on fragile countries and regions, What is a Whale worth and how can we keep it? Dr. Ralph Chami is Assistant Director, Institute for Capacity Development, at the International Monetary Fund. He is in charge of capacity development for the Western Hemisphere Region. Before joining the IMF, he was on the faculty of Finance at the University of Notre Dame. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/scientificsense/support

After a century-long decline, mortality rates in the U.S. have flattened- even increased for non-Hispanic whites in middle age. In this podcast, Nobel laureate, Angus Deaton describes how people are dying at an alarming rate from suicides, drug overdoses and alcohol-related diseases, and how the largest increases in mortality are happening among those without a bachelor's degree. In their latest book titled Deaths of Despair, Deaton and Princeton economist Anne Case look at how approaches to healthcare and inequality relate to the rising mortality rates. Professor Deaton was invited by the Institute for Capacity Development to present their research to IMF economists. He joined me afterward to talk about the B.A./non-B.A. divide in the United States. Transcript Read the REVIEW of Deaths of Despair by Kenneth Rogoff. Angus Deaton is Professor Emeritus at Princeton and Presidential Professor of Economics at the University of Southern California. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics in 2015 for his work on consumption, poverty, and welfare.

Here is Part 2 of the discussion on #COVID-19 social impacts on rural communities.  Philip Loring, Arrell Chair in Food Policy and Society at the University of Guelph, chairs a panel on the impact on rural communities. First panelist is Abdul-Raheem Abdulai, he's an Arrell scholar and PhD candidate in the Department of Geography. Second is Dr. Ryan Gibson who's an Associate Professor in Regional Economic Development, he's in the Rural Planning and Development program at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Third is Dr. Helen Hambly Odame, she's an Associate Professor of Capacity in the Capacity Development and Extension program also in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Finally is Jacqui Empson Laporte is an Environmental Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs. Part 1 of this discussion is a previous episode.  More information: https://arrellfoodinstitute.ca/webinars/

There are many facets of the IMF's work that people don't often hear about, one is capacity development; helping governments strengthen their ability to make good policy decisions and to implement them. Nobel Laureate, Paul Krugman was invited by the Institute for Capacity Development to share his insight into where the economy stands now in the context of the global pandemic; his thoughts on what an economic recovery might look like and what policies may help it along. Professor Krugman joined me after his IMF presentation to talk about the current crisis and how zombie ideas–the topic of his latest book, might hinder the economic recovery. Paul Krugman is Professor of Economics at the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and author of Arguing With Zombies Transcript

COVID-19 has had many social impacts on rural communities.  Philip Loring, Arrell Chair in Food Policy and Society at the University of Guelph, chairs a panel on the impact on rural communities. First panelist is Abdul-Raheem Abdulai, he's an Arrell scholar and PhD candidate in the Department of Geography. Second is Dr. Ryan Gibson who's an Associate Professor and the Libro Professor in Regional Economic Development, he's in the Rural Planning and Development program at the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Third is Dr. Helen Hambly Odame, she's an Associate Professor of Capacity in the Capacity Development and Extension program also in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development. Finally is Jacqui Empson Laporte she's an Environmental Specialist with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs. Part 1 of the discussion. Part 2 to come. More information: https://arrellfoodinstitute.ca/webinars/

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The pandemic is crippling economies across the globe but for many countries, the economic shock will be magnified by the loss of remittances—money sent home by migrant and guest workers employed in foreign countries. Ralph Chami is an Assistant Director for the Institute for Capacity Development at the IMF. In this podcast, he says remittances are a lifeline for low-income and fragile states and when migrants lose their jobs those remittance flows stop. Chami says it's in everyone's interest for host countries to help support migrant workers through the pandemic. Chami and IMF Deputy Managing Director Antoinette Sayeh co-authored  Lifelines in Danger  published in the June 2020 issue of Finance and Development Magazine. Trancript

Dr. Gamhewage has m ore than two decades of experience in public health. She is currently with the World Health Organisation in Geneva Switzerland and is the Head of Learning and Capacity Development. She is chatting with us today about how we have the power to give positive energy to our families, colleagues, and our patients.

Monica Sharma worked as Director of Leadership and Capacity Development at the United Nations, where she designed programs at scale for whole systems transformation and leadership development world-wide. Currently she is the Tata Chair Professor in the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Mumbai, India. Monica is the author of the award winning book “Radical Transformational Leadership”.  For more information on Monica Sharma and Terry Patten, check out the following resources: Monica's Radical Transformational Leadership website: https://www.radicallytransform.org/ Terry Patten website: https://www.terrypatten.com/ To learn more about the work we are doing, please visit: New Republic of the Heart website: https://www.newrepublicoftheheart.org/  State of Emergence podcast website: http://stateofemergence.org/     

How can good governance lead to positive reform initiatives? This episode discusses the importance of good governance in tax administrations and to what extent it can support a culture that fosters good practices within institutions. Our guests address this question by drawing on the experiences of the IMF’s work on Capacity Development and the Senegalese Tax Administration.

Immigration can put extra pressure on governments to fund social programs, especially in times of slow economic growth. In this podcast, Political Scientist Charlotte Cavaille, says rising populism in some countries is fueling a debate about who should have access to government funded programs. Cavaille studies immigration and public opinion toward the welfare state, and was invited by the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development to present her research on immigration, redistribution, and the electoral success of far-right populism.

The effects of copyright and patent laws on artistic creativity and technological innovation are gaining more and more significance in today’s economy driven to a large part by content. Economic historian Petra Moser uses data from 19th century Italian operas and world fairs to examine the economic implications of basic copyright and patent protection for innovators. In this podcast, Moser describes how Napoleon’s military victories in Italy in the late 1700s changed the copyright landscape and created an excellent model to study the effects on Italian opera composers. Petra Moser is an associate professor of Economics at New York University, and was invited by the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development to present her research on the economic impact of creativity and innovation. Petra Moser is an economic historian at the Stern School of Business, New York University. You can find all of her research papers at PetraMoser.net.

Jamila Afghani, Afghani Deputy Minister of Martyr and Disabled Affairs, member of the Afghani Delegation to the United Nations, and Founder of the Noor Educational and Capacity Development... Good hearts make the world a better place

Few would argue that workers’ remittances—the money migrants send to family in their home country—improve the lives of millions of people. Remittances amounted to over $400 billion last year. That’s somewhere between official development assistance and foreign direct investment in terms of size. These massive financial flows have important consequences for the economies that receive them. But in this podcast, IMF economist Ralph Chami says remittances can also have a negative impact on growth. Chami is coauthor, with Ekkehard Ernst, Connel Fullenkamp, and Anne Oeking, of Is There a Remittance Trap featured in the September 2018 edition of Finance and Development Magazine. Ralph Chami, is an assistant director in the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development.

The International Monetary Fund learned a thing or two from the 1997 Asian financial crisis, which helped it respond better to the 2008 global financial crisis. Thanks to IMF assistance, troubled countries were in a better position to weather the global crisis. The IMF provided financing to more than 30 countries that saw investors and capital flee financial markets. On average, IMF financing after the global crisis was larger than after the Asian crisis by more than 3 percentage points of gross domestic product. The IMF lent to countries beyond normal limits and increased the size of assistance in several instances when the initial amount wasn't enough to curb capital outflow and stabilize exchange rates. The bigger financing packages and other innovations it introduced from 2008 to 2011 showed the IMF had learned its lesson from the Asian financial crisis, when inadequate financing contributed to the failure of IMF programs to stop capital outflows and currency free-falls. Read the transcript https://bit.ly/2uiB0JC Read the working paper https://www.adb.org/publications/assessing-effectiveness-imf-programs-following-global-financial-crisis About the authors Carlos De Resende is a senior economist at the Institute for Capacity Development of the International Monetary Fund. Shinji Takagi is professor emeritus of economics at Osaka University and visiting research professor at the Asian Growth Research Institute, Fukuoka, Japan. Know more about ADBI's work on the global financial crisis https://bit.ly/2m8OSlL https://bit.ly/2J6XC5e

An interview with Dr. Adeyemi Dipeolu, the Economic Adviser to Nigerian President Mahammadu Buhari. Dr. Dipeolu previously served as Director of Capacity Development at the UN Economic Commission of Africa, based in Addis Ababa.

As robotic technology becomes more sophisticated, robots could soon become perfect substitutes for human labor. In this podcast, IMF economist Andy Berg says the robot revolution could lead to greater inequality. Berg is coauthor of Robots, Growth, and Inequality published in the September 2016 edition of Finance & Development Magazine. Contributors: Andy Berg, Deputy Director of the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development

Taxes are what governments rely on to provide the public goods and services that support economic growth. In this podcast, DG DEVCO’s Klaus Rudischhauser, says some countries with millions of inhabitants have only a few hundred tax payers. Rudischhauser participated in a Spring Meeting’s seminar on Capacity Development entitled Collect More & Spend Better Contributors: Klaus Rudischhauser, Deputy Director-General of the European Commission’s International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO)

While many economists would argue public investment projects in highly efficient countries have a greater impact on growth, recent research by some IMF economists shows that’s not necessarily the case. In this podcast we speak with the IMF’s Andy Berg, who suggests the impact on growth from public investment spending is similar in both high and low-efficiency countries.  Contributors: Andy Berg, a Deputy Director in the IMF’s Institute for Capacity Development

This episode brought our expert guest Ntal Alimasi to discuss ways Congolese and its government could engage in creating mechanisms for accountability and strong governance. Ntal Alimasi is a Capacity Development and Governance Consultant, and has worked with academia, the private sector, government and international organizations, including AFRICARE, A.L. Nellum & Associates, Catholic Relief Services, Save the Children, Christian Children Fund, the International Youth Foundation, USIP, USAID, the US Department of State, the World Bank, and the African Development Bank (AfDB). Alimasi has worked with senior government officials as well as CSOs in Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and USA. He lectures on Governance in Africa at the US Department of State’s Foreign Service Institute. He has worked in Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, DRCongo, France, Gabon, The Gambia, Guinea, Haiti, Kenya, Mali, Niger, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo, Tunisia, and the USA. He provided technical assistance to the International Youth Foundation and its research team on the challenges and opportunities for Congolese youth. Currently President of NAACUS (National Association of African Catholics in the US), Alimasi coordinated the AGOA 2012 CSOs Forum rapporteurs team, and delivered the Civil Society Network’s Communiqué at the AGOA 2012 U.S.-Sub-Saharan Africa Trade and Economic Cooperation Ministerial Forum. Alimasi is a PhD candidate in International and Development Education at the University of Pittsburgh, and holds two master degrees, respectively in Community Economic Development and in Education. He speaks English, French, Swahili, Lingala, Kikongo, Kinyarwanda, Kirundi, and Mashi.

“Fostering Culturally Competent Cross-national Training for Ghanaian Employees,” Hope M. Attipoe, University of Georgia, Athens “Implementing the Principles of Leadership for Learning in Schools,” Alfred Kweku Ampah – Mensah, University of Cape Coast "The Proliferation of Private Universities in Ghana: Challenges and Possibilities," Alex Kumi - Yeboah, Dalton State College Moderator: Barry Morris, Vice Provost For Strategic Initiatives, KSU

Despite their oil wealth, the countries of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community still struggle with the "Resource Curse". Sharmini Coorey, Director of the IMF's Institute of Capacity Development describe the challenges of managing oil wealth in the region, and outline policies that could help overcome them.