Last week’s London Conference on Afghanistan was the latest in a series of international meetings that tackle the Central Asian country’s many serious development challenges.
The conference took place at a critical time for the fragile new unity government, and less than a month before foreign troops pull out after a 13-year presence, leaving behind a small contingent who will mostly train Afghan security forces.
Devex caught up in London with Haoliang Xu, United Nations assistant secretary-general for Asia and the Pacific and director of the U.N. Development Program’s regional bureau.
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Corinne Podger
Corinne Podger is a media development practitioner with more than 20 years' experience reporting for high-profile news outlets including the BBC World Service, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and the Economist. She works part time for BBC Media Action, the international charity of the BBC. Separately, as an independent consultant, she runs media skills training for a range of clients in her areas of expertise — social and multimedia, international news, science, health, climate change and religion.
