This Week in Global Dev: #41: A New Localization Legislation And The Severe Risk To UK Aid
This week, we reported that at the Employees at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems — a 37-year-old pro-democracy organization based outside Washington, D.C. — employees formed a new st...
28 Maalis 202434min
Book Club: #9: Howard French on "Born in Blackness"
Reframing six centuries of world history in a single book is no easy feat. Doing it in lively, engaging prose that keeps you hooked the whole way through is even harder. But such is the talent of Howa...
25 Maalis 202453min
This Week in Global Dev: #39: Innovation at SXSW, and food as a weapon of war
This week, Devex is at the South by Southwest, or SXSW, conference and festival exploring innovations in food systems and agriculture, but we’ve also got stories on food as a weapon of war, the accusa...
25 Maalis 202436min
This Week in Global Dev: #40: Business as usual as USAID issues its latest $5 billion contract?
Last week, USAID unveiled its latest $5 billion global health supply contract, part of its NextGen suite of contracts. Worth $17 billion in total, it’s the largest suite of foreign aid contracts ever ...
22 Maalis 202439min
Devex @ SXSW: These doctors turned entrepreneurs are using tech to transform health
Vitala Global Foundation is a nonprofit organization that works with girls and women to develop digital solutions for stigmatized sexual and reproductive health issues, including abortions. Last week,...
21 Maalis 202425min
Devex @ SXSW: Technology's role in the future of food systems
There’s no question that artificial intelligence will have a massive impact on the future of food systems, but it remains to be seen whether it will address or perpetuate inequities. “I think the que...
20 Maalis 202440min
Devex @ SXSW: How 3 organizations are leveraging technology for a more equitable future
The world needs new approaches, not just more funding, as it faces a financing gap of an estimated $4 trillion annually to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals, or SDGs. “We’re either going to f...
19 Maalis 202438min
Devex @ SXSW: How Emerson Collective prioritizes causes and partners
It’s no surprise that Anne Marie Burgoyne, managing director of Emerson Collective, had a long line of people forming to meet with her following her session at South by Southwest in Austin, Texas Wedn...
14 Maalis 202426min
