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This Week in Global Dev: #116: A look ahead to the World Bank and IMF meetings
This week on the podcast, we unpack what to watch during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, D.C. — from shi...
This Week in Global Dev: #115: Could taxes fix the global health funding crisis?
This week, we discuss the details of the “Accra Reset,” an effort to declare an end to the era of development-as-usual and to push for the creation of...
This Week in Global Dev: #114: UNGA80: Trump, climate, and the biggest headlines from the summit
This week we are on the ground in New York to cover the 80th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week.
Our discussion breaks dow...
Live from UNGA80: What's at stake for global development
This week, the Devex team is on the ground at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York. On the sidelines of the high-level talks, we are h...
This Week in Global Dev: #113: A look ahead to the high-level meetings of 80th United Nations General Assembly
This week, we take a look at the key talking points ahead of the high-level meetings of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. From...
This Week in Global Dev: #112: The Africa Climate Summit, and a new legal test for the Trump administration
This week, we were at the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, closely following the stories that matter most to the global development com...
This Week in Global Dev: Special episode: The US budget deadlock explained
The negotiation and approval of the U.S. budget is a complex process, filled with political bargaining and high-stakes showdowns that can have a profo...
Special episode: Beyond malaria: Africa’s shift to integrated mosquito management
For decades, Africa's malaria strategy has focused almost exclusively on disease control through indoor mosquito management and personal protection —...
This Week in Global Dev: #111: A new era at AfDB, and Trump’s rescission package
This week, Akinwumi Adesina stepped down as the chief of the African Development Bank after a 10-year tenure. He was replaced by Sidi Ould Tah at the...
This Week in Global Dev: #110: A look at UN80, and how emerging donors are reshaping the aid landscape
This week, we take a look at the details of the latest United Nations reform, the UN80 Initiative, which is designed to make the organization more eff...
This Week in Global Dev: #109: Trump’s plan for UNGA, and the impact of aid cuts on refugees in Malawi
This week takes a look at an internal email seen by Devex, which outlines the U.S. Department of State’s priorities for the United Nations General Ass...
State Department faces $20B spending deadline as fiscal year end looms
With the U.S. Agency for International Development officially ceasing operations as the main U.S. foreign aid agency on July 1, the State Department n...
This Week in Global Dev: #107: A look at the Trump administration's plan for DFC
This week, we're taking a deep dive into the Trump administration's vision for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. The White House...
This Week in Global Dev: #106: The next steps after FfD4, and how UN programs are affected by aid cuts
This week, our conversation features Shari Spiegel, chief of the Financing for Sustainable Development Office at the United Nations Department of Econ...
This Week in Global Dev: #105: US aid slashed: Inside the $8 billion cut to foreign assistance
After an all-night marathon of amendments, the U.S. Senate voted to advance President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package this week. While t...
This Week in Global Dev: #104: Foreign aid at a crossroads: What's next for global development?
With the U.S. Agency for International Development officially dismantled and its remnants folded into the State Department, the landscape of global ai...
This Week in Global Dev: #103: Did Sevilla save multilateralism — or just survive the heat?
As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development wraps up, Devex reporters Jesse Chase-Lubitz and Elissa Miolene join Associate Edi...
Special episode: How blockchain is powering crisis-to-cash infrastructure
Special episode: How blockchain is powering crisis-to-cash infrastructure by Devex
Special episode: Reimagining a more just and equitable global system
Special episode: Reimagining a more just and equitable global system by Devex
FfD4 kicks off as aid budgets shrink and U.S. steps back
Development leaders have converged on Sevilla, Spain, for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, or FfD4 — the first such g...
Special episode: Can health survive the development finance revolution?
Special episode: Can health survive the development finance revolution? by Devex
This Week in Global Dev: #102: How cuts to Gavi reflect US disengagement from development
This week, we have been closely following the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s high-level replenishment event in Brussels. Gavi, the leading international...
This Week in Global Dev: #101: Bonn climate talk updates, and how aid cuts are affecting US farmers
This week, we are at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. From climate financing to the absence of the United States, we take a look at the major talki...
This Week in Global Dev: Episode 100: What happened in global development over the past 2 years?
In celebration of our 100th podcast episode, we’re revisiting the most impactful global development stories from the past two years, covering the peri...
This Week in Global Dev: #99: Trump budget targets US aid, plus what we heard at AfDB meetings
On this week’s podcast episode, we unpack U.S. President Donald Trump’s 2026 budget request, which proposes sweeping cuts to foreign aid and includes...
This Week in Global Dev: #98: Key takeaways from WHA78, and Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’s fallout
This week we reflect on the 78th World Health Assembly, which Devex covered on the ground in Geneva. From the historic agreement of the Pandemic Treat...
Special episode: Leadership, small business, economic growth in a changing landscape
Explosive growth in the middle class, rapid urbanization, digitization and automation, the energy transition, and evolving geopolitics — these all pre...
This Week in Global Dev: Live from WHA78: A look at the Pandemic Agreement
With the 78th World Health Assembly in full swing, we dig into the main talking point of the conference: the Pandemic Agreement.
The lan...
This Week in Global Dev: #97: Previewing the World Health Assembly, & Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’
Next week, the global health community will convene in Geneva for the World Health Organization's annual decision-making summit, the World Health Asse...
This Week In Global Dev: Exclusive Interview: UNDP's Achim Steiner on the 'chronic erosion' of development
For this special episode of our weekly podcast series, we sit down with outgoing UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner. He reflects on his two terms, navig...
This Week in Global Dev: #96: Bill Gates’ big announcement, and Trump’s budget proposal
This week, we learned that billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates will commit most of his fortune to the Gates Foundation, which will close in 2045. Be...
This Week in Global Dev: #95: How the first 100 days of Trump's presidency impacted global development?
This week marked the first 100 days of the second Trump presidency. From the cutting of foreign aid programs to the laying off of government staff, we...
Special episode: What’s at stake in the race for critical raw materials?
Special episode: What’s at stake in the race for critical raw materials? by Devex
The food paradox: Why those who feed us can't feed themselves with Roger Thurow
Summary
Award-winning journalist Roger Thurow reveals how conventional farming practices are simultaneously depleting resources and failing mill...
This Week in Global Dev: #94: Live from the World Bank meetings, an inside look at the targeting of MCC
With the World Bank and International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in full swing, we are recording live from the conference. From the United States’...
This Week in Global Dev: #93: What can we expect from the World Bank Spring Meetings?
This week we published a story in which we spoke with 14 former and current World Central Kitchen staff members and contractors to find out what lay b...
Special episode: 5 billion people lack access to surgery. Here’s what needs to change
Special episode: 5 billion people lack access to surgery. Here’s what needs to change by Devex
Vulnerability as risk: Garance Wattez-Richard on insuring the emerging middle class
Summary
Garance Wattez-Richard, CEO of AXA EssentiALL, discusses the transformative potential of inclusive insurance in addressing vulnerabiliti...
This Week in Global Dev: #92: Confusion deepens over USAID cuts as errors pile up
Confusion surrounding U.S. foreign assistance deepened this week as USAID reversed several program terminations—including life-saving food aid—just da...