How might the Bridgetown Initiative reshape the global financial architecture?

In this episode, Emily and Matt try to find out why it has blazed such a successful trail, what reforms might ultimately result from it, and where SIDS fit into the process.

Featuring:

• Emily Wilkinson (host) | RESI Director and Principal Research Fellow at ODI Global
• Matthew Bishop (host) | RESI Director and Senior Lecturer at the University of Sheffield
• Alicia Nicholls | Trade Policy Expert from Barbados
• Michael Jacobs | Professor of Political Economy, University of Sheffield, and Visiting Senior Fellow, ODI Global
• Pep Bardouille | Director of the Bridgetown Initiative and Special Adviser on Climate Resilience, Barbados Prime Minister's Office

Resources:

• Programme page | Resilient and Sustainable Islands Initiative (RESI)
• Official website | The Bridgetown Initiative 3.0
• Michael’s recent ODI Piece | The New Development and Climate Finance Agenda
• Michael’s accompanying report|International development and climate finance: the new agenda
• Our forthcoming book | Sustaining Development in Small Islands
• Our report on loss and damage | The price of a changing climate: extreme weather and economic loss and damage in SIDS
• Our report on poverty | Islands at the Edge: How climate shocks shape poverty in SIDS
• Our Conversation Piece | Extreme weather has already cost vulnerable island nations US$141 billion—or about US$2,000 per person
• RESI Brochure | Towards a New Knowledge Architecture for SIDS
• Our T20 policy brief | Financing Resilient Prosperity in SIDS
• Another T20 policy brief by our friends in Barbados | An Inclusive Agenda for SIDS at the G20

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