What impact has the economic crisis had on developing countries? What's the outlook for global health funding? This month's Global development podcast takes a look back at 2011 and asks what the big development stories might be in 2012.

Overseeing the debate is John Vidal, the Guardian's environment editor, who is joined in the studio by Jonathan Glennie, research fellow at the Overseas Development Institute and regular blogger for the Guardian's Global development site, and Dana Makram Ebeid, an Egyptian PhD student at the London School of Economics.

Joining the discussion from Washington DC is Charles Kenny, the economist and author of Getting Better, an optimistic look at global development. And down the line from New Delhi, economist Jayati Ghosh provides insights from India.

We also hear from the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, who offers her thoughts on global health challenges, and from Jamal Osman, who reports from Somalia.