Jonathan Papoulidis @jpapoulidis

Jonathan Papoulidis is vice president at Food for the Hungry. He previously served with the United Nations, including in Indonesia as U.N. coordinator for Aceh, in Liberia with U.N. peacekeeping, and with UNOCHA at headquarters and in Africa and Asia. He has held appointments as a fellow and visiting scholar at Stanford University, Columbia University, and York University’s Center for Refugee Studies. He has a master’s degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge.

Latest Articles

Opinion: Mainstreaming resilience in MDBs in an age of compounding crises

about 1 year ago // Produced in Partnership: Food for the Hungry

A focus on resilience is vital for sustained progress on inclusive growth and tackling poverty, as well as the best means of preventing conflicts. Multilateral development banks have heeded the call, but there is still more to do.

Opinion: Time to rethink development finance in fragile states

about 6 years ago // Produced in Partnership: World Vision

Fulfilling the SDGs' pledge to “leave no one behind” is a tall order and requires a complete reframing of approach. Here are three new directions we must move in.

Opinion: A new role for UN leadership in the hardest places

almost 7 years ago // United Nations

Two U.N. veterans outline three ways the U.N. leadership framework can be leveraged within broader U.N. development system reforms to deliver better development in fragile places.

Syria and the challenge of transformational resilience

about 10 years ago // #AcrossBorders

Resilience efforts in Syria take time, trust, dialogue, innovative financing and program experimentation, writes Jonathan Papoulidis, executive adviser on fragile states at World Vision, in this guest column. What are the challenges and how can they be overcome?

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