Rajiv Shah

Dr. Rajiv Shah is the administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development. He has served as undersecretary for research, education and economics and as chief scientist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Prior to joining the Obama administration, Shah served as the director of agricultural development at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation's Global Development Program. He also served as the foundation’s director of strategic opportunities and as the deputy director of policy and finance for the Global Health Program.

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Ending extreme poverty with a new model of development

over 11 years ago // Rajiv Shah

The U.S. Agency for International Development has expanded its focus on partnerships and innovation, and others should do, too, writes USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah in a guest commentary ahead of the first high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation on April 15-16 in Mexico City.

From relief to resilience

over 13 years ago // Rio+Solutions

As we maintain our enduring commitment to humanitarian assistance, we can use it to achieve long-term results, writes USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah in this exclusive guest opinion as part of Rio+Solutions, a joint campaign by the United Nations Foundation and Devex to advance sustainable solutions to global challenges.

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