Author Archive
Episode 15: Peter Singer
Professor Peter Singer talks on Development Drums about his new book, The Life You Can Save. This book sets out an ethical case for why people should give more money to people in developing countries.
Here are the links mentioned in the podcast.
The Life You Can Save website
Buy The Life You Can Save from Amazon
Give [...]
Episode 14: Philanthrocapitalism
Matthew Bishop and Mike Green talk about their book, Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and Why We Should Let Them
Running time 1 hour 5 minutes; size 33.8 Mb.
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Episode 13: Butijira
Andrew Mitchell MP, the shadow Secretary of State for International Development in the British Conservative party, talks about whether and how UK policy on development would change if the Conservatives win the next General Election.
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Running time 25 minutes 56 seconds; size 16.9 Mb.
Episode 12: The Hague
The authors of the WrongingRights blog, Kate Cronin-Furman and Amanda Taub, help to clear up the mysteries of international criminal law.
Running time: 46 minutes 47 seconds. Size: 22Mb
In this episode of Development Drums we talk about the International Criminal Court and the arrest warrant that has been issued for the President of Sudan. [...]
Episode 11: Moorgate
Nancy Birdsall (CGD) and Simon Maxwell (ODI) reflect on the London Poverty Summit on 9th and 10th March; and Minouche Shafik (DFID) talks about the forthcoming DFID White Paper.
Running time: 1 hour and 11 minutes. File size: 32.4 Mb
The British Government held a 2 day conference on 9th and 10th March, bringing together some of [...]
Episode 10: Oxford
Paul Collier talks about his prize winning book The Bottom Billion, and his new book published this month in the UK, Wars Guns and Votes.
Episode 9: Rome
Are donors living up to their promises? Eckhard Deutscher (Chair of the Development Assistance Committee) and Richard Carey (Director of the Development Cooperation Directorate of the OECD) talk about the 2009 Development Cooperation Report, progress towards increasing aid and the way it is delivered, and the work of the DAC.
Episode 8: Timkat
Jonathan Glennie talks about his new book, The Trouble With Aid.
Episode 7: Sophiatown
The food crisis and international tax reform, with guests Alex Cobham (Christian Aid) and Stephen Devereux (Institute for Development Studies).
Episode 6: Grant Park
What will the US elections means for US foreign assistance? Guests Ruth Levine (Center for Global Development), Paul O’Brien (Oxfam America) discuss the implications for US foreign assistance of the US elections. Dana Hovig (Marie Stopes International) explains the US global gag rule.
