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The World Isn't Flat (iTunes: https://apple.co/2K9KnGl) is a weekly podcast on global development hosted by four grad students at the London School of Economics: Jovan Johnson (from Jamaica), Shahrukh Wani (Pakistan), David Yamron (USA), and Adrien Ciret (France). Every week we dig deep into a topic relevant to making poor countries rich, discussing history, international relations, economics, and politics.
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Jean-Paul Faguet talks to Shahrukh Wani on institutional change
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What motivates leaders to undertake potentially costly actions where there is uncertainty of the identity of winners and losers? The loser could in fact be the leader undertaking the reform itself. In a new working paper, London School of Economics’ Jean-Paul Faguet and Mahvish Shami argue that it might be for unrelated reason. Leaders might be und…
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Post-independence Jamaica has been marked by the clientelistic relationship between political parties and organized crime. This week, Jovan walks the team through the history and political economy of this partnership. In the second half, we discuss broader implications for developing countries, as well as potential strategies to combat powerful org…
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S02E02: Private Delivery of Education in Developing Countries
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Private school education is on the rise in many developing countries. While this phenomenon has been driven by middle and upper-class demand for quality education and state failure to provide it, there has been a parallel trend of low-cost private schools catering to families living on just a few dollars a day.In this episode we talk about three pa…
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S02E01: Naila Kabeer on Gender and Development
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In our first episode of the season 2 we talk to Professor Naila Kabeer on Gender and Development.Professor Naila is Professor of Gender and Development at the London School of Economics since 2013 and has previously taught at SOAS and the Institute of Development Studies at Sussex. She is on the editorial board of a number of journals, including Fe…
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Right-wing anti-immigrant parties are back in the developed world. This is changing how we think about international development. The boys discuss and just barely save themselves from getting into an argument about the future of the welfare state.(David: I don't like the term 'populist'. For one thing, in the United States populism doesn't have the…
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