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**Development Drums**

A podcast about development

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Portfolios of the Poor Book Cover — **Episode 18: Portfolios of the Poor** Aug 29, 2009
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Daryl Colliins and Jonathan Morduch discuss their book, co-authored with Stuart Rutherford and Orland Ruthven, *Portfolios of the Poor*.

Forty percent of the world’s population lives on less than $2 a day. You may be surprised by the extent to which they use financial services. Daryl and Jonathan describe their work and their findings.

Running time 62 minutes; size 25.4 Mb.

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False Economy — **Episode 17: Obama in Ghana** Jul 19, 2009
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President Obama spoke in Ghana on July 11, 2009 about US policy towards Africa.

In this episode of Development Drums, Todd Moss and Chris Blattman join me to talk about the speech, and what it means for the US and Africa.

President Obama’s speech

Chris Blattman’s blog

Comments on the speech from Bill Easterly

Comments on the speech from Mark Goldberg

Comments on the speech from Foreign Policy

Comments on the speech from Michael Kevane

Comments on the speech from Leonard Wantchekon

(Am I missing some? Post them in the comments please.)

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Particular thanks to my father, Brian Barder, who is turning into an expert sound engineer. He set up the link between me in Addis Ababa and the interviewees in the United States, and made the recording.

**Episode 15: Peter Singer** Jun 15, 2009
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Professor Peter Singer talks on Development Drums about his new book, *The Life You Can Save*. This book sets out an ethical case for why people should give more money to people in developing countries.

Here are the links mentioned in the podcast.

The Life You Can Save website

Buy *The Life You Can Save* from Amazon

Give Well (the charity Peter Singer recommends in the podcast)

Famine, Affluence, and Morality

Running time 58 minutes; size 22.1 Mb.

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Cartoon — **Episode 14: Philanthrocapitalism** May 24, 2009
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Matthew Bishop and Mike Green talk about their book, Philanthrocapitalism: How the Rich Can Save the World and Why We Should Let Them

Running time 1 hour 5 minutes; size 33.8 Mb.

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Episode 13: Butijira May 13, 2009

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Andrew Mitchell MP, the shadow Secretary of State for International Development in the British Conservative party, talks about whether and how UK policy on development would change if the Conservatives win the next General Election.

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Running time 25 minutes 56 seconds; size 16.9 Mb

Episode 12: The Hague Mar 25, 2009

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The authors of the WrongingRights blog, Kate Cronin-Furman and Amanda Taub, help to clear up the mysteries of international criminal law.

Running time: 46 minutes 47 seconds. Size: 22Mb

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In this episode of Development Drums we talk about the International Criminal Court and the arrest warrant that has been issued for the President of Sudan. Some links: