A New Era for Development with Raj Kumar of Devex: Shifting from a Project Mindset to an Investment Mindset
Global development is evolving quickly in the face of social, economic, and political changes. Jonathan Jackson sits down with Raj Kumar, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Devex, a leading independent online news platform for development professionals, to discuss how 2023 marks the start of a new, more challenging development era. With growing competition between China and Russia and the West, a new set of economic circumstances, and overwhelming humanitarian needs, development professionals need to get more value for money. And this requires a change in mindset and how things are done - shifting from a project-based mindset to a collaborative, results-driven investment mindset.
Topics discussed:
- Why and how we need to shift from a project-based to an investment-based mindset
- The role of Devex in changing the development sector
- How funding for development is changing and needs to change
- The potential of philanthropy in funding development work
- How technology deployed thoughtfully in support of the people closest to the challenges is poised to unlock significantly more value
- Prioritizing results over projects for better resource allocation
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Related resources:
- “From the editor-in-chief: 3 ways 2023 may define a new development era” by Raj Kumar on Devex: https://www.devex.com/news/from-the-editor-in-chief-3-ways-2023-may-define-a-new-development-era-104723
- “Could this app transform delivery of last-mile health services?” by Catherine Cheney on Devex: https://www.devex.com/news/could-this-app-transform-delivery-of-last-mile-health-services-104113
- Devex: https://www.devex.com/
- The Business of Changing the World by Raj Kumar: https://pages.devex.com/the-business-of-changing-the-world.html
- Devex Book Club podcast: https://pages.devex.com/devex-book-club.html
- GatesNote on AI: https://www.gatesnotes.com/The-Age-of-AI-Has-Begun
- Co-Develop: https://www.codevelop.fund/
- Dimagi’s Big Break: Receiving Instrumental Core Funding from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with Tim Wood, Former Senior Program Officer https://sites.dimagi.com/high-impact-growth-podcast/gates-foundation-funding