Podcasts about development aid

Send us a textIt's been a dire year for global health. Almost as soon as he took office as president of the United States, Donald Trump said he would withdraw the country from membership in the World Health Organization (WHO), he fired almost everyone at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and slashed staffing and budgets at U.S. health agencies such as the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The United States government also says it plans to end funding for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, and has cut some funding for the United Nations World Food Program's efforts to feed millions of people in 14 countries.Before Trump, the United States was the largest donor to global health in the world, contributing about US$12 billion in funding. That's less than 1 percent of the United States federal budget. But the new administration claimed these efforts were wasteful, did not serve the country's interests, and cost too much. It's not clear who can or will fill the gaps.“I think we are going through a very dark time,” says Dr. Ramanan Laxminarayan, founder and president of the One Health Trust. But Dr. Laxminarayan, an epidemiologist and economist, does see some hope. He doubts the United States will permanently end its robust support of global health and he sees opportunities for organizations such as WHO to streamline and become more efficient.Listen as he chats with One World, One Health host Maggie Fox about the immediate effects of the startling new United States government policies and how he sees things shaking out in the long term.

Japan's official development assistance has helped the country build friendly relations with recipients and contributed to its economic and social activities since it started providing the aid seven decades ago, the government said Friday.

Send us a textStefan Feuerriegel is the Head of the Institute of AI in Management at LMU.His team consistently publishes work on causal machine learning at top AI conferences, including NeurIPS, ICML, and more.At the same time, they help businesses implement causal methods in practice.They worked on projects with companies like ABB Hitachi, and Booking.com.Stefan believes his team thrives because of its diversity and aims to bring more causal machine learning to medicine.I had a great conversation with him, and I hope you'll enjoy it too!>> Guest info:Stefan Feuerriegel is a professor and the Head of the Institute of AI in Management at LMU. Previously, he worked as a consultant at McKinsey & Co. and ran his own AI startup.>> Episode Links:Papers- Feuerriegel, S. et al. (2024) - Causal machine learning for predicting treatment outcomes (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-02902-1)- Kuzmanivic, M. et al. (2024) - Causal Machine Learning for Cost-Effective Allocation of Development Aid (https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.16986)- Schröder, M. et al. (2024) - Conformal Prediction for Causal Effects of Continuous Treatments (https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.03094)>> WWW: https://www.som.lmu.de/ai/>> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stefan-feuerriegel/Support the showCausal Bandits PodcastCausal AI || Causal Machine Learning || Causal Inference & DiscoveryWeb: https://causalbanditspodcast.comConnect on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aleksandermolak/Join Causal Python Weekly: https://causalpython.io The Causal Book: https://amzn.to/3QhsRz4

Maureen Tusty, co-owner and film director of Sky Films Inc., discusses her latest documentary film, She Rises Up, which follows the journeys of three women who are using their businesses to lift their communities out of poverty. The film highlights the barriers that women face in entrepreneurship, such as limited access to financial resources and cultural obstacles. Tusty emphasizes the importance of job creation and economic growth in impoverished countries as a means to address the migrant crisis and alleviate poverty. Main Street Matters is part of the Salem Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Wednesday & Friday. For more visit JobCreatorsNetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Show Notes: Terry Roopnaraine, a technical consultant for international development projects, has been working in the field for about 25 years. He provides technical services to support projects funded by bilateral donors, UN agencies, and multilateral agencies like the World Bank. Over the last decade, an increasingly important area of the practice has been working with foundations. Terry's work involves providing services that are required to make these projects work and deliver the best impacts on the ground for the beneficiary populations they serve. There is a huge accountability chain because these projects are often funded through the public purse of one country or another, so there must be some kind of proper accountability and evaluation. The Role of a Technical Consultant Terry talks about the roles a technical consultant might play. He divides his work into two broad areas: project implementation and management, and learning evidence and evaluation. The implementation side of technical consulting focuses on getting a project up and running, recruiting staff, putting in inputs, designing activities, and ensuring that things are run according to time and budget. The learning evidence and building the knowledge base aspect of technical consulting is also crucial, as it ensures that a program is delivering on time, not leaking funds, and has robust monitoring systems in place to capture change systematically. Evaluation of effectiveness is another dimension of technical consulting, as it is about delivering the best impact for the beneficiary population.  Research and Evaluation in Technical Consulting Over his career, Terry has worked more in the research evidence and evaluation side of technical consulting, which is partly an artifact of being a refugee from academia. His intellectual and academic orientation was research-directed, and when he moved to development work, he focused more on research evaluation and evidence building. One of his early projects was Conditional Cash Transfer Evaluations in Latin America, which were an aid instrument that aimed to incentivize uptake of health and education services. These programs were popular throughout Latin America and were easy to evaluate quantitatively. However, there was a growing awareness that the program's effects were not as expected. To understand why the program didn't have the expected effects, Terry began conducting ethnographic and qualitative research. He worked with other qualitative researchers to push the idea that understanding the voices of people who were benefiting from these programs was important. Terry talks about the projects he worked on during the early 2000s in Nicaragua, El Salvador, and Peru and how his background in anthropology influenced his approach, and how they conducted research differently from previous projects. Challenges of Conducting Ethnographic Research  Terry explains the challenges of conducting semi-structured interviews for management consultants and how they approach this process. The interviews were conducted in a way that was more accessible to anthropologists than for management consultants. Terry talks about the process of conducting ethnographic research in a short training workshop format. He highlights the complementarity between quantitative research findings and qualitative research findings. Survey work is broad and generalizable, while qualitative research is done over a smaller sample and is more in-depth. For example, in Nicaragua, an iron supplement for children was given out for three years, but blood tests showed no effect. In the next round of community field research, the researchers asked questions about the iron sprinkles and found that it was commonly believed that the sprinkles had a terrible reputation due to alleged health risks, and no-one wanted to pass them out.  The Importance of Household and Nutrition Research Terry also discusses the importance of household research in nutrition research. Household research is crucial because it helps observe people preparing food, feeding children, hygiene, sanitation practices, dietary diversity, and meal frequency. One example is in Cambodia, where an organization gave eligible families chickens to supplement their meat-poor diets with eggs and animal protein. However, people were not increasing their consumption of chicken and eggs, instead selling the chickens to buy bulk staples like rice. Recently, a project in Rwanda for UNICEF found that people living in resource-constrained circumstances are looking for bulk heavy foods, such as maize meal, sorghum, cassava, or rice, as the first thing they look for because they are concerned about financial or food security, and these foods provide bulk and store well. This approach allows for a deeper understanding of the issues faced by people in these communities. He discusses the importance of a sufficient and diverse diet for children, particularly under two years old, in remote areas.  Terry shares his experience with personal safety in various countries, including rural areas where he has worked. And while he has taken a Hostile Environment training course, he believes that shared humanity is the most effective safety mechanism, as most people have no desire to do harm. By being receptive, respectful, and engaging with people in a positive way, most places are generally safe. Effectiveness in Development Aid and Philanthropy Programs Regarding the effectiveness of development aid and philanthropy programs, he states that the appropriateness and relevance of a program to an area are crucial, as it should address specific needs in a direct way. He identifies how certain approaches are ineffective, and stresses that a direct relationship between needs on the ground and the program is more likely to succeed. The design of the program should be simple and efficient, as most successful programs are simple and straightforward. The context of the program is also important. The more functioning the governance context, the more likely the programs are to succeed. For example, in Rwanda, a country that has experienced genocide, the efficiency of food distribution was impressive. Terry talks about how initiatives worked in Rwanda and the importance of collaboration with government ministries to deliver health, nutrition, or education projects, as they are more likely to produce impact. However, in countries with weak governance, the government may not be a viable partner in delivering development programming. To scale up projects, the government must be involved.  Timestamps: 00:04 Technical consulting in international development 05:32 Technical consulting in development projects 12:35 Anthropological research methods in cash transfer programs 20:35 Ethnographic research methods and findings in global health 27:18 Food security, safety, and anthropology in various countries 33:18 Development program effectiveness with a development economist Links:  UNICEF Ethiopia study: https://www.unicef.org/ethiopia/reports/unicef-generation-el-nino Paper on El Salvador's Conditional Cash Transfer program: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00220388.2015.1134780 Paper on nutrition in Rwanda: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/mcn.13420 Study on Peru's CCT in indigenous communities: https://publications.iadb.org/es/pueblos-indigenas-y-programas-de-transferencias-condicionadas-ptc-estudio-etnografico-sobre-la-0 Suggested readings: Rossi, Lipsey, Freeman: Evaluation, a systematic approach (not terribly exciting, but a real wealth of evaluation info) Olivier de Sardan & Piccoli: Cash transfers in context: an anthropological perspective (this collection contains an essay I wrote together with my collaborators on the Peru project) Lewis, Rodgers and Woolcock: Popular representations of development: insights from novels, films, TV and social media (fun read, one of the authors is a good friend of mine) Amartya Sen: Development as freedom (still a classic) Paul Richards: Ebola: a people's science helped end an epidemic (fascinating study, quite anthropological, of the community response to Ebola in Sierra Leone) Unleashed is produced by Umbrex, which has a mission of connecting independent management consultants with one another, creating opportunities for members to meet, build relationships, and share lessons learned. 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Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts

Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/anthropology

Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/music

Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/eastern-european-studies

Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East.

Adriana Helbig's book ReSounding Poverty: Romani Music and Development Aid (Oxford University Press, 2023) offers a micro ethnography of economic networks that impact the daily lives of Romani musicians on the borders of the former Soviet Union and the European Union. It argues that the development aid allotted to provide economic assistance to Romani communities, when analyzed from the perspective of the performance arts, continues to marginalize the poorest among them. Through their structure and programming, NGOs choose which segments of the population are the most vulnerable and in the greatest need of assistance.  Drawing on ethnographic research in development contexts, ReSounding Poverty asks who speaks for whom within the Romani rights movement today. Framing the critique of development aid in musical terms, it engages with Romani marginalization and economic deprivation through a closer listening to vocal inflections, physical vocalizations of health and disease, and emotional affect. ReSounding Poverty brings us into the back rooms of saman, mud and straw brick, houses not visited by media reporters and politicians, amplifying the cultural expressions of the Romani poor, silenced in the business of development. Maggie Freeman is a PhD candidate in the School of Architecture at MIT. She researches uses of architecture by nomadic peoples and historical interactions of nomads and empires, with a focus on the modern Middle East. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Bridge Podcast is joined by Jerry Grey. We discuss the Belt and Road Initiative and China's global aid programs. From emergency aid to development aid, what is China doing in the Global South? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, Annamaria La Chimia (Nottingham University) and Marta discuss the fascinating world of development aid and procurement. What does this world look like? Where do interesting procurement questions pop up? Why should all of us know more about this international side of public procurement? Tune in now to learn more. In the dessert section, they discuss leadership in academia. What does it mean in the context of PPLG and academia more broadly, and how is it relevant to create an even better academic world?

In this episode, Annamaria La Chimia (Nottingham University) and Marta discuss the fascinating world of development aid and procurement. What does this world look like? Where do interesting procurement questions pop up? Why should all of us know more about this international side of public procurement? Tune in now to learn more. In the dessert section, they discuss leadership in academia. What does it mean in the context of PPLG and academia more broadly, and how is it relevant to create an even better academic world?

France suspended all development aid to Niger after Mohamed Bazoum, the country's president, was ousted by General Omar Tchiani, the head of the presidential guard. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Other EU countries, the African Union, and the US threaten to impose sanctions. Also: The eldest son of Colombia's president has been arrested on suspicion of money-laundering, and the latest census of tigers in India has found a substantial rise in the population.

I'm thrilled to have such an engaging conversation with our guest today about the digital nomad lifestyle. Whether you're a seasoned nomad or just curious about this exciting way of life, this episode is a must-listen!I am fortunate to be joined with Florian Rucker who inspires nomads by providing a unique, friendly, and well fit out co working space in Hoi An called The Hub, to perform this kind of work. If you can imagine having high speed internet, in a glass workspace, in the middle of rice paddy fields, you have it right there! We get down to “tin tacks” as we talk through the evolving landscape of digital nomading and the transformation since Covid. No longer is it just for the youthful adventure seekers, employers are now funding some people to work this way, as they now recognise working remotely doesn't have to impact output given the right set up.Hoi An and the The Hub provide workers a unique experience in Vietnam and now that the E-Visa stays are being extended to 90 days this looks like being a very viable option for more people.Flo is uniquely qualified to speak to this topic having lived abroad since he was 16. Originally a Berliner, he has a Cambridge education, and has lived in 7 other countries throughout his life. With a background in Development Aid and a IT Agency owner he fell in love with Hoi An after being a customer of the The Hub back in 2017. He bought the space in early 2021 and rebuilt it nearby, in the middle of the rice fields in ‘22/'23. If you would like to know more about The Hub – You can contact Flo here – Website: https://www.hubhoian.com/ The Hub social links: https://www.instagram.com/hubhoian/https://www.facebook.com/hubhoian[00:01:39] Digital nomading in Vietnam.[00:04:07] Whats great about  the community in  Hoi An.[00:09:14] Internet connectivity surprises digital nomads.[00:11:15] Remote work and diversity.[00:19:27] Border runs and visa situations.[00:28:29] Ice bathing with the members.[00:40:03] Life as a digital nomad in Hoi An Find out what's possible in the best dental and cosmetic procedures through our partnership with Worldwide Hospital in Vietnam.Get in touch with us to arrange a free private consultation or comparison quotation.Thank you for listening. We have a new partnership which is helping support this podcast. If you have a Dental or Cosmetic Procedure you are contemplating but the cost is way too expensive in your country. Why not find out what's possible through What About Vietnam's beauty travel partner Worldwide Beauty Hospital. Check out our website here, contact us direct; speak to Kelley at WAV, as she has been a dental patient for 10 years, or mention WAV at Worldwide Beauty Hospital to get a free quotation and consultation with a Physician. What have you got to lose?Give us a review on your podcast channel - and Apple mostly.Follow our social pages on FB,IG,LinkedIn and TikTokLet me design your customised private tour of Vietnam - See our new Travel Services

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EPISODE 1389: In this KEEN ON show, Andrew talks to THE POWER OF HOPE author, Carol Graham, about why hope matters as a metric of economic and social well-being. Carol Graham is the Leo Pasvolsky Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and College Park Professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). She is the author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Toward an Economy of Well-Being (Brookings, 2011; published in Chinese, Japanese, Korean, and paperback); Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires (Oxford University Press, 2009; published in Chinese, Portuguese and paperback); Happiness and Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies (with Stefano Pettinato, Brookings, 2002; published in Spanish); Private Markets for Public Goods: Raising the Stakes in Economic Reform (Brookings, 1998); Safety Nets, Politics and the Poor: Transitions to Market Economies (Brookings, 1994); Peru's APRA (Lynne Rienner, 1992); Improving the Odds: Political Strategies for Institutional Reform in Latin America (co-author, IDB, 1999); and A Half Penny on the Dollar: The Future of Development Aid, with Michael O'Hanlon (Brookings, 1997). Her most recent book is The Power of Hope: How the Science of Wellbeing Can Save Us From Despair (2023) Named as one of the "100 most connected men" by GQ magazine, Andrew Keen is amongst the world's best known broadcasters and commentators. In addition to presenting KEEN ON, he is the host of the long-running How To Fix Democracy show. He is also the author of four prescient books about digital technology: CULT OF THE AMATEUR, DIGITAL VERTIGO, THE INTERNET IS NOT THE ANSWER and HOW TO FIX THE FUTURE. Andrew lives in San Francisco, is married to Cassandra Knight, Google's VP of Litigation & Discovery, and has two grown children. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Development aid was instrumental in lifting Korea out of poverty, and in rebuilding Europe after WWII. So why is it not working for other countries? We visit this questions and more in this podcast, to extract lessons relevant to Tunisians and Maghrebis who want to contribute to development in our countries. Dead Aid is a book written by Dambisa Moyo, an economist from Zambia who used to work at the World Bank and who has a critical position. Diaspora in Action members and show hosts Hajer ben Charrada and Amin Zayani together with our dear guest and active member from Hazem Krichene will take you through the ideas in this book in three parts: Part 1: What is development aid? how did it evolve? and what are its implications? Part 2: A world without aid. Part 3: Development Aid in Tunisia. Addressing feedback, questions and comments from you, our dear listeners. You can interact with us on our platform for Tunisian Diaspora: www.diasporainaction.org Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn

Welcome to The Nonlinear Library, where we use Text-to-Speech software to convert the best writing from the Rationalist and EA communities into audio. This is: Why development aid is a really exciting field, published by MathiasKB on December 7, 2022 on The Effective Altruism Forum. Each year, wealthy countries collectively spend around 178 billion dollars (!!) on Development aid. Development aid has funded some of the most cost-effective lifesaving programs that have ever been run. Such examples include PEPFAR, the US emergency aids relief programme rolled out at the height of the African aids pandemic, which estimates suggest saved 25 million lives at a cost of some 85 billion ($3400 per life saved, competitive with Givewell's very best). EAs working with global poverty will know just how difficult it is to achieve high cost effectiveness at these scales. Development aid has also funded some of the very worst development projects conceived, in some instances causing outright harm to the recipients. Development aid is spent with a large variety of goals in mind. Climate mitigation projects, gender equality campaigns, and free-trade agreements are all funded by wealthy governments under a single illusory budgetary item: ‘development assistance'. In short, the scope of aid is enormous and so is the impact that can be had by positively influencing how it is spent. I'm not the only one who thinks so! In January of 2022 Open Philanthropy announced Global Aid Policy as a priority area within its global health and wellbeing portfolio. In this post I will: Demystify the processes that decide how aid is allocated. Argue that aid policy is neglected (by EAs especially), high in scale, and maybe tractable. Sneakily attempt to make you excited about aid, in preparation for the announcement of a non-profit I'm co-founding. Who decides how aid is allocated? When I first dug into development aid, I found the field very opaque and difficult to get an overview of. This made everything seem much more static and difficult to influence, than I now think it is. Come with me, and I'll show you how the aid-sausage is made. The explanation tries to capture the grand picture, but each country is different and the explanation is overfit to western democracies. The aid pipeline: It all begins with a government decision to spend money on aid. For many countries this decision was formalized in 1970 after a UN resolution was signed between members to spend 0.7% of GNI on official development assistance. Politicians decide on a national aid strategy Each country that gives aid will have an official strategy for its aid spending. The strategy lists a number of priorities the government wants to focus on. It is typically re-negotiated and updated once every few years or when a new government takes seat. The agreed upon aid strategy sets a broad direction for the civil service and relevant parliamentary committees in projects they choose to carry out. The recently released UK aid strategy is a good example of what typical priorities look like: deliver honest, reliable investment through British Investment Partnerships, building on the UK's financial expertise and the strengths of the City of London, in line with the Prime Minister's vision for the Clean Green Initiative provide women and girls with the freedom they need to succeed, unlocking their future potential, educating girls, supporting their empowerment and protecting them against violence step up the UK's life-saving humanitarian work to prevent the worst forms of human suffering around the world. The UK will lead globally for a more effective international response to humanitarian crises take forward UK leadership on climate change, nature and global health. The strategy will put the UK commitments made during the UK's Presidency of G7 and COP26, UK global leadership in science and technology, and the UK's COVID-19 response, at the core of its international development work The Government passes a...

We spend a lot of money on aid - although not as much as we used to. Does it work or is it, as some claim, a waste? And behind that, why do some countries develop and others not? In this episode Nick Spencer talks to Stefan Dercon about this book Gambling on Development

Mo Ibrahim, a Sudanese-British entrepreneur, founded one of the largest mobile phone companies that operated on the African continent. In 2006, he established the Mo Ibrahim Foundation with the goal of fostering improved governance. The foundation publishes The Ibrahim Index of African Governance, which assesses governance performance in 54 African countries. It also awards the Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership (worth $5 million) to African leaders who have successfully delivered security, health, education, and economic development to their constituents and have democratically transferred power to their successors.Resources:The Road to COP27 Making Africa's Case in the Global  Climate Debate(July 2022)"Billionaire Mo Ibrahim attacks ‘hypocrisy' over Africa's gas", The Guardian, 17 October 2022 

Development aid was instrumental in lifting Korea out of poverty, and in rebuilding Europe after WWII. So why is it not working for other countries? We visit this questions and more in this podcast, to extract lessons relevant to Tunisians and Maghrebis who want to contribute to development in our countries. Dead Aid is a book written by Dambisa Moyo, an economist from Zambia who used to work at the World Bank and who has a critical position. Diaspora in Action members and show hosts Hajer ben Charrada and Amin Zayani together with our dear guest and active member from Hazem Krichene will take you through the ideas in this book in three parts: Part 1: What is development aid? how did it evolve? and what are its implications? Part 2: A world without aid. Part 3: Development Aid in Tunisia. Addressing feedback, questions and comments from you, our dear listeners. You can interact with us on our platform for Tunisian Diaspora: www.diasporainaction.org Follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn

Today we analyse how the development aid sector is an important characteristic of the Western bubble and how it contributes to perpetuating destructive foreign policy.This podcast is published with the help of RAIA and edited by RAIA associate Usama Ghanem but is an individual project between Director of RAIA Dario Hasenstab and Balder Hageraats. If you would like to get in touch with us write us an email at thewesternbubble@gmail.com or connect with us on Twitter via @JD_Hasenstab and @BHageraats.

For many people, the provision of overseas aid is a democratic imperative and a universal good.   But what if the situation is more complicated than that?  

The Nordics are often seen as ethical countries because they have a reputation for being environmentally friendly and for giving a lot in development aid. Listen to a podcast on how Nordic cooperation works through politicians, civil servants and civil society, and how it is often more driven by self-interest than at first appears.Editor of nordics.info Nicola Witcombe speaks to Sunniva Engh who has researched development aid in the Nordics and its interplay with other policy areas, and Melina Antonia Buns, an international environmental historian who researched environmental cooperation in the Nordics.Sound credits from freesound.org including kalimba1.wav by reimsamba (CC BY 3.0) and traffic in town.WAV by inchadney (C BY-NC 3.0) (changes made to length and volume in both).

What's the most effective form of development aid for entrepreneurs in emerging economies? My guest today is Donna Rosa, and today she'll share her knowledge and experience with us to answer that question. Donna is the founder and Chief Entrepreneurship Officer at EFour Enterprises LLC. EFour stands for Empowering Entrepreneurs in Emerging Economies. The company pioneered the use of remote business coaching and online financial and business plan tools specifically for entrepreneurs in developing countries and emerging economies. Donna comes with a lot of business expertise and she is passionate about sharing her knowledge with those who need it.  In this episode, we'll discuss: What Donna's industry really thought about going remote years before the COVID-19 pandemic What Donna means by Aidtrepreneurship How Donna is able to able bring her business expertise to those in need And much more! If there's someone that you know who wants to enter the world of consulting but seems unsure how to take their first step, please share this episode with them. Together, we'll change the world on our own terms, we'll question everything, and we won't just accept what is being handed to us and what we've been told to be true. And be sure to leave us a review wherever you're listening. Thanks for joining me on this ride, and enjoy my conversation with Donna!   In This Episode: [01:25] - We're introduced to Donna Rosa and learn what brought her to entrepreneurship coaching in emerging economies. [04:09] - Donna started coaching farmers in the food industry on how to run their businesses. [05:31] - In 2015, Donna came to the realization that she could do her work in entrepreneurship coaching remotely. Here's how everyone responded. [07:44] - Tiffany and Donna chat about the benefits of working remotely. [09:28] - The differences in entrepreneurship between the developed and the developing worlds, according to Donna. [11:03] - What mistakes do experienced microenterprises still make? [12:23] - We hear what Donna believes to be the biggest myths in entrepreneurship in emerging economies. [15:15] - These are the essential skills Donna believes are needed to succeed in this industry. [16:30] - Donna discusses the Entrepreneurship Plan (or EPlan) services she offers that can help entrepreneurs where they are at with the business. [18:48] - The EPlan template that Donna's consultees receive starts with the easy stuff first and the difficult stuff last. [21:15] - What do Donna's services cost and what do they cover? [23:23] - In Donna's experience, those on the lower levels of her program are most worried about cash flow. Here's how Donna is able to help them. [24:47] - Entrepreneurs are learning in the context of their own businesses, and Donna finds this is the way for entrepreneurs to learn best. Here's why. [26:33] - Donna discusses how entrepreneurship can be the most effective form of developmental aid and reveals more about her coined term Aidtrepreneurship. [28:14] - If someone is motivated to take action and wants to benefit from Donna's services, here's what they need to know. [29:53] - Donna shares her words of wisdom for entrepreneurs in developing countries.   Resources: Website - Humanitarian Entrepreneur Instagram - Humanitarian Entrepreneur Connect with Rosa on LinkedIn Website - Donna Rosa

welcome to the nonlinear library, where we use text-to-speech software to convert the best writing from the rationalist and ea communities into audio. this is: EAF"s ballot initiative doubled Zurich's development aid, published by Jonas Vollmer on the effective altruism forum. Summary In 2016, the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF), then based in Switzerland, launched a ballot initiative asking to increase the city of Zurich's development cooperation budget and to allocate it more effectively. In 2018, we coordinated a counterproposal with the city council that preserved the main points of our original initiative and had a high chance of success. In November 2019, the counterproposal passed with a 70% majority. Zurich's development cooperation budget will thus increase from around $3 million to around $8 million per year. The city will aim to allocate it “based on the available scientific research on effectiveness and cost-effectiveness.” This seems to be the first time that Swiss legislation on development cooperation mentions effectiveness requirements. The initiative cost around $25,000 in financial costs and around $190,000 in opportunity costs. Depending on the assumptions, it raised a present value of $20–160 million in development funding. EAs should consider launching similar initiatives in other Swiss cities and around the world. Initial proposal and signature collection In spring 2016, the Effective Altruism Foundation (EAF), then still based in Basel, Switzerland, launched a ballot initiative asking for the city of Zurich's development cooperation budget to be increased and to be allocated more effectively. (For information on EAF's current focus, see this article.) We chose Zurich due to its large budget and leftist/centrist majority. I published an EA Forum post introducing the initiative and a corresponding policy paper (see English translation). (Note: In the EA Forum post, I overestimated the publicity/movement-building benefits and the probability that the original proposal would pass. I overemphasized the quantitative estimates, especially the point estimates, which don't adequately represent the uncertainty. I underestimated the success probability of a favorable counterproposal. Also, the policy paper should have had a greater focus on hits-based, policy-oriented interventions because I think these have a chance of being even more cost-effective than more “straightforward” approaches and also tend to be viewed more favorably by professionals.) We hired people and coordinated volunteers (mostly animal rights activists we had interacted with before) to collect the required 3,000 signatures (plus 20% safety margin) over six months to get a binding ballot vote. Signatures had to be collected in person in handwritten form. For city-level initiatives, people usually collect about 10 signatures per hour, and paying people to collect signatures costs about $3 per signature on average. Picture: Start of signature collection on 25 May 2016. Picture: Submission of the initiative at Zurich's city hall on 22 November 2016. The legislation we proposed (see the appendix) focused too strongly on Randomized Controlled Trials (RCTs) and demanded too much of a budget increase (from $3 million to $87 million per year). We made these mistakes because we had internal disagreements about the proposal and did not dedicate enough time to resolving them. This led to negative initial responses from the city council and influential charities (who thought the budget increase was too extreme, were pessimistic about the odds of success, and disliked the RCT focus), implying a

This webinar was co-organised with the Society for Algerian Studies. Historically Algeria has had its ups and downs with the Gulf states. During the Arab Spring, Algeria was at odds with the assertive and proactive approach from GCC states, most notably in Libya, where Algeria opposed interventions and involvement from Qatar and the UAE. In line with its commitment to non-interventionism, the country also rejected involvement in the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen in 2015. More recently, Algiers remained neutral throughout the intra-GCC rift, an easier accomplishment due to the lack of economic engagement and personalised ties it has with the monarchies, when compared with its neighbours. During this webinar, speakers explored this historical background, and took stock of the geo-political and economic relations between Algeria and the countries of the GCC. Arslan Chikhaoui is Chairman of Nord Sud Ventures, a consultancy company established in Algeria in 1993. He is a member of the Defense and Security Forum Advisory Board, the World Economic Forum Expert Council and the UNSCR 1540 Civil Forum. Arslan is a visiting lecturer at both the Algerian Staff Academy and Algerian Civil Defense Academy. He is active in various Track II task forces such as the New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD), Security in the Mediterranean Region, the Maghreb and Sahel, WMD Free Zone in MENA, and Security Sector Reform (SSR) in North Africa. He has served as Senior Advisor to the Algerian Institute for Strategy Studies (1991-1994) and as Senior Coordinator of the Development Aid and Cooperation Programs for Algeria (1982-1990). He contributed to the report Algérie, Perspective 2005 (Algeria: Forecast 2005) carried out in 1991/92, and has been involved in the development of the Algerian non-hydrocarbon export policy and the restructuring and privatization policies of Algerian SOCs. Fatiha Dazi-Héni is a Middle East researcher specializing on the GCC monarchies at L'Institut de recherche stratégique de l'École militaire (IRSEM). Fatiha also lectures at Sciences Po Lille where she teaches history and socio-political developments in the Arabian Peninsula. Fatiha is author of L'Arabie saoudite en 100 questions (Tallandier, 2020). She is also a contributor to the Arab Reform Initative's e-book A Way Out of the Inferno? Rebuilding Security in Libya, Syria, Iraq and Yemen (2017) and to Yahyia Zubir's edited book The Politics of Algeria Domestic issues and International Relations (Routledge, 2019). She recently published, The New Saudi Leadership and its Impact on Regional Policy (The International Spectator, Italian Journal of International Affairs, Nov 2021). Sebastian Sons is a researcher at the Center for Applied Research in Partnership with the Orient (CARPO-Bonn). Previously, he served as an advisor for the Regional Programme “Cooperation with Arab Donors” (CAD) of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). As a political analyst, he is consulted by German and international political institutions as well as by international journalists to provide expertise on Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states. Among many other articles and analyses on Saudi Arabia, he published the book Built on Sand: Saudi Arabia – A Problematic Ally (in German) in 2016. He also conducted a study with the title A new “Pivot to the Maghreb” or “more of the same”? The transformative shift of the Gulf engagement in North Africa in 2021. Sebastian holds a Ph.D. from the Humboldt University Berlin with a thesis on media discourses on labor migration from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia.

Achim Steiner is UNDP Administrator. He has served across the United Nations system. He was the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Nairobi and between 2006-2016 he led the United Nations Environment Programme, where he prioritized investments in clean technologies and renewable energy. Achim has also held other notable positions including Director General of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, and Secretary General of the World Commission on Dams.Achim Steiner- TED Talk : Humanity's planet-shaping powers -- and what they mean for the futureFuture of Development public conversation between Amartya Sen, Nobel Laureate and Professor of Economics and Philosophy, and Achim Steiner, UNDP Administrator.  UNDP Future Of Development - YouTubeClimate Promise | United Nations Development Programme (undp.org)UNDP Development Futures Series | United Nations Development ProgrammeHuman Development Reports (undp.org)Hello Future | UNDPTwitter: @AchimSteiner @UNDP Host:Professor Dan Banik, University of Oslo, Twitter: @danbanik  @GlobalDevPodhttps://in-pursuit-of-development.simplecast.com/ 

Development Aid isn't just about charity. Its about social justice. It's about helping people help themselves. In today's new episode, Steve and Richie chat to Caoimhe de Barra, CEO of Trocaire, about the organisation's amazing work, how COVID has effected things, and of course, Trocaire boxes. Donate to Trocaire Get Involved Dóchas whatampolitics.com Follow us on Instagram & Twitter Theme music by Supermarket Love 

In this episode, you'll hear about: How the private sector must help developing nations because there are not enough public funds or capacity.What developing nations need in addition to funding to reach the goals.Why these global partnerships are critical for attaining the SDGs.Whether the U.S. should be giving more to developing nations; today the U.S. contributes about 0.17% of its gross national income in development assistance.Related Story:  Regulators scrutinize ESG more closely as greenwashing explodesUnited Nations SDG #17Official Development Assistance dataUN Capital Development FundGuest Bio:Esther Pan Sloane has been head of partnerships, policy and communication for the United Nations Capital Development Fund since 2015. In this role she engages with the private sector to attract funding for projects that work toward achieving the UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals. A U.S. national and former diplomat, Sloane was part of the U.S. team that negotiated the 2030 Agenda and the SDGs.  

In the webinars 'The decolonization of aid' KUNO, Partos, and The Institute of Social Studies (ISS) take one step back and approach the discussion on the decolonization of aid in a series of talks. Step by step, we highlight an aspect of this debate. We ask two experts to engage in a conversation with one another to explore the controversies and perhaps find some common grounds. This podcast is the recording of the ‘superb' (as indicated on Twitter) opening statement of Tammam Aloudat (Director Global Health Centre).Aloudat: 'Decolonisation could be an entire divorce of the idea that someone has a real idea of what is better for the other'. The full webinar with Aloudat is available under the title Decolonisation of aid: Dialogue #3 - a humanitarian aid perspective.

In the webinars 'The decolonization of aid' KUNO, Partos, and The Institute of Social Studies (ISS) take one step back and approach the discussion on the decolonization of aid in a series of talks. Step by step, we highlight an aspect of this debate. We ask two experts to engage in a conversation with one another to explore the controversies and perhaps find some common grounds. This third dialogue focusses on the perspective from humanitarian aid with Nanette Antequisa (director ECOWEB and active member of A4EP) and Tammam Aloudat (Director Global Health Centre). The webinar is moderated by Kiza Magendane (The Brooker) and Thea Hilhorst (International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University).

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In the webinars 'The decolonization of aid' KUNO, Partos, and The Institute of Social Studies (ISS) take one step back and approach the discussion on the decolonization of aid in a series of talks. Step by step, we highlight an aspect of this debate. We ask two experts to engage in a conversation with one another to explore the controversies and perhaps find some common grounds. This scond dialogue focusses on the perspective from development cooperation with Tulika Srivastava (Director Women's Fund Asia) and Lydia Zigomo (Global Programmes Director at Oxfam International). The webinar is moderated by Kiza Magendane (The Brooker) and Thea Hilhorst (International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University).

In the webinars 'The decolonization of aid' KUNO, Partos, and The Institute of Social Studies (ISS) take one step back and approach the discussion on the decolonization of aid in a series of talks. Step by step, we highlight an aspect of this debate. We ask two experts to engage in a conversation with one another to explore the controversies and perhaps find some common grounds.This first dialogue focusses on a historical perspective with Arua Oko Omaka (fellow at the Alex Ekwueme Federal University, Nigeria) and Bertrand Taithe (professor History of Humanitarian Aid Manchester University, UK).The webinar is moderated by Kiza Magendane (The Broker) and Thea Hilhorst (International Institute of Social Studies).

My guest today reverted in 1988. She is a trained Dental Nurse, has worked as a Taxi Driver for women, she has also worked in a Beauty Salon, and currently works as a Disability Support Officer with NDIS. She has setup Charities including SODA (the Somali Organisation for Development Aid) and AMRA (the Australian Muslim Revert Association). She is a Mother of 9, and Grandmother of 4. Some know her as Rosalie Salaam Alaykum and welcome to the show Sr Raisah Bint Alan Douglas Personal and Islamic views and opinions expressed by our guest are their own, and not a representation of Developing Diamonds

Minister of State for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora Colm Brophy on the Morning Mix to discuss the imporance of maintaining our links with the Global Irish Community.

While a considerable amount of world attention is focused on China’s commanding presence on the African continent and the impact of Beijing’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative, India’s activities in Africa have received limited attention. This is indeed surprising because India has an over 2000-year presence on the continent and India-Africa relations have witnessed a major upsurge in recent years.In its relations with African countries, India frequently highlights the economic and philanthropic contributions of the Indian diaspora, Indo-African partnership in the post-colonial period, and solidarity with and support for the Non-Aligned Movement and the fight against racism. It also often highlights Mahatma Gandhi’s role in fighting oppression in South Africa and Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s active international lobbying efforts for African independence.Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit in 2018, New Delhi signed numerous bilateral agreements and outlined ten guiding principles for a renewed engagement with African countries. New Delhi has also, in recent years, stepped up its diplomatic presence and outreach in Africa by announcing new missions and is prioritizing the training of its foreign services personnel in French and Portuguese. India’s diverse and deep historical footprint in Africa has been somewhat different to that of other powers and only in recent decades has the country moved from idealism to pragmatism and the explicit pursuit of commercial interests.Renu Modi is a Professor at the University of Mumbai and Director of the University’s Centre for African Studies. Research project: India's Footprint in Africa: South-South Cooperation and the Politics of Gifts and Reciprocity (INDAF)COVID-19 Crisis in Africa: Impacts and Responses Interview: Professor Renu Modi on India-Africa partnerships | India UK Development Partnership Forum India-Africa: Mapping Trade and Bilateral Partnerships India-Senegal: People to People Connections through the AgesA look at how India's Africa strategy is workingSouth-South Cooperation between India and Africa: Advancing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable DevelopmentPan African e-network: A Model of South-South CooperationTime to Overhaul African HealthcareAccessing Healthcare Beyond State BordersDan Banik and In Pursuit of Development on Twitter 

Alessio Battistella, presidente di ARCò-Architettura e Cooperazione, ha raccontato a SBS Italian come siano riusciti a costruire una scuola fatta di copertoni delle ruote riempiti di terra in Palestina, e un'altra fatta di blocchi di terra compressa nella Striscia di Gaza.

Can travelogues reach recesses of the mind and prompt reflection in ways that extensively footnoted aid reports cannot? We speak to aid worker and author of The Rising Tide, Tom Bamforth, about what he learned from journeys on boat, helicopter, scooter and rattletrap bus in the islands of the Pacific. In the argot of aid, we also conducted some key informant interviews with those Tom met in the course of his travels, including Tataua Pese from Tuvalu and Linda Kenni from Vanuatu.This is a memorandum of understanding about an aid worker in what the Tongan Fijian writer Epeli Hau'ofa called ‘this sea of islands', of going beyond the tarmac road and seeking as many threads of a story as possible. We also uncover one of the few silver linings of COVID-19.  Recommended reading: Tom's book is available here. Gordon has written a Development Policy Centre blog about travel writing and the courage to write candidly on aid. We also touch on the work of a number of wonderful Pacific authors in the podcast: Epeli Hau'ofa, Teresia Teaiwa and Regis Stella. Behind the curtain: We are on air thanks to the ANU's Development Policy Centre.Host, Gordon Peake: Twitter | WritingProducer, Julia Bergin: Twitter | WritingSound Design: Luther CanuteVisual credits: Airstrip sports in Tuvalu. Photo courtesy of Tom Bamforth.

The Development Policy Centre's new podcast series premieres on Monday 1 February. Host, Gordon Peake, peers behind the bureaucratic curtain to tell the stories of the people and politics of international aid. Recommended reading: Read the fine print of Memorandum of Understanding's full corporate plan on the Development Policy Centre blog. Behind the curtain:Host, Gordon Peake: Twitter | WritingProducer, Julia Bergin: Twitter | WritingSound Design: Luther CanuteVisual credits: Map courtesy of Agora Food Studio.

Nella baraccopoli di Kibera, a Nairobi, una onlus italiana lavora per portare conforto alle persone meno fortunate.

Cooperazione internazionale e inclusione educativa sono al centro dei programmi dell'Agenzia italiana per la cooperazione allo sviluppo. Ne abbiamo parlato nell'ambito della rubrica "Global mail" con Arianna Taddei, ricercatrice dell'Università di Macerata.

Gavan Reilly was joined by Colm Brophy, Fine Gael Minister of State with responsibility for Overseas Development Aid and Diaspora and TD for Dublin South West to discuss Leo Varadkar’s response to the article on The Village magazine, about the leak to the GP, the timeline of events and what to expect from the Dail's response to the article on The Village magazine.  Listen and subscribe to On The Record with Gavan Reilly on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify.      Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

In this episode, I discuss why China’s role and influence will continue to expand in a post Covid-19 world. In the initial months of the crisis in early 2020, the main narrative coming from China was very much inward-looking in that Beijing was projecting for its citizens as well as to the world that it could control the outbreak and that no other country would be able to perform better on this matter that it was already doing. Gradually, however, the narrative began to shift to one where Beijing has pursued a more aggressive public relations campaign. A key question is: Who will risk discontinuing their already deep ties with, and dependency on, China? While the United States is gradually withdrawing from the international arena, China appears well-placed to reap the benefits of its development diplomacy, the ambitious Belt and Road Initiative and the growing global interest in sustainable development which appeals to a growing number of countries around the world. Related articles/blogs:"Coordinating Chinese aid in a globalized world" (Carnegie-Tsinghua Centre for Global Policy, 2019)"The coronavirus: State capacity and crisis response in China", Global Policy journal (2019)"Global goals and the national interest: China's embrace of the SDGs" (Oslo SDG blog, 2019)Follow me on: Twitter: https://twitter.com/danbanikFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/dan.banik.officialPlease send me your questions, comments and suggestions by e-mail: InPursuitOfDevelopment@gmail.com

This episode of Old Fox Young Fox tackles international aid, with the help of industry insider Catherine Fitzgibbons. We explore a very different perspective on Africa and the role of Development Aid in this fascinating conversation. With the pressure on the NHS and funding for schools, shouldn't we be looking after our own before spending money on Aid to Africa? African culture still respects the wisdom of the Elders. With 75% of the population under the age of 30 what's happening to the traditional African respect and role for the wisdom of the Elders? Topics covered: Does the African tradition of 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu_philosophy (Ubuntu)' potentially provide us with a 21 Century inclusive model for managing our economy? What can our socially and economically deprived Regions learn from our experiences of Aid to Africa? Microlending via Kiva: https://kiva.org (https://kiva.org) ID and credit checks. Blockchain as a potential solution Lending $15 USD and a mobile phone to provide the means for entrprenuers to build their own future https://my.captivate.fm/M-pesa mobile money transfer (M-Pesa mobile money transfer) https://reliefweb.int/report/world/food-aid-dilemma (The Food Aid dilemma) https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/ (Save The Children) http://www.fao.org/home/en/ (The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)) About our guest Catherine Fitzgibbons is an International Development Consultant with a lifetime of experience in NGOs including Country leadership with Save the Children and most recently, consulting for the World Bank, The World Health Organisation and UK local bodies. Contacting our guest Catherine can be reached via LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-fitzgibbon-33997048/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-fitzgibbon-33997048/) Subscribe to Old Fox Young Fox: https://www.oldfoxyoungfox.com/listen (https://www.oldfoxyoungfox.com/listen) Support the show As an independent podcast, Old Fox Young Fox is listener-funded. You can support us via Patreon: https://donate.oldfoxyoungfox.com (https://donate.oldfoxyoungfox.com). This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podtrac - https://analytics.podtrac.com/privacy-policy-gdrp Support this podcast

It started half a century ago with a campaign to provide vocational training for young Brazilians. Today the Catholic social services association Kolping International is a worldwide network with some 400,000 members in more than 60 countries.

Australia affirms its stance to continue to support the development of Cambodia. A Cambodian foreign affairs ministry statement read. Cambodia thanks Australian for the support on the peace process in Cambodia and the continued support on important sectors including education, infrastructure, agriculture, health, mine clearance, Gender and the disability. - ក្រសួងការបរទេស​កម្ពុជា បានប្រកាសថា អូស្ដ្រាលីបានបញ្ជាក់អំពីការបន្តគាំទ្របន្ថែម​ទៀតដល់ការអភិវឌ្ឍនៅកម្ពុជា តាមរយៈផែនការវិនិយោគលើជំនួយសម្រាប់ឆ្នាំ២០២០-២០២៤ ដែលមានគោលដៅជំរុញ (១)​ សេវា​​សាធារណៈប្រកបដោយនិរន្ដរភាព​ និងបរិយាប័ន្ន (២) កំណើនសេដ្ឋកិច្ចប្រកបដោយភាពរឹងមាំ និងបរិយាប័ន្ន និង (៣) ដំណើរការរៀបចំគោល​នយោបាយសាធារណៈប្រកបដោយប្រសិទ្ធភាព និងតម្លាភាព។

Yona Schiffmiller interviews NGO Monitor researcher, Jamie Berk, regarding the ways in which development aid can support corrupt regimes.Support the show (https://www.ngo-monitor.org/donate/)

Presentation of the Scoping Study to an International Ombuds for Humanitarian and Development Aid, November 21, 2018 (The Hague).This Ombuds could be a way of preventing (sexual) abuse by humanitarian professionals during humanitarian interventions or a way to assist victims of abuse in humanitarian settings.The study was performed by prof. Dorothea Hilhorst, Asmita Naik and Andrew Cunningham,The study was commissioned the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Speakers: Thea Hilhorst (ISS), Asmita Naik, Reintje van Haeringen (CARE Nederland), Marinus Verweij (ICCO-Kerk in Actie), Bart Romijn (Partos), Doris Voorbraak (Ministry of Foreign Affairs).Presentation: Peter Heintze (KUNO).

In the beginning of this year, the Humanitarian sector received criticism due to messages about vulnerable people being sexually abused by the humanitarian emergency aid workers. According to a recent research by professor Thea Hillhorst, implementing a humanitarian ombuds can be an important tool to go against these abusing’s. She conducted this research at the request of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. We discuss the outcomes of her research and what further steps can be put in place. For more information go to: https://www.humanityhouse.org/en/event/de-internationale-humanitaire-ombudsman/

In our latest episode of "On Human Rights," we continue our series exploring human rights and blockchain. In this episode we speak to René Taus Hansen. He’s the Deputy head of quality assurance at the ministry of foreign affairs in Denmark. They recently issued a report called "Hack the Future of Development Aid: Blockchain and Development." "We wanted to start this conversation about how can we think differently, because we need to do something drastically different in order to achieve what we want before 2030," saus Taus Hansen. "Basically, that's why we called it Hack Development Aid. We mean that in a positive sense. We don't necessarily assign a negative meaning to the word 'hack,' simply to think differently."

And how will Australian aid shape the future of the Pacific?

Future Tense looks at the rise of China as a mega-donor and efforts to improve global aid transparency and effectiveness.

Liz David-Barrett (University of Sussex) and Mihály Fazekas Due to technical problems, this episode only includes the first half of the presentation. We would like to apologise and direct interested listeners to the working paper on which the presentation was based: https://www.sussex.ac.uk/webteam/gateway/file.php?name=scsc-working-paper-no-1.pdf&site=405 Following scandals about corruption in foreign aid, and in a political climate that increasingly questions the legitimacy of development assistance, donors are under pressure to control how their funds are spent. At the same time, they also face pressure to trust recipient governments to disburse project funds themselves, so as to build capacity in developing countries. This paper assesses under which conditions donor regulations are successful in controlling corruption in aid spent by national governments through procurement tenders. By mining procurement contracts funded by the World Bank in 100+ countries over the period 1998-2008 for corruption “red flags”, we create a dataset that provides an unprecedentedly accurate picture of corruption risks in the spending of aid across the developing world. Through propensity score matching and regression analysis, we find that the 2003 World Bank regulatory reform aiming to control corruption was effective in reducing corruption risks: lowering single bidding on competitive markets by 3.8-4.3 percentage points. This effect is greater in countries with low state capacity. Speaker biography: Dr Liz David-Barrett is Deputy Director of the University of Sussex Centre for the Study of Corruption and Senior Lecturer in Politics. Her work focuses on the government-business interface, particularly on corruption risks arising from this relationship, including bribery, favouritism in procurement, lobbying and the revolving door. She also researches anti-corruption tools and is particularly interested in how international tools influence national politics. Dr Mihály Fazekas has been pioneering the use of ‘Big Data’ for social sciences research, especially for measuring and analysing corruption and administrative quality across Europe. He uses mixed research methods while working in interdisciplinary teams of IT specialists, practitioners, and social scientists in order to collect, structure, and clean large administrative datasets generated by governments. One of his primary areas of work is public procurement and high-level corruption. This event is organised by the Anti-Corruption Evidence Research Consortium (ACE) as part of the Economics Department seminar series held at SOAS. Visit our website programme for more information (www.ace.soas.ac.uk) Event Date: 10 January 2018 Released by: SOAS Economics Podcast

Simeon Djankov, creator of the World Bank's Doing Business Report, and Matt Warner, Chief Operating Officer of Atlas Network talk with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the role regulation plays in economic development and the challenges of measuring regulatory barriers to new business creation.

Welcome to the next interview in the Kini Interview Series with Pritha Hariram. Pritha is an experienced water supply, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) specialist having worked on humanitarian relief and development projects in the Asia Pacific region. She has technical experience in the planning, design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of community WASH projects. Pritha is experienced in source water monitoring, treatment works design and management, distribution system operation and maintenance and consumer use. She has worked for public, private, governmental and donor agencies in Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, East Timor, India, Indonesia, Nepal, Maldives, Philippines, Sri Lanka and Solomon Islands. Presently, Pritha is the IWA's Program Manager for the Water and Sanitation Services program. The program aims to afford a range of target audiences including service providers, regulators, and financial institutions with best practices in achieving universal access and improved service delivery of water supply and sanitation. Prior to joining IWA, Pritha was an Urban Development Specialist with the Asian Development Bank where her primary role was to lead in the identification, development, implementation, and administration of loans and grants for urban water and sanitation programs in South Asia. Pritha also has extensive experience in hazard analysis and risk management of drinking water and wastewater systems to safeguard public health and improve operation and maintenance efficiency through her work in private and public utilities. In this interview we discuss: 1. Pritha's association with IWA 2. Importance of multidisciplinary teams, 3. Women in water 4. Why integrated water management is the way for the water industry We hope you enjoy this insightful interview. Listen to other great interviews with leading water practitioners at http://www.kini.org.au.

In November, the international community watched as Americans elected Donald Trump the next President, leaving many with unanswered questions about what lies ahead for international development. The United States government is currently the biggest foreign aid donor in the world. Washington’s actions also influence how much other governments contribute to global efforts to eliminate poverty, reduce hunger, empower women and local actors, and increase access to education and healthcare. Trump said little about his stance on international aid throughout his campaign. Republicans have supported foreign aid in the past because it contributes to national security at home, which is also one of Trump’s biggest priorities. However, if his nationalist ideologies and “Make America First” rhetoric are any indicators of future actions, foreign aid — despite representing less than 1% of the national budget — may be on the chopping block. What progress has been made, and what hope is there for the world’s most vulnerable people? Dana Hyde, the CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Richard Leach, the President and CEO of World Food Program USA, will share insights about major achievements in recent years and shifting priorities for the future. Dana Hyde, Chief Executive Director of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and Richard Leach, President and CEO of the World Food Program USA, are in conversation. The discussion is moderated by Jane Wales, CEO, World Affairs and Global Philanthropy Forum; Vice President, The Aspen Institute. For more information about this event please visit: http://www.worldaffairs.org/event-calendar/event/1674

Could drones, and other robotics, provide an answer to some of the most persistent humanitarian and development challenges? Drones are just one example of a range of new frontier technologies that “tech for good” advocates claim as potentially paradigm-shifting for developing countries. However, even as sources of investment and knowledge-sharing increase, there remain obstacles and concerns – including issues around regulation, privacy and data protection, health and safety, and public understanding – and critics seek more evidence of cost-effectiveness and more positive engagement with the communities served. In this special event in partnership with Crown Agents Foundation, RSA Chief Executive Matthew Taylor discusses how we fulfil the humanitarian promise of technological advance with Tamara Giltsoff, Head of Innovation at the Department for International Development, whose ambition it is to bring tech innovation into day-to-day leadership and delivery of UK aid; and former Africa Correspondent at the Economist, Jonathan Ledgard, whose vision is to transform drones into agents of hope, utilizing the lower skies of African cities under-served by infrastructure networks, to revolutionize cargo delivery for those who need it most. Marie Staunton, Chair of Crown Agents, SOAS and former Chief Executive of Plan International joins the debate to put the case for new partnerships to explore the potential impact of technology for public good.

Peter Fray is the Deputy Editor of The Australian. He was the editor-in-chief and founder of the fact-checking website, PolitiFact Australia and had a long and distinguished career at Fairfax Media, most recently as Editor-in-Chief and publisher of the The Sydney Morning Herald and previously as Editor of The Canberra Times and The Sunday Age. Julia Baird is a journalist, broadcaster and author. Her writing has appeared in Newsweek, The New York Times, the Guardian, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Monthly and Harper’s Bazaar. She is a regular commentator on television and radio and is the author of Media Tarts: How the Australian press frames female politicians. She is currently writing a biography of Queen Victoria. Chris Kenny is Associate Editor-National Affairs at The Australian and host of the SkyNews Viewpoint program, as well as a regular commentator on national affairs on television, radio and in print. He brings to the task a broad range of top level experience in media, politics and foreign affairs. John Ricketts is the CEO of Significance Systems, an applied AI platform that finds and analyses the narratives that matter in a crowded digital media world. This has application in a wide range of fields from Capital Markets and Development Aid, to Communications, Strategy and Marketing. He was awarded his PHD in Physics at 24 and lived during the 90s in Tokyo, where he pioneered the first social media.  Mark Di Stefano is the Political Editor for BuzzFeedOz, who started out in the media by fetching ABC News host Juanita Philips' tea and doing her autocue. After stints reading the news on Triple J and doing TV journalism for the ABC News in Darwin, Mark got lucky and was hired by BuzzFeed. He loves the Internet, coffee and Kendrick Lamar's latest album.

Ten years ago, the UK-government-led Commission for Africa was launched at the British Museum. It coincided with a popular global movement to Make Poverty History in Africa, a revival of Live Aid concerts, and a string of promises from G8 leaders to increase aid to Africa. The Commission encouraged partnership between Africa and the developed world, rather than a relationship of dependency. Is this happening? A decade on, how relevant or necessary is development aid? Is Africa now in a position to be an agent of its own progress? (Photo: A labourer walks along a metro-line under construction in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa. Credit: Reuters)

Carol Graham Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and Professor of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. She is also a Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA). Graham book coverCarol Graham is the author of The Pursuit of Happiness: Toward an Economy of Well-Being (Brookings, 2011; also published in Chinese and paperback); Happiness around the World: The Paradox of Happy Peasants and Miserable Millionaires (Oxford University Press, 2009; published in Chinese, Portuguese and paperback); Happiness and Hardship: Opportunity and Insecurity in New Market Economies (with Stefano Pettinato, Brookings, 2002; also published in Spanish); Private Markets for Public Goods: Raising the Stakes in Economic Reform (Brookings, 1998); Safety Nets, Politics and the Poor: Transitions to Market Economies (Brookings, 1994); Peru's APRA (Lynne Rienner, 1992); Improving the Odds: Political Strategies for Institutional Reform in Latin America (co-author, IDB, 1999); and A Half Penny on the Dollar: The Future of Development Aid, with Michael O'Hanlon (Brookings, 1997). She is the editor, with Eduardo Lora, of Paradox and Perceptions: Quality of Life in Latin America (Brookings, 2009); with Susan Collins, of the Brookings Trade Forum 2004: Globalization, Poverty, and Inequality (Brookings, 2006); and, with Nancy Birdsall, of New Markets, New Opportunities? Economic and Social Mobility in a Changing World (Brookings, 1999), and Beyond Trade-Offs: Market Reforms and Equitable Growth in Latin America (Brookings/IDB, 1988). She is the author of articles in journals including the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization, the World Bank Research Observer, Health Affairs, Health Economics, the Journal of Socio-Economics, World Economics, Foreign Affairs, the Journal of Development Studies, the Journal of Latin American Studies, World Development, the Journal of Happiness Studies, and of numerous chapters in edited volumes, including the New Palgrave Dictionary of Economics. She is an associate editor at the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization and on the editorial boards of numerous other economic journals. She is currently serving on a National Academy of Sciences Panel which is assessing the relevance of well-being metrics for policy. Graham served as Vice President and Director of Governance Studies at Brookings from 2002-2004. She has also served as a Special Advisor to the Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund. She has also been a consultant at the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, United Nations Development Program, and the Harvard Institute for International Development, helping to design safety net programs in Latin America, Africa, and Eastern Europe.

Aniruddhan Vasudevan, LGBTQ activist and founder of The Shakti Resource Center, in Chennai, India talks to us about organizing public dialogue around issues of gender and sexuality in India and Shakti's upcoming cultural program "Nirangal" or "Colors" Tammy Bang Luu, senior organizer and co-coordinator of National School for Strategic Organizing, talk to us about API community involvement at USSF, 2010 being held in Detroit. Finally, we talk to organizers from Association for India's Development (AID) and their upcoming fundraiser The post APEX Express – June 17, 2010 appeared first on KPFA.

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