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International development experts share their ideas on how wealthy countries can promote prosperity in developing countries. Follow at cgdev.org/cgd-podcast.

Apr 21, 2015

Is better good enough? When it comes to climate change, Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute, says probably not. However, he does think there are reasons to hope. He points to ambitious pledges by both developing and developed countries to reduce carbon emissions, and a landmark deal between...


Apr 14, 2015

Is the World Bank still relevant? As it approaches its 75th anniversary that’s the question I put to Shanta Devarajan, the Bank’s Chief Economist for the Middle East and North Africa in our latest CGD podcast. We’ve been looking ahead to the Bank’s 75th anniversary in a few years’ time and asking what is the...


Apr 7, 2015

The seed of today’s podcast was planted back in April 2014. That’s when Nigeria made a statistical change to the way it calculates its GDP. Overnight, Nigeria’s GDP estimate shot up by 89%, making it the biggest economy in Africa.

Dr Yemi Kale, statistician general at the National Bureau of Statistics in Nigeria,...