Devex Davos Dispatch
Leaders from across sectors are gathering in Davos, Switzerland for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting. From January 14 to 19, 2024, they’ll focus on “rebuilding trust” in order to confront challenges ranging from artificial intelligence to climate change. Davos is known for dealmaking, making it a draw for leaders in the global development community, as they seek partnerships to support their work on the Sustainable Development Goals. Tune into these special editions of This Week in Global Development for conversations with some of the most relevant and interesting voices from the World Economic Forum Meetings in Davos, Switzerland.
Episodes
Devex’s Raj Kumar sat down with several leaders to discuss how the climate crisis intersects with their work: Peter Sands, the executive director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria; Sophie Atiende, CEO of the Global Fund to End Modern Sla...
At the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2024, Devex’s Raj Kumar sat down with three social entrepreneurs: Temie Giwa-Tubosun, CEO of LifeBank, a healthcare technology and logistics company deliver...
GCF’s Executive Director Mafalda Duarte oversaw the replenishment after assuming the role only three months prior, having departed her previous jo...
Speaking to Devex’s Ra...
Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar and Senior Reporter and author of Devex Invested Adva Saldinger look back on the biggest issues people were talking about — from climate and crypto to the war in Ukrain...
Adva Saldinger, senior reporter at Devex and author of the Invested newsletter, delves into tech’s next revolution with Dante Disparte, chief strategy officer and head of global policy for Circle, which produces the closest thing we have to a digital dollar backed by the U.S. banking system.
Dante ...
The director of Wellcome Trust talks to Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar about the uncertainties of long Covid, the successes and failures of the global coronavirus response, the geopolitics of global health, and our collective “blindspots” to the next virus.
Jeremy ...
Sheela Patel, founder and director of the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centres (SPARC) India, offers Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar her thoughts on whether development leaders are really paying attention to informal settlements. She also reflects on the interrelated iss...
She talks to Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar about the unprecedented reach of crises that have upended the lives of everyone from farmers to presidents — as well as the unprecedented res...
That’s the word from Achim Steiner, administrator of the U.N. Development Programme, who argues the private sector is integral to the SDGs, particularly on climate change.
He talks to Devex Senior Reporter Adva Saldinger, who authors the Devex Invested newsletter, about the complexities of fossil fuels and r...
Winnie Byanyima is the Executive Director of UNAIDS and an Under-Secretary-General of the ...
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