The CGD Podcast
1) Inside the 2025 Commitment to Development Index with Ian Mitchell
In this episode, I speak with Ian Mitchell, the lead author of the 2025 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), about what this year's results reveal. We discuss why many countries have slipped in thei...Show More
2) Philanthropy's Evolving Role in Global Development with Katrina Sill
The landscape of global development is shifting—shrinking aid budgets, emerging funding models, and evolving priorities are forcing philanthropic capital to move faster, take greater risks, and fill c...Show More
3) The CGD Podcast: Where AI Meets Development with Temina Madon and Han Sheng Chia
From chatbots supporting new mothers and nutrition coaches guiding families, to tutoring tools for children and apps advising farmers, artificial intelligence is beginning to find its place in develop...Show More
4) Saving Newborn Lives with Lord Jim O’Neill and Dr. Akhil Bansal
CGD’s Rachel Glennerster speaks with Lord Jim O'Neill and Dr. Akhil Bansal on the nature and scale of the problem of neonatal sepsis, how an advance market commitment could help incentivize the develo...Show More
5) Remittances for Development with Manuel Orozco
CGD's Helen Dempster speaks with the Inter-American Dialogue's Manuel Orozco about the key role that remittances play in development, the impact of the new tax, and how remittances could be better sup...Show More
6) Climate Finance in an Era of Uncertainty with Dirk Meyer and Elizabeth Sidiropoulos
Following the 2025 Development Leaders Conference, CGD's Rachel Glennerster speaks with BMZ's Dirk Meyer and SAIIA's Elizabeth Sidiropoulos about conference takeaways, including whether climate should...Show More
7) Racing to Preserve Life-saving USAID Programs with the Project Resource Optimization Team
After a large share of USAID's work was terminated, a small cadre of development experts created Project Resource Optimization, or PRO, to identify highly cost-effective, life-saving programs that wer...Show More
8) CGD Podcast: Fiscal Policies for Equality
CGD's Sanjeev Gupta and Benedict Clements of Universidad de Las Américas discuss the considerations that influence the design of sound monetary and fiscal policies, the role of income taxes, and the k...Show More
9) Pandemic Proof: Preparing for What Comes Next
As the second season of Pandemic Proof comes to a close, host Javier Guzman reflects on the progress made in pandemic preparedness since COVID-19, the challenges we still face, and the rapidly shiftin...Show More
10) CGD Podcast: The Future of the African Development Bank with Three Presidential Candidates
Ahead of the African Development Bank's presidential election in May, CGD's Karen Mathiasen and AfriCatalyst's Daouda Sembene interview three of the candidates – Amadou Hott, Samuel Munzele Maimbo, an...Show More