Vijaya Ramachandran's guest appearances

Vijaya Ramachandran

The CGD Podcast

Decouple

In Pursuit of Development

The Power Hungry Podcast

Yuen Yuen Ang

Degan Ali

Todd Moss

Gyude Moore

Eric Meyer

Francis Fukuyama

Kakenya Ntaiya

Daron Acemoglu

Chris Blattman

Emily Oster

Jesse Ausubel

Matt Ridley

Lant Pritchett

Bjorn Lomborg

Jim Yong Kim

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Vijaya Ramachandran argues that blanket bans on fossil-fuel funds will entrench poverty. By pushing a renewables only model on developing countries, and expressing fear about the future emissions of these countries, including those on the African continent, rich countries such as Norway are promoting  colonialism in green. Vijaya is an economist with extensive experience in public policy and academia, having worked for the World Bank and the UN as well as serving on the faculty of Duke University and Georgetown University. She is currently director for energy and development at the Breakthrough Institute, and a non-resident fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub and the Center for Global Development. Why India Can’t Wean Itself Off CoalRich Countries’ Climate Policies Are Colonialism in GreenBlanket bans on fossil-fuel funds will entrench povertyWhy the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong (with Todd Moss)Vijaya Ramachandran on Twitter: @vijramachandranHost:Professor Dan Banik, University of Oslo, Twitter: @danbanik@GlobalDevPod

Vijaya Ramachandran argues that blanket bans on fossil-fuel funds will entrench poverty. By pushing a renewables only model on developing countries, and expressing fear about the future emissions of these countries, including those on the African continent, rich countries such as Norway are promoting  colonialism in green. <a href="https://thebreakthrough.org/people/vijaya-ramachandran" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vijaya</a> is an economist with extensive experience in public policy and academia, having worked for the World Bank and the UN as well as serving on the faculty of Duke University and Georgetown University. She is currently director for energy and development at the <a href="https://thebreakthrough.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Breakthrough Institute</a>, and a non-resident fellow at the <a href="https://www.energyforgrowth.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Energy for Growth Hub</a> and the <a href="https://www.cgdev.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Center for Global Development</a>. <ul><li><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/10/08/india-coal-energy-climate-summit-renewable-solar-wind-electricity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why India Can’t Wean Itself Off Coal</a></li><li><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/11/03/cop26-climate-colonialism-africa-norway-world-bank-oil-gas/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rich Countries’ Climate Policies Are Colonialism in Green</a></li><li><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01020-z" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blanket bans on fossil-fuel funds will entrench poverty</a></li><li><a href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/06/africa-climate-emissions-energy-renewable-gas-oil-coal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why the Climate Panic About Africa Is Wrong</a> (with Todd Moss)</li><li>Vijaya Ramachandran on Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/vijramachandran" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@vijramachandran</a></li></ul>Host:<a href="https://www.sum.uio.no/english/people/aca/danbanik/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Professor Dan Banik</a>, University of Oslo, Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/danbanik" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@danbanik</a><a href="https://twitter.com/GlobalDevPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@GlobalDevPod</a>

Rich countries’ climate policies are colonialism in green — Vijaya Ramachandran

Vijaya Ramachandran, a native of Bangalore, India, has been studying and writing about energy and development for more than three decades. In this episode, she discusses the “rank hypocrisy” and “green colonialism” of the rich countries who have said they will quit financing hydrocarbon projects in the developing world, why Africa must develop its vast natural gas resources, how coal is “embedded” in India’s economy, and why “If we just address climate change and ignore poverty, that is completely immoral.”

<a href="https://thebreakthrough.org/people/vijaya-ramachandran" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vijaya Ramachandran,</a> a native of Bangalore, India, has been studying and writing about energy and development for more than three decades. In this episode, she discusses the “rank hypocrisy” and “green colonialism” of the rich countries who have said they will quit financing hydrocarbon projects in the developing world, why Africa must develop its vast natural gas resources, how coal is “embedded” in India’s economy, and why “If we just address climate change and ignore poverty, that is completely immoral.”

Vijaya Ramachandran: Director for Energy and Development at The Breakthrough Institute

China has long been the factory of the world. But as wages there rise, manufacturers are looking to other countries and regions. Meanwhile, African countries have a huge and burgeoning population of young people looking for jobs. So now many wonder—could Africa be the next big destination for manufacturers? And if not, then what? CGD senior fellow Vijaya Ramachandran joins the podcast to discuss a new CGD paper on that very question.

China has long been the factory of the world. But as wages there rise, manufacturers are looking to other countries and regions. Meanwhile, African countries have a huge and burgeoning population of young people looking for jobs. So now many wonder—could Africa be the next big destination for manufacturers? And if not, then what? CGD senior fellow Vijaya Ramachandran joins the podcast to discuss a new CGD paper on that very question.

Can Manufacturing Kickstart Growth in Africa? – Vijaya Ramachandran