Episode

Can aid still fight poverty? | Elina Scheja

Podcast: In Pursuit of Development
Published: Apr 8, 2026
Duration seconds: 2361
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Summary

How is global development cooperation changing in an age of aid cuts, geopolitical fragmentation, and shifting national priorities? In this episode, Dan Banik speaks with Elina Scheja, Chief Economist at Sida, about the future of foreign aid, poverty reduction, jobs, evidence, and what effective development policy looks like in a more uncertain world.