The CSIS Podcast

A Conversation with Chris Scott on how Chemonics operationalizes capacity building.

Conversation with Bonnie Kligerman on Abt Associates perspective on local capacity building as it pertains to international development and building sustainable institutions.

Discussion with Maura ONeill, Chief Innovation Officer at USAID, on the role of DIV to leverage new technologies and innovations to promote development.

Discussion with James Long, Phd Candidate at UCSD and DIV winner, on the use of technology and election monitoring as an example of harnessing innovation.

Interview with Executive Director of the Global Health Initiative (GHI), Lois Quam, on GHIs focus on women, girls, and gender equality.

John Ryle and Jok Madut Jok, co-editors of The Sudan Handbook, discuss the importance of understanding the shared history of the Sudans, and the obstacles and opportunities that lie ahead for the two countries.

Brookings Senior Fellow Diana Negroponte joins us to discuss the outcome of Vice President Joseph Bidens recent trip to Central America. Also discussed is what the U.S. security assistance towards Central America should focus on moving forward.

Rick Ozzie Nelson, Director of the Homeland Security and Counterterrorism Program, interviews Stewart Verdery, founding partner at the Monument Policy Group, about the Department of Homeland Securitys FY13 budget request.

On how UNDP supports new models of development by looking at emerging donors.

Ledio Cakaj, an independent analyst, discusses the progress in the fight against the Lords Resistance Army in central Africa.

CSIS Americas Program senior associate Duncan Wood gives an update on recent developments in Mexicos elections in July as well as current standings for the main parties and presidential candidates. The commentary also looks at what the PANs Josefina Vázquez Mota and PRDs Andrés Manuel López Obrador may do to cut into leading candidate Enrique Peña Nietos double-digit lead in polls.

Ambassador Karl F. Inderfurths interviews Dr. Rajiv Lall, Managing Director and CEO of the Infrastructure Development Finance Company, to discuss Indias infrastructure modernization. India plans to modernize its infrastructure to enhance economic growth and improve quality of life for its burgeoning population. With the expectation that India will have nearly 70 cities each with a population of over 1 million people by 2030, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has pledged the government will invest $1 trillion in infrastructure over the next five years.

Matt Fisher, Project Coordinator of the CSIS Project on Global Water Policy, interviewed Dr. Kala Vairavmoorthy, Executive Director of the Patel School of Global Sustainability at the University of South Florida. During this interview, Dr. Vairavmoorthy described how he became interested in researching water and sanitation issues; the challenges that emerging urban centers face in establishing sustainable water systems; and the lessons that developed nations can learn from these emerging cities.

Michael Shifter, President of the Inter-American Dialogue, examines the initial results of Peruvian President Ollanta Humala, who assumed office in July 2011. The discussion focuses on President Humalas high approval ratings despite early domestic obstacles as well as Perus foreign relations under the new president.

Holly Wise, Former Director of the Global Development Alliance Initiative at USAID and CSIS Senior Associate, speaks with Amb. William Garvelink about the creation of the GDA and the proliferation of partnerships in development.