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September 19, 2008
Episode 2: Harare
Episode 2 of Development Drums.
With guests Peter daCosta in Kinshasa and Professor Adrian Wood of Oxford University
Download: Development Drums Episode 2 (24Mb)
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- more voices
- voices from the South
- more, shorter items
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Links to items discussed in the show:
1. Should donors cap aid to Africa?
Adrian Wood article in FT
Discussion at CGD blog
2. Zimbabwe – How should the international community react?
Tsvangirai appeals for aid
Economist article
3. Billions wasted in aid, according to Care
Press release
Care report
Press report
Guardian article
4. World Bank Doing Business Report
World Bank report
BBC News story
Many thanks to my sister Virginia for providing a studio for Adrian; and to Bob Smith for the jingle.
September 11, 2008
Episode 1: Accra
Episode 1 of Development Drums.
With guest Simon Maxwell of the Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
Download: Development Drums Episode 01 (51 minutes / 22Mb)
- Discussion of:
- Accra High Level Forum
- Accra Agenda for Action (pdf)
- Simon Maxwell Blog Report on Accra
- UN MDG Gap Task Force Report
- UK National Security Strategy
- World Bank Press Release on new poverty statistics
- World Bank paper – The developing world is poorer than we thought, but no less successful in the fight against poverty
Many thanks to Bob Smith for providing the Development Drums jingle.
