Upcoming episode
Speakers
Dan Runde
Senior vice president and William A. Schreyer chair in Global Analysis, Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS)
Daniel F. Runde is senior vice president and the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Renowned as a global thought leader, he has been at the center of Washington debates on soft power and development for two decades. Previously, he held senior leadership roles at the World Bank Group and served in the Bush Administration at USAID (the U.S. Agency for International Development). He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bretton Woods Committee, and previously chaired two U.S. federal advisory committees that touch on soft power.
Raj Kumar
President and editor-in-chief, Devex
Raj Kumar is the founding President & Editor-in-Chief of Devex, the media platform for the global development community. A social enterprise dedicated to ensuring global development efforts do more good for more people, Devex was born in 2000 when Raj was a graduate student at the Harvard Kennedy School. Today, there are 100+ Devexers around the world serving a global audience of more than one million aid workers and development professionals. Beginning as a kid in Kerala, India, Raj has witnessed firsthand determined and courageous development work in over 50 countries – it’s what drives the Devex mission to “Do Good. Do It Well.” He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a media leader and former humanitarian council chair for the World Economic Forum, and has interviewed on-camera and on- stage hundreds of global luminaries on the most important challenges of our time. Raj is the author of the book “The Business of Changing the World,” a go-to primer on the ideas, people, and technology disrupting the aid industry.
About the Devex Book Club
It seems like every day there’s an exciting new book coming out on global challenges like poverty and climate change. Are you fascinated by books like these, especially the ones that challenge preconceived notions and present bold new ideas? Then join me as I bring you conversations with authors on the most important yet underreported issues facing our world. Each month I’ll recommend one or two books and let you know when I’ll be speaking with authors so you can join in. Follow me on twitter @raj_devex where I’ll be posting about the books and conversations. And tweet me what books you suggest I read and what questions you’d like me to ask.
As an author myself - check out my book The Business of Changing the World - I love to speak to fellow-authors to uncover the latest thinking and most surprising takes in global development. Sign up to get invitations to these virtual conversations and be a part of this book club. Join me!
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Raj Kumar, President & Editor-in-Chief, Devex
