World Questions

Although its population is small, it's the world’s fastest growing economy – thanks to the discovery of vast amounts of offshore oil and gas. But how will Guyana’s newly found wealth be distributed – and who will feel its benefits?
Jonny Dymond and a panel of political leaders and businesspeople face tough questions from a lively audience in the country’s capital, Georgetown.
The Panel:
Ashni Singh: Minister of Finance for the governing PPP/C Party
Tabitha Sarabo-Halley: Opposition MP, WIN party
Ayodele Dalgety-Dean: Chair of SISPRO – a women led energy company
Clinton Urling: Secretary of the Private Sector commission of Guyana
Producer: Helen Towner

High rents, rising food costs and a perceived lack of opportunities are driving young people out of New Zealand. Last year, more people left than ever before. What can be done to improve living conditions and stop the loss of young talent? The current government has opened the question of Māori land rights in a quest to exploit New Zealand's natural resources. An attempt to overturn a historic treaty failed last year, but as New Zealand faces an election in the autumn, the issue will not go away. There is much to debate for Jonny Dymond and a panel of political leaders as they face questions from across the country.
The Panel:
Chris Bishop, MP, National Party and Minister for Housing, Transport and Infrastructure and Leader of the House.
Ginny Andersen, MP, Labour Party’s Spokeswoman on Jobs, Income, Police and Treaty of Waitangi negotiations.
Shane Jones, MP, Deputy Leader of New Zealand First and Minister of Oceans and Fisheries
Marama Davidson, MP, Co-leader of the Green party and Spokeswoman on Conservation, Child Poverty Reduction and Social investment.
Producer: Charlie Taylor
Sound engineers: Tim Heffer, Ian Mitchell and Joe Lawrence

Jonny Dymond chairs a debate with leading Hungarian politicians and academics who take questions from the public across Hungary. With elections due in April, can the right-wing populist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has been in power for 15 years, hold off his main political challenger?
The Panel:
Andras Laszlo, MEP, Fidesz Party
Timea Szabo, MP, PM Green Party
Boris Kalnoky, journalist and analyst. Head of the Media School at Mathias Corvinus Collegium
Zsuzsanna Szelenyi, author and research fellow at Central European University Democracy Institute
Producer: Helen Towner
Sound engineers: Syd Dundon, Kate Barker and Joe Lawrence

Gen Z have taken to the streets of Nairobi with mass protests that rocked the Kenyan government in recent years and led to multiple deaths. Kenya is a young country where 67% of its youth is unemployed, some of them feel that the new generation is not being listened to. Jonny Dymond chairs a panel fielding questions covering the deaths of women, inequality and whether abductions and killings in Kenya are part of the concerted effort from the state to supress dissent.
The panel:
Sylvanus Osoro, MP. Majority Party Chief Whip (KNC), National Assembly of Kenya
Zaha Indimuli, Human Rights Activist, National Advocacy Lead End Femicide Ke.
Canon Evans Omollo, Provost of All Saints Cathedral, Nairobi
Martha Karua, former Minister of Justice, Opposition Presidential Candidate for the People’s Liberation Party.
Producer: Charlie Taylor

Independence from Denmark, the costs of mining for rare earth minerals and Inuit people’s rights – some of the challenges facing the autonomous territory of Greenland. A former Danish colony, Greenland is the world’s largest island with a population of just 57,000 people. Jonny Dymond chairs a panel of leading politicians from Denmark and Greenland to debate the future of this fascinating Arctic region – and take some tough questions from the public.
The panel:
Naaja Nathanielsen – Minister of Industry, Raw Materials, Mining and Energy – Greenlandic Parliament.
Louise Elholm - MP in the Danish Parliament. Venstre party spokeswoman on Greenland.
Kuno Fencker – MP in the Greenlandic Parliament – opposition Naleraq party.
Ulrick Pram Gad – Senior researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies.
Producer: Helen Towner