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Sustainable development
The sustainable development programme focuses on the Millennium Development Goals in the poorest communities with particular regard to:
- Economic development
- Aid effectiveness
- Poverty eradication
Latest Podcasts:
Urban disasters
In dialogue with Sir John Holmes. With increasing global urbanisation comes increasing risk of urban disaster; but what constitutes an urban disaster?
Urban disaster: recovery
Richard Burge is in dialogue on preparedness of affected cities to act as a hub of coordination of relief and recovery and the role of external and foreign agencies.
Malaria - delivering controlled programmes
We discuss delivering programmes to the worst affected countries against this preventable and deadly disease. We ask about partnerships, how they work and the role of the community in helping themselves.
Global land issues
What are the global issues around the world? How is growing wealth changing the pressure on land? How do you incentivise people and government to do the right thing? What is the starting point for government in addressing and prioritising the issues?
Sustainable development: the age of austerity
Has the recession knocked sustainable development off course? Is there an agenda that could be proactively pursued? These questions and more are discussed while making a comparison between the UK and Germany.
HIV-AIDS innovation
Biomedical advances have brought improved treatment for HIV/AIDS, but how accessible is innovation beyond the rich, developed world? And have healthcare systems been able to exploit this new availability of advanced drugs?
HIV/Aids: What investment in the future?
Podcast concerning the scourge of HIV/AIDS across Africa and the developing world. Treatment reaches millions of people but how do we afford and scale up this treatment and how will an unprecedented global solidarity stand up in an age of austerity?