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David Damberger: What happens when an NGO admits failure

International aid groups make the same mistakes over and over again. David Damberger analyzes his own engineering failure in India -- and calls for his friends in the development sector to publicly admit, scrutinize and learn from their missteps.
https://www.ted.com/talks/david_damberger_what_happens_when_an_ngo_admits_failure

Sanjay Pradhan: How open data is changing international aid

How do we make sure that development and aid money actually goes to the people who most need it? Sanjay Pradhan of the World Bank Institute lays out three guidelines to help relief efforts make the most impact -- while curbing corruption. One key: connecting the players who are working to change broken systems with the data they need.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sanjay_pradhan_how_open_data_is_changing_international_aid

Michael Green: How we can make the world a better place by 2030

Can we end hunger and poverty, halt climate change and achieve gender equality in the next 15 years? The governments of the world think we can. Meeting at the UN in September 2015, they agreed to a new set of Global Goals for the development of the world to 2030. Social progress expert Michael Green invites us to imagine how these goals and thei...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_green_how_we_can_make_the_world_a_better_place_by_2030

Jamie Drummond: Let's crowdsource the world's goals

In 2000, the UN laid out 8 goals to make the world better by reducing poverty and disease -- with a deadline of 2015. As that deadline approaches, Jamie Drummond of ONE.org runs down the surprising successes of the 8 Millennium Development Goals, and suggests a crowdsourced reboot for the next 15 years.
https://www.ted.com/talks/jamie_drummond_let_s_crowdsource_the_world_s_goals

Ian Goldin: Navigating our global future

As globalization and technological advances bring us hurtling towards a new integrated future, Ian Goldin warns that not all people may benefit equally. But, he says, if we can recognize this danger, we might yet realize the possibility of improved life for everyone.
https://www.ted.com/talks/ian_goldin_navigating_our_global_future

Ernesto Sirolli: Want to help someone? Shut up and listen!

When most well-intentioned aid workers hear of a problem they think they can fix, they go to work. This, Ernesto Sirolli suggests, is naïve. In this funny and impassioned talk, he proposes that the first step is to listen to the people you're trying to help, and tap into their own entrepreneurial spirit. His advice on what works will help any en...
https://www.ted.com/talks/ernesto_sirolli_want_to_help_someone_shut_up_and_listen

Achim Steiner: The alliances needed to rebuild the developing world

Developing countries need strong alliances between the public and private sectors to rebuild after COVID-19, says Achim Steiner, administrator for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). From building virus tracking systems to supporting clean energy projects and expanding health care, hear how the UNDP is creating partnerships between ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/achim_steiner_the_alliances_needed_to_rebuild_the_developing_world

Johan Rockström: 5 transformational policies for a prosperous and sustainable world

In a talk about how we can build a robust future without wrecking the planet, sustainability expert Johan Rockström debuts the Earth3 model -- a new methodology that combines the UN Sustainable Development Goals with the nine planetary boundaries, beyond which earth's vital systems could become unstable. Learn more about five transformational po...
https://www.ted.com/talks/johan_rockstrom_5_transformational_policies_for_a_prosperous_and_sustainable_world

Harald Eia: Where in the world is it easiest to get rich?

In this wryly funny talk, sociologist Harald Eia explains what some countries are doing differently and argues that capitalism and welfare states can, in fact, co-exist in harmony.
https://www.ted.com/talks/harald_eia_where_in_the_world_is_it_easiest_to_get_rich

Melinda Gates: What nonprofits can learn from Coca-Cola

Melinda Gates makes a provocative case: What can nonprofits learn from mega-corporations like Coca-Cola, whose global network of marketers and distributors ensures that every remote village wants -- and can get -- an ice-cold Coke? Maybe this model could work for distributing health care, vaccinations, sanitation, even condoms ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/melinda_gates_what_nonprofits_can_learn_from_coca_cola

Michael Green: The global goals we've made progress on -- and the ones we haven't

"We are living in a world that is tantalizingly close to ensuring that no one need die of hunger or malaria or diarrhea," says economist Michael Green. To help spur progress, back in 2015 the United Nations drew up a set of 17 goals around important factors like health, education and equality. In this data-packed talk, Green shares his analysis ...
https://www.ted.com/talks/michael_green_the_global_goals_we_ve_made_progress_on_and_the_ones_we_haven_t

Shameran Abed: 4 steps to ending extreme poverty

Approximately 700 million people worldwide currently live in extreme poverty, a state of severe financial and social vulnerability that robs many of hope and dignity. BRAC, the world's largest NGO, began a sustainable, multifaceted intervention called the Graduation approach in 2002. Since then, it has helped over nine million people escape extr...
https://www.ted.com/talks/shameran_abed_4_steps_to_ending_extreme_poverty

Jota Samper: The informal settlements reshaping the world

Creative, sustainable solutions find their home in the thousands of informal neighborhoods across the world. Urban planner Jota Samper believes these often overlooked settlements (also known as slums) should be regarded as hubs of innovation and shares three reasons why giving them the attention they deserve could help change the way humanity co...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jota_samper_the_informal_settlements_reshaping_the_world

Iqbal Quadir: How mobile phones can fight poverty

Iqbal Quadir tells how his experiences as a kid in poor Bangladesh, and later as a banker in New York, led him to start a mobile phone operator connecting 80 million rural Bangladeshi -- and to become a champion of bottom-up development.
https://www.ted.com/talks/iqbal_quadir_how_mobile_phones_can_fight_poverty

Nigel Topping: We need to green the economy while restarting it

Nigel Topping has a cool job: he's the UK's High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26, the UN's climate change conference taking place in 2021. In this wide-ranging interview, Topping discusses his work with scientists, businesses and cities to drive action on climate change and get the world committed to net zero emissions by 2050. He also e...
https://www.ted.com/talks/nigel_topping_we_need_to_green_the_economy_while_restarting_it

Sugata Mitra: The child-driven education

Education scientist Sugata Mitra tackles one of the greatest problems of education -- the best teachers and schools don't exist where they're needed most. In a series of real-life experiments from New Delhi to South Africa to Italy, he gave kids self-supervised access to the web and saw results that could revolutionize how we think about teaching.
https://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education

Andrew Mwenda: Aid for Africa? No thanks.

In this provocative talk, journalist Andrew Mwenda asks us to reframe the "African question" -- to look beyond the media's stories of poverty, civil war and helplessness and see the opportunities for creating wealth and happiness throughout the continent.
https://www.ted.com/talks/andrew_mwenda_aid_for_africa_no_thanks

Bunker Roy: Learning from a barefoot movement

In Rajasthan, India, an extraordinary school teaches rural women and men -- many of them illiterate -- to become solar engineers, artisans, dentists and doctors in their own villages. It's called the Barefoot College, and its founder, Bunker Roy, explains how it works.
https://www.ted.com/talks/bunker_roy_learning_from_a_barefoot_movement

Philippa Neave: The unexpected challenges of a country's first election

How do you teach an entire country how to vote when no one has done it before? It's a huge challenge facing fledgling democracies around the world -- and one of the biggest problems turns out to be a lack of shared language. After all, if you can't describe something, you probably can't understand it. In this eye-opening talk, election expert Ph...
https://www.ted.com/talks/philippa_neave_the_unexpected_challenges_of_a_country_s_first_election

Joshua Silver: Adjustable liquid-filled eyeglasses

Josh Silver delivers his brilliantly simple solution for correcting vision at the lowest cost possible -- adjustable, liquid-filled lenses. At TEDGlobal 2009, he demos his affordable eyeglasses and reveals his global plan to distribute them to a billion people in need by 2020.
https://www.ted.com/talks/joshua_silver_adjustable_liquid_filled_eyeglasses

Johanna Benesty: What it takes to crush a pandemic

An effective COVID-19 vaccine is just the first step in ending the pandemic, says global health strategist Johanna Benesty. In this illuminating talk, she explores the various barriers to "equitable access" -- making sure COVID-19 therapeutics are available to all -- and shares a creative approach to research and development that could ensure va...
https://www.ted.com/talks/johanna_benesty_what_it_takes_to_crush_a_pandemic

Kishore Mahbubani: How the West can adapt to a rising Asia

As Asian economies and governments continue to gain power, the West needs to find ways to adapt to the new global order, says author and diplomat Kishore Mahbubani. In an insightful look at international politics, Mahbubani shares a three-part strategy that Western governments can use to recover power and improve relations with the rest of the w...
https://www.ted.com/talks/kishore_mahbubani_how_the_west_can_adapt_to_a_rising_asia

Rebecca Firth: Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?

Want to help map the world? Community builder Rebecca Firth explains how the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team (HOT) is using open-source software powered by volunteers to put one billion people on the map in the next five years. (This ambitious plan is a part of the Audacious Project, TED's initiative to inspire and fund global change.)
https://www.ted.com/talks/rebecca_firth_can_we_call_it_a_world_map_if_it_s_missing_a_billion_people

George Ayittey: Africa's cheetahs versus hippos

Ghanaian economist George Ayittey unleashes a torrent of controlled anger toward corrupt leaders in Africa -- and calls on the "Cheetah generation" to take back the continent.
https://www.ted.com/talks/george_ayittey_africa_s_cheetahs_versus_hippos

Dayananda Saraswati: The profound journey of compassion

Swami Dayananda Saraswati unravels the parallel paths of personal development and attaining true compassion. He walks us through each step of self-realization, from helpless infancy to the fearless act of caring for others.
https://www.ted.com/talks/dayananda_saraswati_the_profound_journey_of_compassion

Smruti Jukur Johari: What if the poor were part of city planning?

Almost a billion people worldwide live in informal communities and slums, often without basic infrastructure like clean water, toilets or adequate roads. Urban planner Smruti Jukur Johari breaks down myths about these communities and shares examples of simple, common-sense solutions that arise when governments and architects work together with t...
https://www.ted.com/talks/smruti_jukur_johari_what_if_the_poor_were_part_of_city_planning

Seema Bansal: How to fix a broken education system ... without any more money

Seema Bansal forged a path to public education reform for 15,000 schools in Haryana, India, by setting an ambitious goal: by 2020, 80 percent of children should have grade-level knowledge. She's looking to meet this goal by seeking reforms that will work in every school without additional resources. Bansal and her team have found success using c...
https://www.ted.com/talks/seema_bansal_how_to_fix_a_broken_education_system_without_any_more_money

Mario Paluzzi: What if we could address the unaddressable?

Mario Paluzzi presents us with a logistical puzzle: How can we deliver packages to the three-quarters of the global population who don't have a street address? In this what-if talk, he proposes a bold new system of pinpointing addresses not to people's homes, but to their mobile phones. It's a glimpse of the future of global package delivery.
https://www.ted.com/talks/mario_paluzzi_what_if_we_could_address_the_unaddressable

Amina J. Mohammed: A new perspective on the journey to net-zero

Climate action can be a vehicle to deliver dignity, opportunity and equality for all. UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed invites us to reimagine what the journey to net-zero could look like if we invest in people's climate efforts while prioritizing the 17 Sustainable Development Goals -- a blueprint of interlinked global goals to pro...
https://www.ted.com/talks/amina_j_mohammed_a_new_perspective_on_the_journey_to_net_zero

Jim Yong Kim: Doesn't everyone deserve a chance at a good life?

Aspirations are rising as never before across the world, thanks in large part to smartphones and the internet -- will they be met with opportunity or frustration? Former President of the World Bank Group Jim Yong Kim shares how the institution is working to improve the health and financial futures of people in the poorest countries by boosting i...
https://www.ted.com/talks/jim_yong_kim_doesn_t_everyone_deserve_a_chance_at_a_good_life
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