Behind The Noise with Adam Bornstein

Episodes

1. 7

   #7 - Tom McCormack, Ethiopia Country Director for MEDA discusses beer, food security, value chains, and importance of diversification (vs. monocropping)

   This week’s podcast which features Tom McCormack, Ethiopia Country Director for Mennonite Economic Development Associates (or MEDA) whose mission, since 1953, has been to create business solutions that reduce poverty. In Ethiopia, Tom focuses on increasing sustainable employment and income...

   Apr 20, 2020

   1 hr
2. 6

   #6 - Lawrence Camp, Senior Adviser with USAID’s Private Capital and Microenterprise Office, discusses evolving role of development agencies, innovative finance, & humanitarian nexus

   This week’s podcast features Lawrence Camp, former Director and now Senior Adviser with USAID’s Private Capital and Microenterprise Office which is part of the Bureau for Economic Growth, Education and Environment. We get into: (1) how developmental finance has changed over the past 25-30 years,...

   Mar 16, 2020

   41 min
3. 5

   #5 - Sofie Blakstad, CEO of HiveOnline, discusses community banking, the future of fintech, creating opportunities for vulnerable women, and how all roads lead to behaviour economics

   Our special guest this week is Sofie Blakstad, CEO and founder of HiveOnline, who seeks to help financially excluded entrepreneurs thrive, is author of Blockchain: Gateway to Sustainability Linked Bonds, an avid cyclist, a self proclaimed opera nut, and fake Dane. You can contact Sofie at here.…

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   Mar 12, 2020

   38 min
4. 4

   #4 - William Hynes from OECD on why prevailing economic paradigms weaken, not strengthen social and environmental resilience

   Our special guest this week is William Hynes, Head of The New Approaches to Economic Challenges Unit at OECD. We originally recorded this podcast on the 11 February 2020. William and I discussion how traditional economic theory, which strives for market optimisation, inherently overlooks and…

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   Feb 23, 2020

   33 min
5. 3

   #3 - Migrants, Coronavirus, and the Relationship Between China and Africa with special guests Dr. Erin Sorrell and Dr. Claire Standley

   Today’s podcast looks at the impact of pandemics on migrants and vulnerable communities and specifically in the context of the evolving dynamics between Africa and China. Our special guests include Dr. Erin Sorrell and Dr. Claire Standley from Georgetown University's Centre for Global Health...

   Feb 17, 2020

   38 min
6. 2

   #2 - Central Bank Digital Currency with special guests Will Ruddick and Nick Williams

   I'm joined by my friends Will Ruddick (Grassroots Economics Foundation) and Nick Williams (Sempo) outside the Boma Inn in Nairobi, Kenya, today, having just spent the past 12 hours hashing out 12-month game plan for the Community Inclusion Currencies project we're working on. A couple Tuskers in...

   Feb 10, 2020

   20 min
7. 1

   #1 Behind the Noise - What is "Behind the Noise with Adam Bornstein" all about?

   A short audio clip introducing the mission and ambition of Behind the Noise podcast. If you have comments, questions, or guests you'd like to recommend please contact Danish Red Cross Innovative Finance and Systems Change (IFSC) team on the socials: @DRCInnovation or Linkedin or @adambornstein

   Feb 3, 2020

   1 min