Ranked #1
In conversation: SDGs three years on with David Hulme and Jennifer O'Brien
In conversation: SDGs three years on with David Hulme and Jennifer O'Brien
As the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly convenes to review the world's three year progress against the Sustainabl... Read more
18 Sep 2018
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22mins
Ranked #2
Lecture: Ha-Joon Chang on are some countries destined for under-development?
Lecture: Ha-Joon Chang on are some countries destined for under-development?
As part of the Global Development Institute Lecture Series and in collaboration with the Post-Crash Economics Society Dr... Read more
6 Feb 2018
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1hr 3mins
Ranked #3
In conversation: The future of development studies
In conversation: The future of development studies
To celebrate the end of the academic year we brought together leading academics from the Global Development Institute in... Read more
30 May 2018
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59mins
Ranked #4
In conversation: Informal settlements in Zimbabwe with Beth Chitekwe-Biti & Ezana Weldeghebrael
In conversation: Informal settlements in Zimbabwe with Beth Chitekwe-Biti & Ezana Weldeghebrael
Beth Chitekwe-Biti and Ezana Weldeghebrael discuss the recent political changes in Zimbabwe and what they mean for the u... Read more
9 Apr 2018
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55mins
Ranked #5
In conversation: The future of economics with Ha-Joon Chang, David Hulme & Mihai Codreanu
In conversation: The future of economics with Ha-Joon Chang, David Hulme & Mihai Codreanu
Listen to Ha-Joon Chang, The University of Cambridge, in conversation with David Hulme, Executive Director of the Global... Read more
9 Feb 2018
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33mins
Ranked #6
In conversation: Farmer-led irrigation with Phil Woodhouse & Dan Brockington
In conversation: Farmer-led irrigation with Phil Woodhouse & Dan Brockington
Phil Woodhouse and Dan Brockington discuss their research project Studying African Farmer-led Irrigation.The project bri... Read more
2 Aug 2018
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27mins
Ranked #7
Lecture: Rachel Glennerster on Can technology solve global poverty?
Lecture: Rachel Glennerster on Can technology solve global poverty?
In this talk, Dr Glennerster discusses how technology has driven improvements in income and health in poor countries, wh... Read more
31 Oct 2019
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36mins
Ranked #8
In conversation: Laila Iskander on recycling & informal settlements
In conversation: Laila Iskander on recycling & informal settlements
In this episode, Diana Mitlin talks to former Egyptian Minister Laila Iskander about her career, recycling and informal ... Read more
28 Mar 2019
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37mins
Ranked #9
Lecture: Franklin Obeng-Odoom on Property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa
Lecture: Franklin Obeng-Odoom on Property, institutions, and social stratification in Africa
The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Prof Franklin Obeng-Odoom, University of Helsinki, talking about:... Read more
11 Mar 2019
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38mins
Ranked #10
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and econom... Read more
16 May 2018
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34mins
Ranked #11
Lecture: Stephanie Barrientos on gender & work: capturing the gains in Global Value Chains
Lecture: Stephanie Barrientos on gender & work: capturing the gains in Global Value Chains
Professor Stephanie Barrientos discusses her new book 'Gender and Work: Capturing the Gains in Global Value Chains'Build... Read more
26 Sep 2019
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58mins
Ranked #12
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Lord Jim O’Neill
Rising Powers Special: Stephen Sackur interviews Lord Jim O’Neill
Lord Jim O’Neill talks to BBC Hardtalk presenter Stephen Sackur about where the BRIC acronym came from, it’s real world ... Read more
25 Apr 2018
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37mins
Ranked #13
Lecture: Helen Clark on Women-Equality-Power
Lecture: Helen Clark on Women-Equality-Power
Rt. Hon Helen Clark, former Administrator of UNDP and former Prime Minister of New Zealand presents the Global Developme... Read more
3 Dec 2018
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35mins
Ranked #14
In conversation: What makes aid effective with Pablo Yanguas & Daniel Honig
In conversation: What makes aid effective with Pablo Yanguas & Daniel Honig
What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment could aid effectiveness... Read more
17 May 2018
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1hr
Ranked #15
Lecture: Yuen Yuen Ang on how the west got China wrong
Lecture: Yuen Yuen Ang on how the west got China wrong
Dr Yuen Yuen Ang, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan delivers the Adrian Leftwich Me... Read more
8 Nov 2018
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53mins
Ranked #16
Lecture: Katherine Brickell on blood bricks: modern slavery & climate change in Cambodia
Lecture: Katherine Brickell on blood bricks: modern slavery & climate change in Cambodia
The Global Development Institute is pleased to present Prof Kate Brickell, Royal Holloway, University of London, talking... Read more
5 Mar 2019
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47mins
Ranked #17
Lecture: Emma Mawdsley on the Southernisation of Development
Lecture: Emma Mawdsley on the Southernisation of Development
The Global Development Institute Lecture Series is pleased to present Dr Emma Mawdsley, Reader in Human Geography and Fe... Read more
17 Oct 2018
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41mins
Ranked #18
In conversation: Helen Clark and Uma Kothari
In conversation: Helen Clark and Uma Kothari
As part of her visit to the Global Development Institute Rt Hon Helen Clark sat down with Prof Uma Kothari to discuss he... Read more
22 Nov 2018
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32mins
Ranked #19
In conversation: Community organising in informal settlements with SDI & Diana Mitlin
In conversation: Community organising in informal settlements with SDI & Diana Mitlin
Prof Diana Mitlin talks to Kenyan representatives of Shack/Slum Dwellers International who recently visited Global Devel... Read more
27 Nov 2017
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32mins
Ranked #20
In conversation: Radically rethinking aid with Jonathan Glennie & Pablo Yanguas
In conversation: Radically rethinking aid with Jonathan Glennie & Pablo Yanguas
We have been taught to understand aid as a temporary injection of support for struggling countries. This is wrong. It sh... Read more
13 Nov 2018
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36mins