# This Week in Global Development Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778.md RSS feed: https://www.spreaker.com/show/5837438/episodes/feed Official site: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development--5837438 Author: Devex Episodes: 216 ## Resource Dive into the week's most critical global development news with the This Week in Global Development podcast. In each episode, hosts Adva Saldinger, David Ainsworth, and Rumbi Chakamba break down major headlines and invite leading experts for insightful analysis. Get up-to-date on news regarding foreign aid, humanitarian crises, the U.N.’s Sustainable Development Goals, finance, philanthropy, climate, food systems, global health, and stay informed on the latest trends and policy changes shaping global development. Episodes are published every Friday and can also be watched on YouTube. Subscribe to our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@devex Sign up to the Devex Newswire and our other newsletters: https://www.devex.com/account/newsletters ## Machine-readable JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/this-week-in-global-development-6311778 Markdown: https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778.md ## Episodes - [Special edition: Early detection in Brazil is a game changer for lung cancer care](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/special-edition-early-detection-in-brazil-is-a-game-changer-for-lung-cancer-care) — 2026-05-19T13:27:33+00:00 - [What can we expect from the 79th World Health Assembly?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/what-can-we-expect-from-the-79th-world-health-assembly) — 2026-05-14T09:05:41+00:00 - [Special edition: Turning sustainable energy into a viable asset class in Africa](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/special-edition-turning-sustainable-energy-into-a-viable-asset-class-in-africa) — 2026-05-11T15:57:01+00:00 - [Inside the corruption scandal that tarnished the UN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/inside-the-corruption-scandal-that-tarnished-the-un) — 2026-05-07T09:46:24+00:00 - [Reform or be defunded: The Trump administration’s demands for the UN](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/reform-or-be-defunded-the-trump-administration-s-demands-for-the-un) — 2026-04-30T11:23:35+00:00 - [The new world order of aid: Inside the Skoll World Forum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/the-new-world-order-of-aid-inside-the-skoll-world-forum) — 2026-04-23T10:15:29+00:00 - [Special edition: Visionomics - how eyeglasses drive economic growth](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/special-edition-visionomics-how-eyeglasses-drive-economic-growth) — 2026-04-21T16:07:23+00:00 - [Global Progress in the AI Era: The future of AI will be decided by small choices with big stakes](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/global-progress-in-the-ai-era-the-future-of-ai-will-be-decided-by-small-choices-with-big-stakes) — 2026-04-21T03:01:47+00:00 - [Inside the World Bank Spring Meetings](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/inside-the-world-bank-spring-meetings) — 2026-04-17T08:19:58+00:00 - [Special edition: Every crisis is political - redefining humanitarian response](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/special-edition-every-crisis-is-political-redefining-humanitarian-response) — 2026-04-14T02:09:39+00:00 - [A look at the United States' new foreign aid strategy](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/a-look-at-the-united-states-new-foreign-aid-strategy) — 2026-04-09T06:13:20+00:00 - [Special edition: Breast cancer as a global development challenge](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/special-edition-breast-cancer-as-a-global-development-challenge) — 2026-04-08T02:35:30+00:00 - [Unpacking the UK's new aid strategy and the World Bank's approach to water](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/unpacking-the-uk-s-new-aid-strategy-and-the-world-bank-s-approach-to-water) — 2026-04-03T09:11:00+00:00 - [Global Progress in the AI Era: Why investing in evidence is key to translating AI hype into impact](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/global-progress-in-the-ai-era-why-investing-in-evidence-is-key-to-translating-ai-hype-into-impact) — 2026-03-30T19:13:19+00:00 - [PEPFAR, Global Fund, and the future of HIV care](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/pepfar-global-fund-and-the-future-of-hiv-care) — 2026-03-26T18:02:31+00:00 - [Global Progress in the AI Era: How GiveDirectly is using AI to deliver cash faster](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/global-progress-in-the-ai-era-how-givedirectly-is-using-ai-to-deliver-cash-faster) — 2026-03-23T21:56:11+00:00 - [Special edition: What will it take to reverse HIV in Eastern Europe and Central Asia?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/special-edition-what-will-it-take-to-reverse-hiv-in-eastern-europe-and-central-asia) — 2026-03-23T16:33:54+00:00 - [Latin America and Africa paths diverge amid global shocks](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/latin-america-and-africa-paths-diverge-amid-global-shocks) — 2026-03-20T00:04:41+00:00 - [Global Progress in the AI Era: What happens when AI labs and social enterprises build together?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/global-progress-in-the-ai-era-what-happens-when-ai-labs-and-social-enterprises-build-together) — 2026-03-17T21:31:31+00:00 - [Inside CSW: What is at stake for gender equality?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/inside-csw-what-is-at-stake-for-gender-equality) — 2026-03-12T12:10:33+00:00 - [Global Progress in the AI Era: Can a new effort scale AI for good to reach hundreds of millions?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/global-progress-in-the-ai-era-can-a-new-effort-scale-ai-for-good-to-reach-hundreds-of-millions) — 2026-03-09T17:15:18+00:00 - [Inside EIB’s critical meetings and USAID’s controversial shutdown](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/inside-eib-s-critical-meetings-and-usaid-s-controversial-shutdown) — 2026-03-05T10:49:47+00:00 - [Global Progress in the AI Era: How the global south can finance AI infrastructure on its own terms](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/global-progress-in-the-ai-era-how-the-global-south-can-finance-ai-infrastructure-on-its-own-terms) — 2026-03-02T21:36:17+00:00 - [Key takeaways from the AI Impact Summit, and philanthropy under scrutiny](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/key-takeaways-from-the-ai-impact-summit-and-philanthropy-under-scrutiny) — 2026-02-26T13:02:54+00:00 - [Global Progress in the AI Era: Governing the AI moment](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/global-progress-in-the-ai-era-governing-the-ai-moment) — 2026-02-24T09:32:12+00:00 - [What did we learn at the African Union Summit and the Munich Security Conference?](https://stenobird.com/podcast/this-week-in-global-development-6311778/what-did-we-learn-at-the-african-union-summit-and-the-munich-security-conference) — 2026-02-19T19:35:12+00:00 ## Actions Episode pages expose an explicit `request_transcript` action. 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