This podcast series explores ground-breaking ideas in development for positive social and environmental change. Each month we feature an interview with an expert in international development who will talk about their latest research and ideas.
The discussions give an insight on the themes covered, exploring the challenges and discoveries, and why the issues matter for progressive and sustainable development globally.
Send your comments and suggestions to betweenthelines@ids.ac.uk
This podcast is brought to you by the Institute of Development Studies, produced and edited by Gary Edwards, Senior Marketing Officer.
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This podcast series explores ground-breaking ideas in development for positive social and environmental change. Each month we feature an interview with an expert in international development who will talk about their latest research and ideas.
The discussions give an insight on the themes covered, exploring the challenges and discoveries, and why the issues matter for progressive and sustainable development globally.
Send your comments and suggestions to betweenthelines@ids.ac.uk
This podcast is brought to you by the Institute of Development Studies, produced and edited by Gary Edwards, Senior Marketing Officer.
Music credit: Around/Shutterstock
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
A poverty line of $6.85 a day, as used by the World Bank, indicates a substantial level of deprivation, impacting the lives of billions globally. Indeed, nearly half of the World’s population falls into this category. So, if poverty is something we all want to see less of, why does it prove so difficult to tackle and can empathy help fix it?
In this podcast, IDS Research Fellow Stephen Devereux is in conversation with Keetie Roelen, Senior Research Fellow from the Open University and an IDS Research Associate who talks about her book, The Empathy Fix: Why Poverty Persists and How to Change it.
In the podcast, Keetie exposes the realities of poverty – with examples from the Global North and South – and reveals why current policies don’t work.
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