BY SHERAN MUNASINGHE
Michael Schlein, President and CEO of Accion, discusses some of the future aspects of financial inclusion and the effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on the industry.
BY CAMILLE SACHS
Will the COVID-19 pandemic cause the topic of gender norms to be appropriately addressed in the healthcare space? Dr. Gupta discusses this and more in the first Development Roundtable of the academic year 2020-21.
BY MARKUS SPECHT
Gyude Moore of the Center for Global Development discusses power and development, what his ideal Africa summit would look like, and the implications of COVID-19 for Africa’s development.
BY RAYZA OBLITAS & CAMILLE SACHS
PRESIDENT AND CEO OF US INSTITUTE OF PEACE, NANCY LINDBORG, AND PROFESSOR PAUL R. MILLER DISCUSS PREVENTATIVE STRATEGIES TO FIGHT THE ROOT CAUSES OF EXTREMISM.
BY YIFAN POWERS
Xavier Devictor, Practice Manager in the Fragility, Conflict and Violence Group at the World Bank presented a new approach to the global refugee crisis at the fourth Development Roundtable of the 2019-2020 academic year.
BY SAKSHAM KHOSLA
ALAN GELB OF THE CENTER FOR GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSES THE CURRENT LANDSCAPE AND FUTURE DIRECTION OF DIGITAL GOVERNANCE.
BY RAYZA OBLITAS
James Robinson discusses his new book, The Narrow Corridor: States, Society, and the Fate of Liberty, at the first 2019-20 Development Roundtable.
BY MAYA GAINER
Mercy Corps’ Vice President of Technical Leadership, Dina Esposito, traces how food assistance in fragile contexts has changed—and where we go from here.
BY ALISON DECKER
Martin Spicer, Director of Blended Finance at the International Finance Corporation (IFC), discusses the power of blended finance to facilitate development projects, and the new strategic vision of the IFC.
BY ALISON DECKER
Andree Simon discusses the differences between financial access and financial inclusion, and how her organization FINCA aims to address both.
BY YIFAN POWERS
BRIAN LEVY, AUTHOR OF THE NEWLY RELEASED THE POLITICS AND GOVERNANCE OF BASIC EDUCATION: A TALE OF TWO SOUTH AFRICAN PROVINCES AND PROFESSOR AT SAIS, SPOKE AT THE IDEV ROUNDTABLE SERIES ON HOW TO APPLY A GOVERNANCE-FOCUSED LENS TO EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT.
BY SAKSHAM KHOSLA
DR. FRANCIS FUKUYAMA DISCUSSED THE RISE OF IDENTITY-BASED POLITICAL MOVEMENTS AT A DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE TALK ABOUT HIS NEW BOOK, IDENTITY: THE DEMAND FOR DIGNITY AND THE POLITICS OF RESENTMENT.
BY MAYA GAINER
In a Development Roundtable talk about his new book Navigation by Judgment, IDEV Assistant Professor Dan Honig examines when and why giving local actors a bigger say in how development aid is delivered can lead to better results.
BY ADAM WEBER
Dr. Robert Klitgaard discusses how to use data to navigate cultural diversity and make international development a more inclusive process.
BY AMMAR KHALID
HOW CAN MEN BE MADE THOUGHTFUL PARTNERS IN ADVANCING THE GENDER EQUALITY AGENDA? GARY BARKER OF PROMUNDO SHARES HIS ORGANIZATION'S LATEST RESEARCH FINDINGS AND ITS POLICY IMPLICATIONS AT THE DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE.
BY MAYA GAINER
How can governments build a social consensus around inclusive development? Vice President Isabel de Saint Malo de Alvarado of Panama speaks at the Development Roundtable about her experience.
BY MAYA GAINER
The world is changing fast, and international development needs to change with it. Masood Ahmed's Development Roundtable talk offers a preview of issues development professionals can expect to face in the coming decades.
