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Harvard Center for International Development — 190 episodes
Women, Peace, and Power: Lessons from Africa's Frontlines
Rethinking Development Finance: Impact, Leverage, and the Private Capital Push
State Capacity in a Shifting International Development Landscape
Supply Chains to State Capacity: Building the Next Manufacturing Hubs
Culture, Institutions, and the Future of Multilateralism
Bridging the Digital Divide: AI, Equity, and Global Development
Algorithms and Inequality: Who Wins in the Age of AI?
AI, Education, and Equity: Innovation at a Crossroads
The Future of Hunger - AI and the Fight Against Food Insecurity
How Can AI Help Build Greener, More Inclusive Cities?
AI for Good? Navigating Innovation, Participation, and Impact in Humanitarian Work
Africa’s Emerging AI Tech Landscape: Success, Challenges, and Path Forward
Leveraging AI for Global Development: Opportunities and Policy Implications
Advancing Human Rights in Mega-sporting Events
Catalyzing International Development through Sports
Fueling International Development Through Narrative
Reproductive Justice Across Borders
Reimagining the Care Economy
Scaling Up with Purpose
Navigating Education Policy and Human Development
Progress, Gaps, and Strategies for Women’s Economic Empowerment
Education Policy and Practice in the Global South: Insights from Pakistan
Female Founders: Strategies for Investment in MENA and Beyond
Zooming Into the LGBTQ+ Movement: Lebanon and Mexico
Zooming Into the LGBTQ+ Movement: Brazil and Kenya
Zooming Out on the LGBTQ+ Movement Worldwide
Centering Gender in International Development
Fog Harvesting for Water Scarcity and other Climate Interventions
Mobilizing Communities Through Art
Navigating Cities and Climate Change
Bridging Communities and Tech in a Climate Crisis
Democratizing Data for Sustainable Development
The opportunity of climate philanthropy in India
Loss & damage obligations, non-political climate policies, and compelling climate communication
Ensuring a just energy transition: minimizing resource extraction for environmental justice
Carbon markets, climate tech, and the pathway to carbon net-zero
Climate policy and diplomacy in the U.S. and China
Decarbonizing the built environment: roadblocks and pathways for the developing world
Climate vulnerabilities and opportunities for India’s Informal women workers
Using data to build climate-resilient cities
Climate change modeling: applications and lessons for action
Systems change for climate adaptation? It starts with leadership and creative policymaking
Solar geoengineering as a strategy for managing climate change risks
Climate change in Africa: Exploring citizen experiences and perspectives
Bridging Digital Divides: Technology as a Force for Inclusion
The Frontlines of Peace: An Insider’s Guide to Changing the World
Bringing Development Strategy Back In: New Insights from China, South Korea, and Singapore
Immigration, Innovation, Labor: Insights into the Global Economic Ecosystem
The Future of Work and Consequences of COVID Learning Loss
Behind the Curve: Can manufacturing still provide inclusive growth?
Ensuring Children are Not Forgotten During COVID Recovery
Nutrition, Climate Change, and COVID-19
Can Social Enterprises Fill the Market and Public Sector Gaps in Tough Places?
Getting Vaccines Through the Last Mile: The Need for Local Context and Ownership
Using a Citizens’ Commission to Drive Health Policy Change in India
Climate Change, Digital Data Commons and the Politics of Urban Transport in African Cities
Digital Government: Foundations for Global Development and Democracy
Bouncing Back Faster: Using Evidence to Ensure Resilient Macroeconomic Policies and Inclusive Growth
Cultivating Hospital Resilience through Informed Organizational Culture Changes
Inclusive Employment for South African Youth: Lessons from Harambee
The Human within the System: Analyzing Health Worker Behavior to Improve Care Quality
Building Resilience through Embodying the Mission of Education
Why Feminist Funding is Crucial for Development
Humility and Experimentation: Empowering Local Adaptations to Improve Education Systems
Not Flying the Plane Blind: Tailoring Education Based on Assessment & Evaluation
Creating Impact at a Global Scale for Development
Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Evidence to Drive Poverty Alleviation
Rethinking Capitalism Post-Covid: The Power of Creative Destruction
Using Data to Create Effective Policy in Uncertain Times
Fragility & Conflict: On the Front Lines of the Fight Against Poverty
When the Doughnut Meets the City: Can We Create Regenerative and Distributive Local Economies?
The Effects of COVID-19 on Education Systems: Insights from the Global Education Monitoring Report
Incorporating Evidence in U.S. Development Policy and Programming: Advice and Insights
The Honesty Agenda: Effective Assistance, Women’s Empowerment, and the SDGs in a Post-Covid World
COVID - 19 & Nutrition: Crisis And Opportunity
The Transformation of the International Finance Corporation
Global Mobility and the Threat of Pandemics: Evidence from Three Centuries
Emerging Evidence On The Socio-Economic Impacts Of COVID-19 On Households
Smart Containment with Active Learning: Proposal for a Data-Responsive & Graded Approach to COVID-19
The Millions Learning Project: Scaling Quality Education to Children & Youth
Catalyzing Global Leadership to Contain the Impact of COVID-19
Bringing Credibility, Discipline & Transparency to Impact Investing
A Temporary Basic Income for Developing Countries
Pivoting to A New Paradigm for Reducing Climate Risk in Cities of the Global South
Diagnosing Education Systems
Borderland Battles: Violence, Crime, and Governance at the Edges of Colombia's War
Macroeconomic Stability and Long-Term Growth: Lessons from Jordan
The Causes and Consequences of Brexit with Andrew Mitchell
The Value of Complementary Coworkers
A New Approach to Education in Pakistan: Helping Schools Help Themselves
Information and Social Norms: Experimental Evidence on the Labor Market Aspirations of Saudi Women
Venture Capital in Developing Markets
Alice Evans on Gender and Social Change
Transforming Humanitarian Response towards Local Humanitarian Leadership
Michael Kremer In Conversation With Harvard Students
Progress and Enduring Challenges for the Health of Children in India
Bleeding Out
From Them to Us: Power, Privilege and Responsibility in a Shrinking World
Introducing the Atlas of Economic Complexity's Country Profiles
2027 Global Growth Projections
Argentina's Aristotelian Crisis
Public Policy in Action: What Did Working in Albania Teach Us about Economic Growth?
The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in the Americas
Empowering Women in South Asia’s Slums: The Challenges of Environmental Degradation
Improving Smallholder Farmers’ Livelihoods through Mobile Phone-Based Agricultural Advice
PDIA in Action: Challenges & Experiences
Tackling Poverty Through Diplomacy and Development
Jordan: The Elements of a Growth Strategy
Labor Rights - It's All of our Business
PDIA Alumni Series: Solving complex development problems in Nigeria
Syria: The Catastrophe
Preventing Violence in Developing (and Developed) Countries
Public Policy Failure
Gender and Social Change
New Pathways to Inclusive Growth: The Sri Lanka Project in Retrospect
How Do You Mobilize Political Elites And Citizens?
The Challenges of Driving Prosperity: Growth Diagnostics and Sustainable Development
Afghanistan: Economic Reforms in Fragile States
Politicising Inequality: The Power Of Ideas
Using Economic Evidence to Drive Policy Improvement: A Conversation with Professor Asim Khwaja
Hot Topics in Global Health Financing: Accountability, Transition, & the UHC Agenda
PDIAtoolkit: A DIY Approach to Solving Complex Problems
Better Growth & Better Climate: The New Climate Economy
Going Cashless: An Opportunity to Accelerate Progress on the 2030 SDG's
The International Rules-Based System is Broken: What is to be Done?
The Humanitarian Crisis in Venezuela: A Conversation with Jose Miguel Vivanco
Building State Capability - Creating Public Value Course Promo
Fool's Gold: On the Impact of Venezuelan Devaluations in Multinational Stock Prices
Designing a Problem-Driven Donor-Funded Project in Mozambique
Rules vs. Responsiveness: The Challenges of Building State Capability in India
Preparing For The Next Pandemic - Whose Responsibility Is It?
Informing Budget Reform in Mozambique: The Problem-Driven Iterative Adaptation Approach
Revolutionizing the World of Development Practice at CID: An Interview with Ricardo Hausmann
Does the Sri Lankan Economy Need More University Graduates?
Challenges of Latin America under the New Normal
Preventing Violence in Caracas: A Community-Based, Evidence-Informed Approach
Using and Generating Evidence for Policymaking: Security Interventions in Bogota
Harvard’s Center for International Development 2026 Global Growth Projections
Navigation by Judgment: Why and When Top-Down Management of Foreign Aid Doesn't Work
Delivering life-saving medical commodities in the developing world
One More Resource Curse: Dutch disease and export concentration
Growth Diagnostics in Real Life: CID’s Project in Sri Lanka
Doing Development Differently: The Building State Capability Program and the PDIA Methodology
Accountability in Education: The 2018 Global Education Monitoring Report
Bank Regulation meets Human Rights – How Can Bank Regulators Make the World a Better Place?
Tertiary Education and the Sustainable Development Goals
Government Strategies for Diaspora Engagement - Pandeli Majko, Albania's Minister of Diaspora
Cambiando Esclusas en Panamá: Recomendaciones para un Crecimiento Sustentable e Inclusivo
Shifting gears in Panama: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth
Does US development policy have a future under Trump?
Education in Pakistan: What works to improve learning outcomes?
Financial Inclusion and the Fintech Revolution: Key Trends Emerging in the New Digital World
The Drivers of International Development
How did Venezuela Degenerate Into a Failed State and How Can it Recover?
¿Cómo Venezuela degeneró en un estado fallido y cómo puede recuperarse?
Asian Development Bank’s 2017 Economic Forecast for Asia and the Pacific
Taking back control or losing it? An analysis of the possible economic impact of Brexit
Impact Investing in Emerging Markets: Reaching its full potential
The power of attraction: the European Union's gravitational pull for development and stabilization
Climate Resilience in the Latin American City
CID 2025 Global Growth Projections
Human mobility: potential and resistance
Connectography: Mapping the Future of Global Civilization
Full Seminar Audio: Violence, Insecurity, and Development in Latin America
Interview: Violence, Insecurity, and Development in Latin America
Economic policy in Brazil - prospects for recovery after the crisis
Made in Mexico: The Path Ahead for Trade and Migration Issues
Full Seminar Audio: Inequality, Crime and Development in Latin America
Full Seminar Audio: Gangs, Guns, Drugs, & Development in Latin America
Full Seminar Audio: Corruption, Impunity & Development in Latin America
Peace through Entrepreneurship: Investing in a Start-up Culture for Security and Development
Benefiting from Return Migration: Effects of Return Migration on Non-migrants' Wages and Employment
Building an award winning NGO: the challenges and reality behind the dream to make a difference
Practical Economics - Economic Transformation and Government Reform in Georgia
How Some Rustbelt Cities are Becoming the Smartest Places on Earth and Why it Matters
Building State Capability - Evidence, Analysis, Action
Political Prisoners and Torture in Venezuela: The Experience of an HKS Alumnus & Political Prisoner
Productive Transformation in LATAM & Strategic Participation in Global Value Chains: An OECD view
How Political and Social Change Happens and how Individuals and Organizations can Influence it
Interview: Gangs, Guns, Drugs, and Development in Latin America
Interview: Corruption, Impunity & Development in Latin America
Too Small to Fail: Why Small Countries are Outperforming Larger Ones and What Lessons can be Learned
Empowering Human Capital and Institutions through Higher Education
Education for People and Planet: Creating Sustainable Futures for All
Venezuela: How an Oil Rich Country Went Bust and the Roadmap to Get It Back on Track
City SMARTup: New Tools to Fire Up Your Smart City Project
Efficient and Inclusive Urbanization in China Requires a Leading Role for the Big Cities
Making a Mark and Achieving Your Highest Potential in the Development Sector
Integrating Nutrition and Agriculture to Address Malnutrition in Rwanda
A New Era for Development Assistance: How are NGOs Adapting? Charles MacCormack, Save the Children