A Deeper Look

There are two essential ingredients to effective collaboration on human development challenges: trust and humility. In this final episode of A Deeper Look podcast, Patrick Fine takes the interviewee seat, and Dr. Otto Chabikuli, FHI 360’s Director of Global Health, Population and Nutrition, asks for Patrick’s reflections on what constitutes good practice in human development. They discuss the evolution of development, the crosscutting challenges ahead and the need to approach development work collaboratively and with respect.

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.

Strengthening health systems comes down to staff, stuff, space, systems and support. This month on A Deeper Look, Patrick Fine talks with Paul Farmer, who is the Co-Founder, Chief Strategist and Chair of the Board of Trustees of Partners in Health, and a medical anthropologist, physician and author. They discuss how to keep human connection and authentic partnership at the center of human development.

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.

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.