A Deeper Look

As we confront old, uncomfortable truths and talk about how our past must inform our future, the concept of decolonization has gained wide usage. This month on A Deeper Look, Patrick Fine talks with Edgar Villaneuva, author of "Decolonizing Wealth: Indigenous Wisdom to Heal Divides and Restore Balance and Founder of the Decolonizing Wealth Project," about the many meanings attached to decolonization. Edgar and Patrick discuss how institutions and individuals can use restorative justice approaches to confront White supremacy and create equitable opportunities for Black and Indigenous people who have been systematically excluded and mistreated in the past. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer Patrick Fine hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Family planning and reproductive health have been global health priorities for decades. New products and innovative methods for reaching couples and women who want to plan when and how many children they have are changing the family planning landscape. This month on A Deeper Look, Patrick Fine talks with Ann Starrs, Director of Family Planning at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, about the ways she and the Foundation are promoting policies, partnerships and products to increase access to contraceptives and improve the user experience. Starrs discusses the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's new family planning strategy.

Profound disruption worldwide over the last year has exposed the dilemmas at the heart of humanitarian aid and promises to reshape how we think about the power dynamics of humanitarian response. Heba Aly, Director of the New Humanitarian and host of the podcast Rethinking Humanitarianism, is shining a light on the many challenges to improving prevention and response. In this episode of A Deeper Look, Heba and Patrick Fine discuss the financial, operational, structural and ethical trends shaping humanitarian response and how COVID-19 and social justice reckonings have laid bare the imperfections of the humanitarian and development systems. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer Patrick Fine hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Climate change and its dramatic effects are a hot topic in human development, with many counting on technology to save the day. Dr. Kim Holmén wants to change that narrative. Dr. Holmén is a distinguished scientist and the International Director at the Norwegian Polar Institute. In this episode, he offers a new way of thinking about sustainable development that focuses on enhancing the quality of life instead of the quantity of material acquisition that is implicit in economic growth. Dr. Holmén observes that the changes in our environment are caused by human behavior. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer Patrick Fine hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

When we started the 2020 season of A Deeper Look by looking at the trends shaping the future of human development, little did we know the extent to which a global pandemic would disrupt our world and set the course for human development work for years to come. The 2021 season of the podcast will take a deeper look at disruption and disruptors. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Gender equality speaks to a better life for women, for men, for people who are not on the binary axis — for all of us. Dr. Natalia Kanem, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund and this month's guest on A Deeper Look, places the adolescent girl at the center of the future of development. Dr. Kanem and Patrick Fine discuss the disproportionate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women and girls, how the pandemic reveals both strengths and weaknesses in our development efforts, the power of technology for the next generation's sexual and reproductive rights, and the important role that men and boys must play in achieving gender equality. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer Patrick Fine hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Financing is the essential ingredient to development progress and the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Yet, strategic plans and development dialogues often downplay the task of mobilizing and managing the resources that finance development goals. In this episode, Patrick Fine sits down with Andrew Spindler, President and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Services Volunteer Corps, an organization that has spent three decades building the institutional infrastructure for the financial institutions that underpin the modern state. They discuss the benefits and challenges of an increasingly interdependent global economy, the disruption to financial markets created by the COVID-19 pandemic, and what lies ahead for emerging markets. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer Patrick Fine hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

The global pandemic and ensuing social and economic disruptions have led to significant uncertainty about the future and highlight the need for global actors to adapt. In this episode of A Deeper Look, Patrick Fine, Chief Executive Officer of FHI 360, speaks with Lars Gustavsson, a futurist and Leading Partner for the Fourth Sector Futures Group, who examines the trends and disruptions that are shaping global development. Lars shares what he sees as the three most important megatrends to watch and how global development organizations can adapt and be resilient in the face of massive disruption. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Societies are grappling with not only how to manage the public health aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, but also the social and economic consequences. In this episode, Patrick Fine, Chief Executive Officer of FHI 360, talks with Mark Meassick, the Mission Director of USAID Kenya and East Africa, about a wide range of topics impacting development work at an operational level, including the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Distance education has been around for decades. But, with the COVID-19 pandemic closing schools around the world and forcing more than 1.2 billion children out of their classrooms, education systems have turned to remote learning as an alternative. How is the pandemic impacting education in Africa, and do African countries have the infrastructure and resources to switch to remote learning until the COVID-19 threat passes? In this episode, Patrick Fine, Chief Executive Officer of FHI 360, speaks with Sidiki Traore, Founder and President of Distance Education for Africa. They discuss the challenges and opportunities uncovered by the sudden wholesale shift to distance education and highlight the policies, skills and tools necessary to adapt to remote learning in Africa. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

At a time when people are rising up against systemic racism, this episode examines the need for development practitioners to recognize their position of privilege and lean out to create space for new ideas, grassroots initiatives and, ultimately, a more equitable world. The three co-founders of the Duke Decolonizing Global Health working group at Duke University – Laura Mkumba, Yadu Raveendran and Andrea Koris – discuss the lasting influences of colonialism on the current development system, the inequitable effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and the importance of bringing cultural context into perspective in global development work. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, distinguished leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a dramatic impact on the global economy, and the economic and social aftershocks will reverberate for years to come. In this episode, Patrick Fine speaks with Homi Kharas, Interim Vice President and Director of the Global Economy and Development program at the Brookings Institute, a leading policy think tank. They discuss the pandemic's effects on the global financial system, changes in public and private resource mobilization and investment, and the need for new and modified financial instruments to respond to unprecedented challenges. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

Concerning trends loom on the horizon and are shaping the future of development. Large parts of the world are growing increasingly fragile, and climate change and its effects are affecting an ever-larger portion of the world’s population, with the hardest impacts on the poorest and most vulnerable. Nationalism and isolationism compound these trends and have been given additional oxygen from the COVID-19 pandemic. In this episode, Patrick Fine, Chief Executive Officer of FHI 360, speaks with Sam Worthington, Chief Executive Officer of InterAction. They discuss the role of women in bringing about positive change, the evolution and impact of civil society and the concept of localization. Although this episode was taped before COVID-19 had been declared a global pandemic, the crisis amplifies the relevance and urgency of the themes in this episode

What are the systems, trends and ideas that are shaping education in the United States? In this episode, Patrick Fine, Chief Executive Officer of FHI 360, speaks with education reformer Dr. Warren Simmons about how to reimagine the way public education is delivered in the United States in order to promote equity and improve quality. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.

How do evolving security challenges shape the way that the military and the global development community simultaneously work in conflict-affected regions and communities? In this episode, Patrick Fine, Chief Executive Officer of FHI 360, speaks with retired Lieutenant General David Barno about military operations in areas where humanitarian and development work is simultaneously being carried out. They discuss lessons learned from the asymmetric wars of the early 21st century, examine different doctrines that influence military tactics and identify a number of similarities between military and civilian theories of action. Looking at civilian-military operations over the last twenty years, they underscore the centrality of governance to resolving today’s conflicts and achieving sustainable development in the future. FHI 360's Chief Executive Officer, Patrick Fine, hosts conversations with creative thinkers, respected leaders and local actors who are at the forefront of human development and who bring diverse perspectives to timely, high-stakes and sometimes controversial issues affecting people around the world.