Is there hope for the Russian economy? Stephen Sackur interviews Sergei Guriev
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews leading Russian economist Sergei Guriev, for the latest in the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series. They talk about the problem that Russian economy is facing with corruption and the need for deep...
Policy Brief: Farmer-led irrigation in Africa
‘Farmer-led’ irrigation may exceed all ‘official’ schemes, effectively doubling the amount of irrigated land in sub-Saharan Africa. This policy brief identifies the implications for irrigation policy and agricultural management, summarising the opportunities and...
What Makes Aid Effective with Pablo Yanguas and Daniel Honig
What limits the impact of foreign aid programmes? If frontline workers had freedom to experiment could aid effectiveness be improved? What in the aid bureaucracy and political environment constrains flexibility? David Hulme & Nicola Banks lead this exciting...
Can India overcome inequality and corruption? Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu
This week BBC Hardtalk’s Stephen Sackur interviews Kaushik Basu, the former chief economist at the World Bank and economics advisor to the Indian government for the latest in the Rising Powers and Interdependent Futures podcast series. Basu discusses the implications...