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Development Drums

Owen Barder

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Frequency: 1 episode/124d. Total Eps: 40

A podcast about development

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Episode 48: Stefan Dercon – Gambling on Development

vendredi 3 juin 2022 • Duration 01:32:51

Stefan Dercon is Professor of Economic Policy and Director of the Centre for the Study of African Economies at the University of Oxford. He is a former DFID chief economist and a policy advisor to the UK foreign secretary. Stefan Dercon argues that countries develop if they achieve an elite bargain, in which the country’s […]

Episode 47: Todd Moss – The Truth is Stranger Than Fiction

jeudi 17 septembre 2015 • Duration 55:13

Bestselling author Todd Moss is a former senior State Department official who led America’s response to coups and crises in West Africa. He is also my colleague at the Center for Global Development, where he is a Senior Fellow and Chief Operating Officer.

Episode 38: Bob Geldof (edited)

vendredi 22 mars 2013 • Duration 36:12

This podcast presents the edited version (about half an hour) of a longer interview with Bob Geldof; if you prefer you can listen to the full interview (1 hr 15 minutes) in episode 39 of Development Drums instead. Bob Geldof is a singer, songwriter, author, actor and part-time political activist. As lead singer of the […]

Episode 37: From Poverty to Power

vendredi 1 mars 2013 • Duration 01:06:27

Duncan Green, Senior Strategic Adviser at Oxfam, talks about his book From Poverty to Power.

Episode 36: Accountability and Openness

dimanche 24 février 2013 • Duration 01:13:19

Rakesh Rajani and Martin Tisné discuss accountability and openness.

Episode 35: Migration and Development

samedi 1 décembre 2012 • Duration 01:14:21

Michael Clemens from the Center for Global Development talks about the relationship between migration and development.

Episode 34: The Economics Of Enough

mercredi 10 octobre 2012 • Duration 01:07:08

In this episode, Owen talks with author and economist Diane Coyle about her latest book ‘The Economics Of Enough, How To Run The Economy As If The Future Matters’. In the first section, Diane shares her thoughts on economic growth as a satisfactory goal for economic and social policy, and discusses the measure of Gross Domestic […]

Episode 33: Complexity and Development

lundi 20 août 2012 • Duration 47:11

This is a special edition of Development Drums. Instead of interviewing a guest, as normal, we bring you a presentation on Complexity and Development by Owen Barder. This is the audio-only version of an online presentation with slides, which is available from the Center for Global Development. You can also download the slides and full transcript. […]

Episode 32: Gender and Development

vendredi 10 août 2012 • Duration 01:01:02

Andrea Cornwall of the Institute of Development Studies and Prue Clarke of New Narrative discuss gender and development.

Episode 31: David Roodman on Microfinance

lundi 28 mai 2012 • Duration 44:36

Center for Global Development Senior Fellow David Roodman talks about his latest book ‘Due Diligence, An Impertinent Inquiry into Microfinance’. David discusses the evidence surrounding the effects of microfinance on the lives of the world’s poor and its implications on aid donors, within the context of his book’s key findings. David then goes on to speak about […]