In this show there are two interviews. The first is with Richard Fuller, President and founder of The Blacksmith Institute, about the toxic burden on much of the developing world. Secondly we talk with Paul McPhun, Executive Director of Medicines Sans Frontiers Australia, about the difficulties faced by humanitarian assistance agencies internationally due to the increasing levels of counter terrorism measures around the world. The Blacksmith Institute is a small New York based NGO dealing with identifying and remediating toxic sites in poorer and middle income countries. We talk with Richard Fuller about the report The Blacksmith Institute has released, along with Green Cross Switzerland, 'The World's Top Ten Toxic Pollution Problems 2011'. This can be found at www.worstpolluted.org Informing the discussion with Paul McPhun is a briefing paper by the Humanitarian Policy Group, part of The Overseas Development Institute, 'HPG Policy Briefs 43, October 2011'.

Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair talks about his work in international development with Owen Barder of Development Drums.

Borithy Lun from Cooperation Commision of Cambodia (the peak body for Cambodia's NGOs); Kerry Enright Exec Director of Uniting World on the Aust govt's commitment of a dollar for every dollar given to the Horn of Africa appeal; Shen Narayanasamy from Oxfam on the Robin Hood Tax at the Australian Govt Tax Summit, and development news with Albion Harrison-Naish.