By: Mark Leon Goldberg on August 04, 2014 Nancy Birdsall’s career includes long stints at the the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank before founding her own cutting edge research institution. The international development pioneer and founder of the Center for Global Development discusses how she got her start in international development in the 1960s and how the field has changed since then. It’s an interesting conversation with great digressions and diversions about the history of the American approach to international development. The conversation kicks off with a discussion of the African Leaders summit underway in DC. If you like what you hear, subscribe on iTunes. Previous episodes Why this Ebola Outbreak is So Hard to Contain Episode 27: Daniel Drezner, counter-intuitive wonk How to Negotiate a Gaza Ceasefire Episode 25: Helene Gayle, CEO of CARE, USA. Long-time AIDS-Fighter How Humanity is Winning the Fight Against AIDS Episode 24: Joseph Cirincione, Nuclear Policy Wonk A Migrant’s Story: Why are So Many Children Fleeing to the USA? Episode 23: Live from the UN 2014 (Volume 2); A special edition with a slew of UN officials. Inside the Iran Nuke Talks Episode 23: Jillian York, Digital Free Speech defender Turkey’s Strategic Interests in Iraq Episode 22: Live from the UN, 2014 (Vol 1); A special edition, featuring the President of the General Assembly, the UN Ambassadors from Vietnam and Jamaica, the head of the UN Association, and more! The UN’s View of the Iraq Crisis Episode 21: Thomas Pickering, former Ambassador to the UN, Israel, Jordan, Russia, India and more. Dying for the World Cup Episode 20: Jessica Tuchman Matthews, foreign policy trendsetter Egypt After the Counter Revolution Episode 19: Louise Arbour, human rights pioneer. What Obama Left Out of His Big Foreign Policy Speech Episode 18: Zalmay Khalizad, former US Ambassador to Afghanistan, Iraq and the UN. Why Libya is Suddenly on the Verge of a Civil War Episode 17: Gov Bill Richardson, he frees hostages. The Foreign Policy Implications of India’s Elections Episode 16: Carolyn Miles, CEO of Save the Children What Boko Haram Wants Episode: 15 Laura Turner Seydel, philanthropist Episode 14: Douglas Ollivant, Iraq expert Episode 13: Gary Bass, historian Episode 12: Mark Montgomery, demographer Episode 11: Kenneth Roth, Human Rights Watcher Episode 10: Live from the UN, Volume 2. Episode 9: Mia Farrow, humanitarian activist and Goodwill Ambassador Episode 8: Suzanne Nossel, Big Thinker Episode 7: Live from the UN, Volume 1. Episode 6: PJ Crowley, former State Department Spokesperson Episode 5: Octavia Nasr, reporter Episode 4: Arsalan Iftikhar, “The Muslim Guy” Episode 3: Dodge Billingsley, filmmaker. Episode 2: Laura Seay, @TexasinAfrica Episode 1: Heather Hurlburt, national security wonk
