What are the trade-offs between innovation and standardization of TB care in India? Do local experts 'speak the same language' as central decision-makers? Are we on track to meet Millennium Development Goal 6C, to halt and reverse major diseases like TB, by 2015? Check the podcast below for more on this urgent question of global health. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=575

Are the high costs of phone, web and media services holding back growth and development in Africa? Should telecoms firms give spare bandwidth to support health and education projects? To hear more check the podcast below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=566

After an earthquake and tsunami crippled the light water reactor at Fukushima on 11 March, analysts have scrutinized design choices and risk management in the nuclear industry. Last month UNU-MERIT’s Professor Robin Cowan was cited in the Boston Globe and Atlantic magazine for his paper on ‘Technological Lock-in’, exploring how US technology -- dating back to the 1940s -- came to dominate the nuclear market thanks to a blend of economic and political expediency and regulatory barriers. To find out more check the podcast below. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=557

As regimes crumbled across North Africa and the Middle East, researchers from the Maastricht Graduate School of Governance came together to share their news and views on the Arab revolutions. This interview with Zina Nimeh complements a feature article, to be released shortly on the UNU web magazine. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=551

This podcast explores the subtle consequences of cross-cultural life, from reciprocation to unification to variation, based on the experiences of individuals at five Dutch firms in Thailand. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=547

Pro-poor innovation with a focus on entrepreneurs and alternative finance is the subject of this brief interview, which also explores the bad press surrounding micro-credit in India. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=546

China's phenomenal rise in R&D, including in the field of nanotechnology, and Western 'quality' research vs. China's 'quantity' advantage, are among the subjects touched on in this radio clip. http://www.merit.unu.edu/permalink.php?id=544