In an exclusive audio interview, Professor at the Graduate Institute and Head of its Development academic unit, Jean-Louis Arcand talks about how the world’s population, which will reach 9 billion by 2050, will face challenges in its efforts to generate enough food to survive.

Interviewed by Katy Anderson, former BBC correspondent and Institute alumna, Professor Arcand also discusses how and why development aid has produced disappointing results over the past decades.

Are multinational agricultural corporations beneficial or harmful for the global food supply?

Should developed countries continue to shell out enormous amounts of money for developing countries while results fail to live up to expectations?

These are some of the issues covered in the latest episode of the Institute’s podcast.

Listen to “Global food prices and the short-comings of development aid” to find out more.

Related items featuring Professor Arcand include:

Video of commencement speech at a Thunderbird Graduation on 22 January 2011

Interview in Le Temps on 20 January 2011

Jean-Louis Arcand has been Professor of International Economics and Development Studies at the Graduate Institute since 2008. He is also Chair of Development Studies and is associate editor of the Journal of African Economies and the Revue d'Economie du Développement, co-editor of the European Journal of Development Research, and Founding Fellow of the European Union Development Network (EUDN).