In this first episode of the Poverty Podcast, we speak to Alex Cobham, a research fellow at the Center for Global Development, about the case for a post-2015 goal on income inequality; and to Katherine Reichel and Ian Madison, two graduate students who’ve produced a report for the NGO International Alert on the implications for poor people of the international scheme to reduce deforestation, REDD+.
Listen now:
Direct download (MP3) | View on YouTube
Further reading
- Katherine and Ian’s report on REDD+
- A more technical interview with Alex on a post-2015 inequality goal
- Save the Children’s report on the case for an inequality goal
- The UN high-level panel report on post-2015 development goals
You can follow Alex and Katherine on Twitter. (You can also follow Andy Sumner, whose work on the ‘New Bottom Billion’ is mentioned by Alex.)
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