Health Insurance in India: Shankar Prinja on the CGD Podcast

sbrown — Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:48:41 +0000

CGD's Javier Guzman speaks with the Indian National Health Authority's Shankar Prinja about the structure and benefits of the PMJAY insurance scheme, the challenges of large-scale programs, and the need for researchers and policymakers to work together to produce and make use of evidence on what works.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

Javier Guzman

https://traffic.libsyn.com/cgdev/India-health-podcast.mp3

Lagos to Mombasa: Was the AU-EU Summit a Success?

sbrown — Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:08:21 +0000

Malado Kaba of Falémé Conseil and Inge Kaul of the Hertie School join Gyude to discuss the commitments made at the long-awaited AU-EU summit, the ways in which the participants were portrayed, and whether issues beyond aid, such as research, innovation, and trade, got the attention they deserved.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

W. Gyude Moore

https://traffic.libsyn.com/cgdev/LTM-e10.mp3

A History of USAID: John Norris and Wade Warren on the CGD Podcast

sbrown — Mon, 13 Dec 2021 19:42:06 +0000

CGD's Sarah Rose speaks with John Norris of the Gates Foundation and Wade Warren of Deloitte Consulting about Norris's new book on USAID, including USAID’s internal balancing act between development and geostrategic mandates, structural vs. sectoral initiatives, and the challenges USAID will face in its next decades.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

Sarah Rose

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/USAIDbookpodcast.mp3

Lagos to Mombasa: What Does the Climate Crisis Mean for Africa?

sbrown — Thu, 02 Dec 2021 16:53:04 +0000

Zainab Usman of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and Olumide Abimbola of the Africa Policy Research Institute join Gyude to discuss the implications of the European Green Deal for Africa, the outcomes of COP26, and the impacts of the climate crisis on pandemic recovery.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

W. Gyude Moore

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/LTM-e09.mp3

Inside the Development Leader's Conference: Carin Jämtin and Alexia Latortue on the CGD Podcast

sbrown — Tue, 23 Nov 2021 14:45:59 +0000

CGD's Masood Ahmed speaks with Sida's Carin Jämtin and MCC's Alexia Latortue about their takeaways from the 2021 Development Leaders Conference, including the tensions between national and global challenges, how development agency leaders can address them, and what these decisions might mean for agency mandates going forward.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

Masood Ahmed

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/DLCPod.mp3

Lagos to Mombasa: How Can African Countries Increase Migration Opportunities for Skilled Youth?

sbrown — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 15:13:11 +0000

Africa’s youth population is expected to hit one billion this year, and African countries are not on track to produce enough jobs. Dawit Dame of Ethiopia’s Jobs Creation Commission and Edwin Righa of the International Organization for Migration join Gyude to discuss how African countries can prepare for and enhance labor migration abroad.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

W. Gyude Moore

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/LTM-e08.mp3

Lagos to Mombasa: How Can Digital ID Improve Lives through Social Protection?

sbrown — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 15:41:38 +0000

CGD's Anit Mukherjee and Ugo Gentilini of the World Bank join Gyude to discuss how governments reach people with social protection programs, how such programs have been used during the pandemic, and what governments should do now to prepare for the next‚ inevitable, pandemic.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

W. Gyude Moore

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/LTM-e07.mp3

Lagos to Mombasa: How Can Digital ID Be Harnessed for Development?

sbrown — Thu, 21 Oct 2021 14:07:31 +0000

Dr. Joseph Atick, Executive Chairman of ID4Africa, and Alan Gelb, CGD Senior Fellow, join Gyude to discuss the evolution of ID systems across Africa, the benefits and risks of digital ID systems, and what African governments can learn from countries like India about what works and what doesn’t.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

W. Gyude Moore

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/LTM-e06.mp3

The Future of Education in Afghanistan: Zuhra Faizi and Rob Jenkins on the CGD Podcast

sbrown — Wed, 20 Oct 2021 13:49:02 +0000

CGD's Susannah Hares speaks with Zuhra Faizi of Harvard and MIT and Rob Jenkins of UNICEF about the history and current status of Afghan education, the role of community-based schools, and what international institutions must do now to keep Afghan children in school.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

Susannah Hares

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/AfghanistanEducationPodcast.mp3

Lagos to Mombasa: How Do We Accelerate EU-Africa Investment?

sbrown — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 15:10:48 +0000

CGD’s Mikaela Gavas joins Gyude to discuss barriers to private investment in health and infrastructure projects and how a new initiative—an Accelerator Hub—could help local businesses and institutions in Africa develop financially viable proposals and connect them with investors.

Blog Address:

Blog: https://www.cgdev.org/cgd-podcast

Author(s):

W. Gyude Moore

https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/cgdev/LTM-e05.mp3