Development Futures
by Lowy Institute
Latest episode
Cuts all round: Aid to Southeast Asia hits a decade low
Cuts all round: Aid to Southeast Asia hits a decade low
About this podcast
Welcome to Development Futures – a podcast brought to you by the Indo-Pacific Development Centre at the Lowy Institute. In this podcast, our researchers and some of the world’s leading experts discuss fresh policy insights and ideas on the most pressing development issues in the world today.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 32 episodes
- Cuts all round: Aid to Southeast Asia hits a decade low · 24 minOfficial development finance to Southeast Asia has fallen to its lowest level in a decade, just as the region faces a run of overlapping economic shocks. Contrary to some…
- Southeast Asia’s supply chain squeeze · 21 minSoutheast Asia has become the connector economy of the global tech race — building the chips, batteries, and clean energy components for which both Washington and Beijing now…
- 179 years to parity: The Indo-Pacific’s gender equality backslide · 23 minGlobal progress on gender equality is stalling, and in some places going backwards. The World Economic Forum estimates that, at current rates, Asia and the Pacific won't reach…
- A multilateral green trade pact? · 22 minInternational trade has faced multiple shocks in recent years, making the need to reform the architecture of global trade more urgent than ever. Aligning new trade rules with…
- The future of Australian aid · 26 minIt has been just over a year since the Trump administration's dramatic cuts to America's foreign aid budget and the shuttering of USAID. With other major donors also slashing…
- Development Futures: United Nations’ reform and relevance · 30 minThe United Nations is facing two simultaneous disruptions: the planned UN80 reforms, timed to refine the organisation’s structure and mandate during its 80th anniversary, and…
- Development Futures: Climate change and the great procrastination · 27 minThe Institute’s Dr Melanie Pill speaks with Professor Thomas Hale, author of Long Problems: Climate change and the challenge of governing across time, about the difficulty of…
- Development Futures: The 2025 Southeast Asia Aid Map and global aid cuts · 24 minAs global donors retreat from development finance, Southeast Asia stands to lose billions of dollars in critical support. In this episode, we launch the Lowy Institute’s 2025…
- Development Futures: Indonesia’s economic policies under Prabowo — new era or same path? · 30 minIndonesian President Prabowo Subianto campaigned on a promise of continuity and better economic performance. Is Prabowo living up to his campaign promises or taking the country…
- Lowy Institute Re-Cast — Development Futures: The world’s addiction to GDP · 31 minThe Lowy Institute Re-Cast series republishes the best podcasts from our archives. In case you missed them the first time around or if you want revisit these engaging…
- Development Futures: Trump’s tariffs and the rest of us · 25 minDonald Trump has moved quickly to impose tariffs on literally every country in the world. Trump’s tariffs against Australia are not only affecting matters of trade; they…
- Development Futures: Aid in Shambles: The dismantling of USAID · 24 minThe Trump administration is taking an axe to the world’s biggest foreign aid program, dismantling its US Agency for International Development and freezing billions of dollars in…
- Development Futures: The big picture of aid and international development · 26 minThe Trump administration’s recent dismantling of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and freeze on most US foreign aid has created havoc within the international…
- Lowy Institute Re-Cast: Development Futures: Dani Rodrik on hyper-globalisation, geopolitics and the future of development · 38 minAs part of the Lowy Institute Re-Cast series, we are republishing the best podcasts of 2024. In case you missed them the first time around or if you want revisit these engaging…
- Lowy Institute Re-Cast: Development Futures: Bert Hofman on China’s economy · 35 minAs part of the Lowy Institute Re-Cast series, we are republishing the best podcasts of 2024. In case you missed them the first time around or if you want revisit these engaging…
- Development Futures: Can private investment save the planet? · 23 minTrillions of dollars are needed to meet the world’s climate and development goals. Joan Larrea, CEO of Convergence, a global blended finance network, speaks with the Lowy…
- Development Futures: 2024 Pacific Aid Map: Key Findings · 25 minEach year, the Lowy Institute updates is Pacific Aid Map – the most comprehensive database tracking aid and development flows to the Pacific Islands region ever assembled. In…
- Development Futures - What to expect at COP29 · 21 minIn this episode, we explore what might happen at COP29, the upcoming UN climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan. With global emissions at record highs and climate impacts…
- Development Futures: The case for an Indo-Pacific Economic Resilience Bank · 26 minEighty years ago, the Bretton Woods agreement shaped the global financial system to build a better world. While its institutions remain vital, they are struggling to meet today’s…
- Development Futures: A climate loss and damage fund that works · 19 minIn this episode, we delve into the United Nations Loss and Damage Fund, the most concrete effort to address restitution for those impacted by climate change. As the recently…
