The CGD Podcast
Hosted by Rachel Glennerster and David Evans · Center for Global Development
4.6from 32 ratings
- 296
- Episodes
- 6
- Transcribed
- 32
- Ratings
- Monthly
- Cadence
- 2013
- First episode
- 1M
- YouTube views
About The CGD Podcast
International development experts share their ideas on smarter policies for a better world. Hosted by the Center for Global Development.
- Publisher
- Center for Global Development
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 14 Feb 2013
- Latest episode
- 9 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
6 of 296 episodes have a transcript.
9 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What We're Watching at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Rethinking How to Boost Learning in Africa with Kwame Akyeampong and Rachel Glennerster
6 Aug 2026TRANSCRIPT
Women and Work in South Asia with Seema Jayachandran
Inside a recent episode
What We're Watching at the IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings
Published 9 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But It's the subject of the World Development Report, this time from the World Bank. The curtain raiser speech from the head of the IMF was also talking about AI. So how all the countries in the world can benefit from AI, I think, is going to be an important backdrop. We'll certainly get into more about AI, but Rachel, there's a sense of being in crisis in recent weeks. So how do institutions and systems need to adapt to there's been this sense not just of crisis, but also of multilateralism falling apart and not being able to respond. And I think what we don't say enough is that actually the international financial institutions are weathering these crisis remarkably well compared to other multilaterals. […]
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See plansWho has been a guest on The CGD Podcast
Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.
- Kwame Akyeampong
- Seema Jayachandran
- Leslie Maasdorp
- Mohamed A El-Erian
- Judy Woodruff
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 1,398,597
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.6 / 5
- 28 ratings
- Spotify
- 5.0 / 5
- 4 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 68 / 100
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- Quality
- 61
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 96
Contact The CGD Podcast
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- Does not typically book guests
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Who hosts The CGD Podcast?
Rachel Glennerster and David Evans host the show. Published by Center for Global Development.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes monthly, based on its RSS feed.
Does The CGD Podcast take guests?
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