The CGD Podcast

CGD's Anita Käppeli speaks with Ian Mitchell, the lead author of the 2025 Commitment to Development Index (CDI), about what this year’s results reveal, why many countries have slipped, where progress is emerging, and how the CDI can guide smarter, more coherent policymaking.

CGD's Erin Collinson speaks with Katrina Sill, Global Health and Development Lead at Founders Pledge, about their newly launched Catalytic Impact Fund and how philanthropic entities can balance responding to immediate needs with fostering resilient systems for the future.

From chatbots supporting new mothers and nutrition coaches guiding families, to tutoring tools for children and apps advising farmers, artificial intelligence is beginning to find its place in development. But is it ready—and are we?

CGD’s Rachel Glennerster speaks with Lord Jim O'Neill and Dr. Akhil Bansal on the nature and scale of the problem of neonatal sepsis, how an advance market commitment could help incentivize the development of a diagnostic, and what steps policymakers can take to help save newborn lives.