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ALNAP podcastsThe prioritisation challenge in focus: WFPIn this episode of A Matter of Priorities, our host Alice Obrecht takes a deep dive into the ripple effects of unprecedented budget cuts to the World Food Program (WFP). With a shortfall of over 50% in its 2023 budget, WFP faced its largest financial crisis in its 60-year history, forcing it to make drastic reductions in food and cash assistance across the globe. We explore how these cuts unfolded on the ground, particularly in Uganda, and the human toll they’ve taken. The discussions highlight the structural challenges, the human impact of these cuts — including heartbreaking exampl...
2025-01-3124 min
The Migration PodcastEp.11 (S4): G.Tsourapas & K.Sadiq on the transnational social contract in the Global South“Theoretical categories that we have had from this emphasis on South North have to be rethought, or maybe we need innovation and new categories to be introduced.”
In this episode, Roos Derrix chats with Gerasimos Tsourapas and Kamal Sadiq about their latest project on the politics of South-South labour migration, and the development of a transnational social contract between states and their migrant populations.
They explain how, in the context of labour migration to the Gulf Cooperation Council states, migrant agency is curtailed through surveillance and labour commodification, while novel forms of dependence are created between countries of origin and dest...
2024-04-0221 min