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ODI live events podcast

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Live recordings of the Overseas Development Institute events, covering everything from climate change to migration, gender to the Sustainable Development Goals. Join our global discussion of international development and humanitarian issues here. Find out more about ODI events: www.odi.org/events
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Episodes

ODI in conversation with Muhammad Yunus

Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus, founder of Grameen Bank, joins ODI in conversation to share insights from his new book, A world of Three Zeros.

Nov 14, 20171 hr 22 min

Nick Clegg: keynote speech

Former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg delivers a keynote speech on UK’s role in a changing Europe and the world.

Nov 07, 20171 hr 26 min

Kate Osamor: keynote speech

Kate Osamor MP, Shadow Secretary of State for International Development, delivers a keynote speech on Labour’s vision for the UK’s international development policy. The speech is followed by a question-and-answer session moderated by ODI’s Executive Director Alex Thier, and a networking reception.

Nov 03, 20171 hr 11 min

Unpacking accountability in education

This event, co-hosted by UNESCO and ODI, reflects on the role and responsibilities of governments to ensure inclusive and equitable quality education.

Oct 25, 20171 hr 31 min

Lake Chad Basin: An overlooked crisis

The panel discusses the current humanitarian and development challenges in the Lake Chad region, the Boko Haram crisis and state-level coordination.

Oct 25, 20171 hr 41 min

How are we changing humanitarian action?

As humanitarians we spend a lot of time debating what needs to change in our sector and why. But do we look enough at how that change happens?

Sep 29, 20171 hr 30 min

How to jump-start developing economies

This event presents a new narrative to broaden the debate around economic development, and the ways in which traditional aid delivery helps or hinders it.

Sep 05, 20171 hr 42 min

Meeting the global demand for food assistance

This event, drawing on the World Food Programme's (WFP) 2017 global stocktake of food assistance, brings together voices from across academic, NGO and donor communities. Our experts debate and discuss what we are already doing and, critically, what we need to do as a community to meet the global demand for food assistance and realise food security for all.

Sep 05, 20171 hr 35 min

ODI in conversation with Rajiv Shah

President of the Rockefeller Foundation and former Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development, Rajiv Shah, joins ODI in conversation on the major global challenges of our time – and his vision of how we can tackle them.

Aug 18, 20171 hr 19 min

Frontline stories: risks faced by health workers

What are the risks health workers face when responding to crises? What needs to be done in the future to better protect them? Ahead of World Humanitarian Day and the memorial event for humanitarian aid workers at Westminster Abbey, join us to discuss how we can better address this issue.

Aug 18, 20171 hr 24 min

Challenging the backlash against globalisation

This event features the launch of Future Fragmentation, a major publication from the Commonwealth Secretariat with contributions from ODI, that explores the changing nature of global trade in global value chains and the relative position of Commonwealth small states.

Jul 17, 20171 hr 36 min

A feminist approach to international assistance

At this event the Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie, Marie-Claude Bibeau delivers a keynote speech, offering her reflections on Canada’s new Feminist International Assistance Policy to promote gender equality and help empower all women and girls.

Jul 13, 20171 hr 30 min

The Paris climate commitments: propositions for national action

At this event hosted by CDKN and ODI, experts discuss progress in planning for NDC implementation across seven countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Critically, the discussion focuses on how the NDCs are being mainstreamed into national development processes – so that climate change is not an isolated concern of environment ministries but owned across governments and beyond.

Jul 12, 20171 hr 42 min

A political solution to the Afghanistan crisis

This event, co-hosted by ODI and the United States Institute of Peace, launches a new roadmap for political stability in Afghanistan. Find out more at www.odi.org

Jul 12, 20171 hr 41 min

Investing to transform lives

At this event co-hosted by CDC and ODI, representatives from both organisations as well as DFID and other leading experts discuss the role of development finance and the private sector in supporting economic transformation and achieving the UN Global Goals.

Jul 11, 20171 hr 33 min

Entrepreneurship and African industrialisation

An expert panel discusses how to strengthen entrepreneurship and successfully develop market-based sectors that can help to industrialise and transform economies, generating returns for the whole of society, not just those at the top.

Jun 26, 20171 hr 35 min

Improving local governance and service delivery

This event explores the latest debates, evidence and practice on social accountability, civil society advocacy and local government service delivery. It considers how current policy and assumptions could be revised to more effectively address critical blockages in public service delivery.

Jun 22, 20171 hr 35 min

Building resilience for Africa's urban future

This event considers the implications of new research on the nature, scale and distribution of risk in sub-Saharan Africa for urban policies and governance.

Jun 22, 20171 hr 38 min

Beyond assistance: how to support refugees' aspirations

International experts on refugee policy and livelihoods explore ways to better support refugees in long-term displacement and respond to their needs – from access to employment, to better education and healthcare services, to expanded social networks.

Jun 20, 20171 hr 46 min

Future of the Paris climate agreement

In the aftermath of the G7 Summit in Italy, and the US decision to withdraw from the accord, ODI convenes a global panel of experts to assess the future of the Paris climate agreement.

Jun 06, 20171 hr 30 min

UK general election: priorities for international development

In the run-up to the 2017 UK general election, ODI and Bond convene a debate between the main parliamentary parties to explore their vision and priorities for international development and the UK’s role in the world.

Jun 01, 20171 hr 26 min

Refugees: are jobs the answer?

How can we improve refugees’ ability to access decent work – without shifting the focus away from protecting those fleeing conflict and persecution?

May 12, 20171 hr 35 min
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