About this episode

Dan Banik speaks with Elina Scheja about the future of foreign aid and its role in poverty reduction amidst changing global dynamics.

How is global development cooperation changing in an age of aid cuts, geopolitical fragmentation, and shifting national priorities? In this episode, Dan Banik speaks with Elina Scheja, Chief Economist at Sida, about the future of foreign aid, poverty reduction, jobs, evidence, and what effective development policy looks like in a more uncertain world.

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