Podcast
Citing Africa
Hosted by LSE Film and Audio Team · EN
The Citing Africa podcast investigates the decline of Africa-based contributions in top international academic journals, provides practical guidance to young scholars seeking to publish their own work and takes a critical look at the wider context.
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Series 3 | Episode 3 - Assessing the Assessment, a look at the World Bank’s CPIA
Nov 10, 202200:38:27Tap to summarizeThis episode builds on the previous theme by zooming in on the World Bank’s Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) score.
Transcribe →Series 3 | Episode 2 - IMF creditworthiness: implications for knowledge production and African development
Nov 3, 202200:25:27Tap to summarizeThis episode addresses how the IMF conceptualises creditworthiness.
Transcribe →Series 3 | Episode 1 – Who Owns Knowledge: the Politics of Knowledge Production
Oct 27, 202200:20:17Tap to summarizeThis podcast asks the question, what is considered legitimate knowledge within the development studies field?
Transcribe →Explaining the hegemony of financial inclusion
Jan 21, 202100:16:47Tap to summarizeIn this episode, we are joined by Julie Zollman from Tufts University to discuss financial inclusion and why it has gone viral as a solution for international development.
Transcribe →Public investment and graduate underemployment in Benin (Investissements publics et chômage des jeunes diplômés au Bénin)
Dec 16, 202000:21:36Tap to summarizeQuelle est la cause du taux de chômage croissant chez les diplômés au Bénin?
Transcribe →Neglected Tropical Diseases: the rise of a global health issue
Dec 10, 202000:21:10Tap to summarizeDiscussing why and how ideas ‘go viral’, we speak to LSE Professor Dr Ken Shadlen and NTD specialist at the SCI Foundation Yael Velleman to explore the power dynamics involved in global agenda-setting.
Transcribe →Digital tech and inclusive social policy
Dec 2, 2020Tap to summarizeThis episode discusses how digital measurement technologies are used in health insurance for risk assessments and the implications for inclusive healthcare systems in Africa.
Transcribe →Bargaining power and market information systems in agriculture
Nov 25, 202000:24:59Tap to summarizeThis episode discusses Market Information Systems (MIS) to understand whether they have managed to increase the bargaining power and economic security of rural farmers.
Transcribe →What does data extractivism mean for African development?
Nov 20, 202000:24:54Tap to summarizeThis episode explores how data is collected and used in African countries by discussing the power dynamics underpinning data practices.
Transcribe →Season two introduction: how knowledge and technology shapes development
Nov 11, 202000:14:52Tap to summarizeHow does knowledge and technology shape economic and social development?
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