Dr. Akiko Maeda is a health economist with 25 years of experience in international development. She has held various technical and managerial positions at the World Bank, OECD, Asian Development Bank, UNICEF and UNDP, and was involved with policy analyses and investment programs on a wide range of topics, including: girls’ literacy and immunization in low income countries such as Yemen and Cambodia; health insurance regulation and fiscal policy analysis in middle income countries such as Egypt and Slovenia; and health workforce skills assessment for high income OECD countries. She speaks to us about the limitations of single issue / linear analysis, the disconnect between research and policy making, the need for novel intersectional and complex system analysis in order to create a more just world and much more. She joins us from Saanich, Canada. Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/rethinkingdevelopment)