Cash transfers. Localization. Trust-based philanthropy. People-first. Pay for results. Market-shaping. Billions to trillions.
There’s no shortage of big ideas for transforming the global development model. Most of these have made real strides over the past few years as interest in traditional aid projects, infrastructure loans, and charity wane. But 2024 may be a wake-up call for anyone who thought there was time to make a slow and steady transition to a new way of doing business.
For one thing, there are the elections.