Promises are all well and good, but accountability and measurement are key to realizing those promises.
That’s the message Michael Jarvis, executive director of the Trust, Accountability and Inclusion Collaborative, brought to the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development, or FfD4, in Sevilla, Spain.
“A lot of time and effort has gone into getting us to where we are, and 10,000 people … gathered here to celebrate that in Seville. But really, the hard work starts after this,” he said, referring to the FfD4 outcome document that’s been agreed to by 192 nations.
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Anna Gawel is the Managing Editor of Devex. She previously worked as the managing editor of The Washington Diplomat, the flagship publication of D.C.’s diplomatic community. She’s had hundreds of articles published on world affairs, U.S. foreign policy, politics, security, trade, travel and the arts on topics ranging from the impact of State Department budget cuts to Caribbean efforts to fight climate change. She was also a broadcast producer and digital editor at WTOP News and host of the Global 360 podcast. She holds a journalism degree from the University of Maryland in College Park.
