Katherine Marshall has worked for five decades in international development, focusing on issues facing the world’s poorest countries. After nearly 30 years at the World Bank working on a wide range of development issues in Africa, Latin America, East Asia and the Middle East she led the Bank’s faith and ethics initiative between 2000 and 2006. More recently at Georgetown University she has lectured on the interphase between ethics, values, faith and development.

Katherine is thus singularly well-qualified to explore in this podcast the ramifications of COVID-19 and what they mean for the future of economic and social governance. Why is understanding these links so vital to addressing the main challenges of our day—climate change, rising income inequality, lack of peace and security? What are religious actors’ roles in addressing these challenges, building trust, and creating a post-pandemic world that is more equitable?