DevelopmentAid Dialogues

About DevelopmentAid Dialogues

Each episode features insightful conversations with experts and practitioners, offering valuable perspectives on the challenges and opportunities shaping our world. DevelopmentAid is a platform where we share knowledge and fostering collaboration within the development community. We believe that by sparking meaningful conversations, we can contribute to finding innovative solutions for a more just and sustainable future.

Publisher

Hisham Allam

Category

business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

1 Apr 2024

Latest episode

19 Aug 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Aug 2026

   Is the era of EVs really green? A dialogue with Peter Bryant.

   The world produces around 25 million metric tons of copper a year and needs to almost double that within a decade to meet the growing demand of various industries, including the one producing electric vehicles (EVs). It will not. By 2035, the shortfall could reach 12 million tons annually—enough copper for 150 million electric cars that will simply never be built. In this episode of the DevelopmentAid Dialogues podcast, host Hisham Allam speaks with Peter Bryant, Board Chair of Clareo, about ...

2. 

   29 Jul 2026

   Placebo or cure? Assessing the Net Zero reality of carbon credits with Paolo Vaggi

   As carbon credits swell into a multi-billion-dollar global market, a persistent illusion keeps fueling it: that buying a credit erases the pollution a company - or a traveler - leaves behind. In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues podcast, host Hisham Allam speaks with Paolo Vaggi, Founder and Executive Advisor of BAIA Advisory, about what carbon credits can deliver - and the greenwashing that follows when they are asked to do more. With over 15 years of international development ...

3. 

   15 Jun 2026

   Cheap cures, fragile systems: Inside the ongoing fight to end neglected tropical diseases. A conversation with Dr. Wendy Harrison.

   Neglected tropical diseases affect more than 1.5 billion people, close to one in six worldwide, yet they remain among the least visible and mediatized health problems on the planet. The medicines to treat most of them already exist, often for less than US$0.50 a dose. In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues, host Hisham Allam speaks with Dr. Wendy Harrison, CEO of Unlimit Health, about why that arithmetic has not been enough, and what it will take to end diseases that feed on poverty and ...

Who has been a guest on DevelopmentAid Dialogues

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Stephen Cornish
• Stefan Dercon
• Lisa M Hilmi

Reach and audience

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Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

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Quality

53

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60