From Bangladesh to Wall Street and back again, the founder and CEO of Impact Investment Exchange talks to Devina Gupta. Durreen Shahnaz explains how her childhood in socialist Bangladesh and then move to a job on Wall Street in the 1980s shaped the person and businesswoman she is today.  From trading stamps with her friends and buying pickles with the profit, she moved on to bigger trades at the heart of capitalism. What she learnt there set her up for a life dedicated to trying to make the financial system work for those most in need.  Presenter: Devina Gupta
Producer: Hannah Bewley (Image: Durreen Shahnaz. Credit: Durreen Shahnaz)

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Diabetes and obesity drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro have become famous for helping users shed big amounts of weight. It's a market that could soon be worth more than $100 billion. Two companies dominate this space, Novo Nordisk which makes Ozempic and Eli Lilly, maker of Mounjaro. But with competitors desperate for a piece of the action, how long can these two giants stay in front? Leanna Byrne hears from some of the companies involved, including those at the centre of the action and those developing the next wave of treatments. Presented by Leanna Byrne and produced by Lexy O'Connor (Image: A box of the anti-obesity drug Wegovy, including injection pens. Credit: Getty Images)

The weight-loss drug revolution

In the first of a two-part series, in collaboration with The Food Chain, we look at the impact of the success of weight-loss drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk on the small country of Denmark.  The Scandinavian nation is where the company is based, and with a population of less than six million people, Novo is having an outsized impact on the economy there. Denmark is now publishing separate economic statistics, minus the pharmaceutical industry.  One town in particular, Kalundborg, has seen huge change since the company set up its manufacturing facility there. We look at the impact on local business; hearing from the town's residents, who now have quite different economic prospects. Presented/producer: Adrienne Murray (Photo: The headquarters of Novo Nordisk in Denmark, viewed from above. Credit: Getty Images)

Denmark and the Novo Nordisk effect

President Biden has claimed the US economy is the ‘envy of the world’ and that his administration has added record job numbers, with around one million people hired since the turn of this year. With inflation falling and the possibility of the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates, we find out if the rosy economic picture is being felt by those who are hiring or trying to get hired. (Image: A sign on a wall recruiting for staff at a hotel in California in 2024 as a man walks by. Credit: Getty Images) Presented and produced by Matt Lines

What’s really going on in the US jobs market?

India has just finished its marathon elections and as the new government takes charge we take a look at one of its biggest challenges - rising youth unemployment. With an average age of 29 years, India’s population is one of the youngest globally, but job creation for them hasn’t been easy in this fast growing economy.  The BBC’s Devina Gupta travels to Delhi to talks to students and first time job seekers about this growing job crisis and what can be done to solve it. Presenter and producer: Devina Gupta (Image: young men in Delhi waiting for the labour chow. Credit: Devina Gupta)

Why are so many young Indians struggling to get jobs?

Exactly one year into his new job, we meet Ajay Banga, the President of the World Bank.
 
He previously ran Mastercard, but following President Biden's nomination, Ajay Banga took on one of the most important roles in finance in June 2023.
 
He tells us what steps he is putting in place to reform the organisation, how western governments are struggling to fund it to the same levels that it used to, and he warns inflation might not come down much further. Presenter: Sam Fenwick
Producer: Olie D'Albertanson (Photo: Ajay Banga. Credit: Getty Images)

Business Daily meets: Durreen Shahnaz

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