In this episode, we welcome Usha Rao-Monari, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Associate Administrator of the UNDP. We exchange on UNDP's technical assistance and advocacy activities, as well as on her vision for effective development in the South, built over a 40-year long outstanding career in the field. We also discuss with our guest the specifics of the United Nations ecosystem, ways to improve development finance and the impact of Covid-19 and climate change on global development index and countries' development trajectories.