Opinion: To build trust locally, international development must target communities
To effectively deliver public services in an era of declining trust in central authorities, international development bodies must engage directly with local people.
President and CEO, Pact. Formerly: Senior Adviser, World Economic Forum and the Inter-American Development Bank; Senior Fellow, Results for Development Institute; Formerly: Chief Operating Officer, Open Society Foundations; Group Managing Director, UBS; and during a 19-year career with the World Bank Group, Managing Director, World Bank, Chief of Staff, Vice-President of External Affairs, Country Director for the Caribbean Region, Head of Media and Chief Spokesperson; award-winning Program Editor and Senior Producer, BBC; worked in the British House of Commons as Political Assistant to Member of Parliament, James Callaghan. Has served on the Boards of the UBS Optimus Foundation and Swiss Sustainable Finance; and on a number of international advisory bodies and non-profits. For five years, served as Sherpa to the heads of government meetings of the G7 and G20. PhD, London School of Economics; Prize Research Fellow, Nuffield College, Oxford University.
To effectively deliver public services in an era of declining trust in central authorities, international development bodies must engage directly with local people.
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