Nicole Goldin

Nicole Goldin is head of equitable development at UNU-Centre for Policy Research and nonresident senior fellow of the Atlantic Council. She leads research on development cooperation and effectiveness, inequality, inclusive growth, AI and digital finance in development. Among prior roles, she was lead economist at the World Bank, senior adviser at the U.S. State Department and USAID. She holds a doctorate in economics.

Latest Articles

Middle powers are no longer the supporting cast in global development

3 days ago // Opinion: Global Development

Opinion: The future of global development may depend less on traditionally large powers, and more on what middle powers collaborate on.

Opinion: At the UN, we need to do better with less. Here’s how

8 months ago // United Nations

By acting with a renewed sense of "purpose, pace, priority, and precision," the UN80 reforms can advance shared development goals.

A push for youth policy

over 11 years ago // Youth empowerment

Government officials, U.N. representatives, experts, practitioners and young people gathered last week in Azerbaijan to discuss national and global youth policies. Discover the main takeaways from the conference in this guest column by Nicole Goldin, director of the CSIS Youth, Prosperity and Security Initiative.

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