ODE Talks podcast series
ODE Talks is a podcast series from the Office of Development Effectiveness.
The ODE Talks podcast series features international experts on aid, development and effectiveness. Keep in touch with the latest findings from ODE’s research and evaluations.
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Interviews
The Best of ODE Talks...in 3 minutes
Our 2011 podcast mash-up brings together the big themes in aid effectiveness in three short minutes.
2012
2011
- The Best of ODE Talks from 2011...in 3 minutes
- Andrew Mason and Gillian Brown
- Homi Kharas
- Clare Short
- Bernard Wood
- Marcus Cox and Eric Scheye
- Louise Arbour and Jim Della-Giacoma
- Nigel Roberts
- Gordon Hein
- Johannes Linn
- Todd Moss
2010
Interview with Peter Bazeley
January 2012
Increasingly, agencies like AusAID are working closely with partner governments to improve the way they make policy to govern their own development. Peter Bazeley visited Indonesia and the Solomon Islands as part of ODE’s evaluation into what makes for good policy dialogue. He outlines key elements for success: policy can develop in unpredictable ways, solid relationships between donors and partner officials are key, and the importance of being responsive to changing circumstances.
Interview with Peter Bazeley (12 mins) [MP3 10.9mb]
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Interview with Andrew Mason and Gillian Brown
December 2011
The world has made impressive progress on increasing gender equality in the last two decades, although too many women and girls are still dying in childhood and in their reproductive years. In East Asia and the Pacific, the gender gap in primary education has closed but women lag behind in political representation and too many face violence and discrimination, at home and at work.
In this edition, ODE Talks to Andrew Mason, Lead Economist and Regional Gender Coordinator for the World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific Region, and Gillian Brown, AusAID’s gender advisor, about important messages for policy makers in the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality (external website).
Interview with Andrew Mason and Gillian Brown (19 mins) [MP3 17.7mb]
Transcript
- Transcript of Andrew Mason and Gillian Brown audio
- Transcript of Andrew Mason and Gillian Brown audio [PDF 160kb]
Interview with Homi Kharas
November 2011
In 2005 the Paris Declaration set out five principles to fundamentally improve the way countries give and receive aid. This year the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HLF-4) will be held in Busan, and it will review global progress in implementing the principles, and make new commitments.
Homi Kharas is Deputy Director for the Global Economy and Development Program at the Brookings Institution. Homi will chair the final plenary session at HLF-4 and he spoke to ODE over the phone from Washington about the big and new issues on the Busan agenda.
Interview with Homi Kharas (11 mins) [MP3 10.9mb]
Transcript
Interview with Clare Short
November 2011
Clare Short talks to ODE's Dereck Rooken-Smith about the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) argues that greater transparency in oil, gas and mining payments can lead to better accountability, and ultimately enables citizens to reap the benefits of their national resources wealth.
Australia has made a significant commitment to the EITI, contributing to the EITI secretariat and supporting its implementation in our partner countries. At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in October, the Australian Government announced that it would pilot membership of the EITI in Australia.
Clare Short is the chair of the EITI board and former UK Secretary of State for International Development. Clare spoke to us about her work with the EITI, where it has been embraced and how Australia’s involvement in the initiative could positively shape its engagement with partner countries.
Interview with Clare Short (12 mins) [MP3 11mb]
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Interview with Bernard Wood
July 2011
The Paris Declaration, signed in 2005, set out five fundamental principles sought to profoundly and fundamentally change aid practice for the better. Six years on, Bernard Wood, lead author of the OCED–DAC led Paris Declaration evaluation, talks to us about how that international commitment has translated into real results on the ground.
Interview with Bernard Wood (13 mins) [MP3 10mb]
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Interview with Marcus Cox and Eric Scheye
June 2011
Development means change, and when societies change they put pressure on local systems for law and justice. Traditionally, donors have focused on strengthening major institutions like the police and the courts. But do those benefits flow on to citizens? ODE Talks to expert law and justice evaluators about user-centred, problem focused aid programs that help citizens access justice.
Marcus Cox is a specialist in political analysis and development effectiveness, focussing in post conflict environments and law and development. Eric Scheye is a justice and security specialist who has worked extensively in Latin America, Eastern Europe and the Middle East.
Marcus and Eric are both members of a team undertaking an ODE evaluation of Australia’s support for law and justice in partner countries. More information about the ODE evaluation
Interview with Marcus Cox and Eric Scheye (19 mins) [MP3 16.3mb]
Transcript
- Transcript of Marcus Cox and Eric Scheye audio [PDF 73kb]
- Transcript of Marcus Cox and Eric Scheye audio [Word 342kb]
Interview with Louise Arbour and Jim Della-Giacoma
June 2011
Louise Arbour and Jim Della-Giacoma from the International Crisis Group (ICG) tell ODE Talks what donors need to know about their latest analysis from Libya, Burma and East Timor. The former UN High Commissioner, Louise Arbour also talks about the Responsibility to Protect doctrine, building institutions in post-conflict environments and the role of women in peacebuilding.
Louise Arbour is the CEO of ICG. Jim Della-Giacoma is ICG's South East Asia project director. ICG has field officers throughout the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Read ICG's analysis [external website]
Interview with Louise Arbour and Jim Della-Giacoma (14 mins) [MP3 13.1mb]
Transcript
- Transcript of Louise Arbour and Jim Della-Giacoma audio [PDF 69kb]
- Transcript of Louise Arbour and Jim Della-Giacoma audio [Word 329kb]
Interview with Nigel Roberts
June 2011
“…if you look at the experience of low-income, fragile states over the last 25 years, the lack of progress in health and education is pretty stunning… No single low income fragile state has achieved or will achieve any of the Millennium Development Goals. And believe me, this is not for lack of trying, it is not for lack of investment in health and education, it is for a lack of success in transforming institutions.”
In this two-part interview, ODE Talks with Nigel Roberts, co-director of the World Bank’s 2011 World Development Report.
Part 1: Demonstrating results in fragile situations through community-based development, working with women, building institutions and creating employment.
Interview with Nigel Roberts—Part 1 (15 mins) [MP3 19.7mb]
Part 2: Lessons in leadership and legitimacy from recent events in the Middle East, opinion polling in fragile states, and how donors can support institutional transformation.
Interview with Nigel Roberts—Part 2 (15 mins) [MP3 19.7mb]
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Interview with Gordon Hein
May 2011
Once aid recipients themselves, some countries with emerging economies are becoming significant donors in their own right. The Asia Foundation's Gordon Hein tells us about the priorities for this new group of donors emerging through a ground-breaking discussion series with China, India, Korea, Malaysia and Thailand.
Interview with Gordon Hein (15 mins) [MP3 10.8mb]
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Interview with Johannes Linn
March 2011
In the past decade, global aid flows have increased from 80 billion US dollars to 130 billion, but the average size of aid activities is shrinking. Internationally, more than half of all donor projects amount to less than US$100,000 dollars. Johannes Linn, Non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, explains how donors can grow small activities and bring them to scale, in order to reach more people and reduce burden on partner governments. Johannes visited Australia as part of ODE’s partnership with Brookings [external website].
Interview with Johannes Linn (17 mins) [MP3 11.7mb]
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Interview with Todd Moss
February 2011
“Cash transfers could become the new standard for a lot of donor programs. And what do I mean by that? If you can’t show that your well designed program is better than just handing out cash, then it’s going to be hard to justify doing those programs, rather than handing out cash.”
In the second edition of ODE Talks, Todd Moss from the Centre for Global Development talks about the rise of cash transfers in the development world, and his ideas for combating the resource curse.
Interview with Todd Moss (20 mins) [MP3 14.7mb]
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Interview with Professor Paul Collier
November 2010
The first edition of ODE Talks features an interview with Paul Collier, recorded when he visited AusAID in November 2010. Professor Collier talks about Australia’s comparative advantage as a donor in Africa, sets out his ideas about how to work in fragile states, and provides advice to the aid effectiveness review panel currently reviewing the Australian aid program.
You can also listen to the special 'bonus track', in which Professor Collier describes the series of decisions that must be successfully navigated so that resources contribute to prosperity, not plunder. Essential listening for anyone interested in managing natural resources for development in fragile states.
Interview with Professor Paul Collier (16 mins) [MP3 11mb]
Bonus track—Paul Collier and the natural resource management decision chain (11 mins) [MP3 7.3mb]
Transcript