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This Week in Globaal Dev: #129: The latest from the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos
This week, we are tuning in from Davos as we report from the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum. With Trump’s attendance and foreign policy do...
This Week in Global Dev: #128: Inside the US foreign aid breakthrough and $2B commitment to the UN
This week, U.S. lawmakers reached a deal on a $50 billion compromise foreign assistance bill. Even though the agreement implements a 16% reduction fro...
This Week in Global Dev: #127: What does 2026 hold for global development?
In the first episode of the year, we look ahead to what we expect to happen in 2026 in global development. From more foreign aid cuts by traditional W...
This Week in Global Dev: #126: Forget quiet quitting, the State Dept appears to be quiet hiring
In our final episode of 2025, we discuss a tumultuous year in U.S. foreign assistance. It has not always been clear who is calling the shots in the ne...
This Week in Global Dev: #125: Kenya’s new deals with the US, and the latest on food aid cuts
The U.S. State Department has signed a bilateral agreement with Kenya, its first in its ongoing efforts to overhaul how it provides global health assi...
This Week in Global Dev: #124: Impact of HIV funding cuts, and the rise of digital public infrastructure
We dig into the details of a new report published by UNAIDS, which found that donor funding cuts to the HIV response could lead to an additional 3.9 m...
This Week in Global Dev: #123: G20 politics, and the future of UNHCR
This week, we unpack the major storylines emerging from the G20 Summit — the first ever held on African soil — where South Africa used its presidency...
This Week in Global Dev: #122: Trump’s approach to global health, and the latest from COP30
This week, we take a look at the details of the new template for bilateral agreements between the United States and partner governments, which sheds l...
Special episode: Can AI support mental health?
Special edition: Can AI support mental health? by Devex
This Week in Global Dev: #121: On the Ground at COP30: The latest on climate finance
This week we are on the ground at the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference, or COP30, in Belém, Brazil, where the intense heat and daily thun...
Special Episode: Innovation in Action - Scaling Climate Solutions from the Ground Up
In this week’s special episode of the This week in global development podcast, filmed at COP30 in Belém, Brazil, and hosted in partnership with CropLi...
This Week in Global Dev: #120: After 2025’s ‘seismic’ shock, what’s next for development and aid?
On the sidelines of the World Economic Forum’s Humanitarian and Resilience Investing Initiative’s Frontier Markets Impact Meeting in Geneva, Devex tea...
This Week in Global Dev: #119: The potential exodus of NGOs from the US, and the rise of authoritarianism
This week, we reported that U.S.-based international nonprofits are looking into registering sister organizations overseas as they face an increasingl...
Special episode: Pivotal Ventures on Funding the Future of Women’s Health
Special episode: Pivotal Ventures on Funding the Future of Women’s Health by Devex
This Week in Global Dev: #118: The impact of aid cuts: UN reform and the role of philanthropy
This week, we explore the ins and outs of UN80, the United Nations' reform plan to cut costs and boost efficiency. We outline what this initiative, dr...
This Week in Global Dev: #117: Live from the World Bank annual meetings: The debates dominating Washington
This week, we are on the ground at the World Bank-International Monetary Fund annual meetings, closely following the conversations that will shape the...
Special episode: A conversation with the Mines Advisory Group
Special episode: A conversation with the Mines Advisory Group by Devex
This Week in Global Dev: #116: A look ahead to the World Bank and IMF meetings
This week on the podcast, we unpack what to watch during the World Bank and International Monetary Fund annual meetings in Washington, D.C. — from shi...
This Week in Global Dev: #115: Could taxes fix the global health funding crisis?
This week, we discuss the details of the “Accra Reset,” an effort to declare an end to the era of development-as-usual and to push for the creation of...
This Week in Global Dev: #114: UNGA80: Trump, climate, and the biggest headlines from the summit
This week we are on the ground in New York to cover the 80th United Nations General Assembly and Climate Week.
Our discussion breaks dow...
Live from UNGA80: What's at stake for global development
This week, the Devex team is on the ground at the 80th United Nations General Assembly in New York. On the sidelines of the high-level talks, we are h...
This Week in Global Dev: #113: A look ahead to the high-level meetings of 80th United Nations General Assembly
This week, we take a look at the key talking points ahead of the high-level meetings of the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly. From...
This Week in Global Dev: #112: The Africa Climate Summit, and a new legal test for the Trump administration
This week, we were at the Africa Climate Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, closely following the stories that matter most to the global development com...
This Week in Global Dev: Special episode: The US budget deadlock explained
The negotiation and approval of the U.S. budget is a complex process, filled with political bargaining and high-stakes showdowns that can have a profo...
Special episode: Beyond malaria: Africa’s shift to integrated mosquito management
For decades, Africa's malaria strategy has focused almost exclusively on disease control through indoor mosquito management and personal protection —...
This Week in Global Dev: #111: A new era at AfDB, and Trump’s rescission package
This week, Akinwumi Adesina stepped down as the chief of the African Development Bank after a 10-year tenure. He was replaced by Sidi Ould Tah at the...
This Week in Global Dev: #110: A look at UN80, and how emerging donors are reshaping the aid landscape
This week, we take a look at the details of the latest United Nations reform, the UN80 Initiative, which is designed to make the organization more eff...
This Week in Global Dev: #109: Trump’s plan for UNGA, and the impact of aid cuts on refugees in Malawi
This week takes a look at an internal email seen by Devex, which outlines the U.S. Department of State’s priorities for the United Nations General Ass...
State Department faces $20B spending deadline as fiscal year end looms
With the U.S. Agency for International Development officially ceasing operations as the main U.S. foreign aid agency on July 1, the State Department n...
This Week in Global Dev: #107: A look at the Trump administration's plan for DFC
This week, we're taking a deep dive into the Trump administration's vision for the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation. The White House...
This Week in Global Dev: #106: The next steps after FfD4, and how UN programs are affected by aid cuts
This week, our conversation features Shari Spiegel, chief of the Financing for Sustainable Development Office at the United Nations Department of Econ...
This Week in Global Dev: #105: US aid slashed: Inside the $8 billion cut to foreign assistance
After an all-night marathon of amendments, the U.S. Senate voted to advance President Donald Trump’s $9 billion rescissions package this week. While t...
This Week in Global Dev: #104: Foreign aid at a crossroads: What's next for global development?
With the U.S. Agency for International Development officially dismantled and its remnants folded into the State Department, the landscape of global ai...
This Week in Global Dev: #103: Did Sevilla save multilateralism — or just survive the heat?
As the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development wraps up, Devex reporters Jesse Chase-Lubitz and Elissa Miolene join Associate Edi...
Special episode: How blockchain is powering crisis-to-cash infrastructure
Special episode: How blockchain is powering crisis-to-cash infrastructure by Devex
Special episode: Reimagining a more just and equitable global system
Special episode: Reimagining a more just and equitable global system by Devex
FfD4 kicks off as aid budgets shrink and U.S. steps back
Development leaders have converged on Sevilla, Spain, for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, or FfD4 — the first such g...
Special episode: Can health survive the development finance revolution?
Special episode: Can health survive the development finance revolution? by Devex
This Week in Global Dev: #102: How cuts to Gavi reflect US disengagement from development
This week, we have been closely following the Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance’s high-level replenishment event in Brussels. Gavi, the leading international...
This Week in Global Dev: #101: Bonn climate talk updates, and how aid cuts are affecting US farmers
This week, we are at the Bonn Climate Change Conference. From climate financing to the absence of the United States, we take a look at the major talki...