Hi guys, love your work! Is it possible to get this put on the apple podcast store?  It is much more accessible. Also, I love how multicultural you guys are but have you considered getting a female on the team just to bring a broader prospective to the issues being raised? I'm heading to LSE in September and am so excited to find a podcast like this to complement the wonderful LSE Public Events podcast series.

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 automatic negative connotation it has in Europe. For another thing, any label used in the media to describe Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders is sure to lack meaning. Anyway. This episode is good.)

The music in this podcast is "Clandestino" (1998) by Manu Chao.

S01E06: Populism and Development

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 Feminist Economics, Gender and Development, Development and Change and Third World Quarterly, and is the incoming President of International Association for Feminist Economics.

Professor Naila is interviewed by Jovan Johnson and Shahrukh Wani.

The music in this podcast is "Clandestino" (1998) by Manu Chao.

S02E01: Naila Kabeer on Gender and Development

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 parts of the debate surrounding this transformation: 1) What's behind the rise of private education; 2) The role of the state in the face of increasing private provision of education, and 3) the long-run implication of private education.

This is Part I of a series on state capacity in developing countries with a focus on public goods.

In conversation, David, Shahrukh, Jovan, and Adrien.

The music in this podcast is "Clandestino" (1998) by Manu Chao.

S02E02: Private Delivery of Education in Developing Countries

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 organized criminal groups with ties to government.

This is Part II of a series on state capacity in developing countries with a focus on public goods.

In conversation, Jovan, David, and Shahrukh.

The music in this podcast is "Clandestino" (1998) by Manu Chao.

S02E03: Jamaica, Crime, and Politics

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.

S02E02: Private Delivery of Education in Developing Countries

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