In Pursuit of Development

By Dan Banik

If you are interested in democracy, poverty eradication and climate change, this is your go-to podcast for a deeper understanding of the politics of global development. In each episode, we discuss the experiences of developing and “emerging economies” in Africa, Asia and Latin America. While we examine major global challenges and highlight various “problems”, we also highlight what works on the ground. This podcast is hosted by Professor Dan Banik from the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo (Twitter: @danbanik @GlobalDevPod).

  1. 1.
    Religion and democratic mobilization in Brazil – Amy Erica Smith
    56:35
  2. 2.
    "Global Britain": Inspired vision or wishful thinking? — Mark Miller
    56:55
  3. 3.
    How does digital technology affect healthcare? — Vincent Duclos
    58:14
  4. 4.
    Reimagining development — Hannah Ryder
    1:00:19
  5. 5.
    Navigating by judgment to achieve development impact — Dan Honig
    1:01:12
  6. 6.
    Democracy and crisis response in India — Patralekha Chatterjee
    1:07:45
  7. 7.
    The globalization of foreign aid — Liam Swiss
    1:01:15
  8. 8.
    Nigeria and the inadequacies of the resource curse thesis – Zainab Usman
    1:03:14
  1. 9.
    Can we domesticate the state or will it domesticate us? — James C. Scott
    1:07:29
  2. 10.
    Population and development: Risks and opportunities — Lauren Johnston
    57:26
  3. 11.
    Imperialism and the developing world — Atul Kohli
    1:02:57
  4. 12.
    Summit diplomacy and African agency — Folashadé Soulé
    1:03:34
  5. 13.
    India-Africa relations — Renu Modi
    1:07:45
  6. 14.
    Corruption and political settlements — Mushtaq Khan
    1:10:48
  7. 15.
    The impact of the sustainable development concept — Frank Biermann
    1:05:17
  8. 16.
    The future of aid — Jonathan Glennie
    1:02:15
  9. 17.
    Vaccine nationalism and vaccine equity — Antoine de Bengy Puyvallée
    30:08
  10. 18.
    Knowledge production and network-building in China’s foreign relations — Lina Benabdallah
    1:00:03
  11. 19.
    How to distribute a Covid-19 vaccine ethically — Aksel Braanen Sterri
    36:30
  12. 20.
    How India became the "pharmacy of the world" — Rory Horner
    53:36
  13. 21.
    Political violence and development — Patricia Justino
    55:27
  14. 22.
    Gro Harlem Brundtland on sustainable development, global responses to COVID-19 and the role of the WHO
    46:24
  15. 23.
    Political development and political decay — Francis Fukuyama
    57:58
  16. 24.
    Simmering political tensions and civil war in Ethiopia — Kjetil Tronvoll
    1:06:37
  17. 25.
    Economic boom, poverty reduction and corruption in China — Yuen Yuen Ang
    1:02:08
  18. 26.
    The impact of democracy on economic growth — Carl Henrik Knutsen
    55:47
  19. 27.
    Global inequality and the future of capitalism — Branko Milanovic
    1:04:52
  20. 28.
    China-Africa relations — Eric Olander
    1:02:31
  21. 29.
    Food insecurity and the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 — Ida Rudolfsen
    34:43
  22. 30.
    Why democracy will prevail in the contest against authoritarian alternatives — Larry Diamond
    57:54
  23. 31.
    What the West does not understand about China — Liu Baocheng
    51:01
  24. 32.
    China’s Belt and Road Initiative and infrastructure development in Africa — Gyude Moore
    1:02:11
  25. 33.
    Dam diplomacy and water sharing agreements in the Nile basin — Ashok Swain
    1:01:49
  26. 34.
    Legislative development in Africa — Ken Ochieng' Opalo
    1:03:45
  27. 35.
    Why AIDS interventions in Africa often fail — Kim Yi Dionne
    1:04:46
  28. 36.
    India’s development and the political economy of growth — Kunal Sen
    1:02:17
  29. 37.
    Globalization, the Nordic model and the economics of belonging — Martin Sandbu
    57:34
  30. 38.
    The historic court ruling in Malawi annulling the 2019 presidential elections — Edge Kanyongolo
    53:08
  31. 39.
    The need to politicize development economics — Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
    57:06
  32. 40.
    Pakistan's healthcare system and its recent success in fighting Covid — Usman Mushtaq
    58:32
  33. 41.
    How Black Lives Matter is also a reckoning for foreign aid and international NGOs — Degan Ali
    1:06:26
  34. 42.
    How is India handling the pandemic? A conversation with Tathagata Satpathy
    1:33:01
  35. 43.
    The relevance of foreign aid — Bård Vegar Solhjell
    1:25:35
  36. 44.
    Chinese aid and South-South Cooperation — Marina Rudyak
    1:01:03
  37. 45.
    State capacity in Latin America — Benedicte Bull
    1:05:07
  38. 46.
    Erik Solheim on sustainable development
    1:20:21
  39. 47.
    Democracy, development and Covid response in Africa — Boniface Dulani
    1:19:17
  40. 48.
    The population question
    30:16
  41. 49.
    Dreaming of electricity
    27:01
  42. 50.
    Crises and leadership
    27:07

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