Natalie Donback
Latest Articles
How a former USAID staffer returned to entrepreneurship
8 days ago // Career
After being laid off from her dream job, one former USAID staffer made the pivot back to entrepreneurship, launching a small consulting firm with ex-colleagues.
The pros and cons of volunteering during your job search
12 days ago // Career Trends
Could volunteering help you land your next role? For job seekers navigating a highly competitive market, it can build skills, expand connections, and open doors to new career opportunities.
How aid cuts are shaking up development academia
about 2 months ago // Career
Last year's reductions in official development assistance and widespread layoffs across the sector are shifting demand for development courses and teaching positions.
How a former USAID staffer created a network of security experts
3 months ago // Career
After his USAID division was cut, strategist Kevin Melton launched a risk-analysis consulting firm to provide strategic advisory services to governments and international organizations working in peacebuilding and related fields.
Why Save the Children appointed its first chief innovation officer
10 months ago // #Globaldevjobs
Maggie Korde is the first chief innovation officer at Save the Children. What does the job involve and why did Save the Children decide to appoint her?
What's needed for digital finance to reach women in conflict zones
over 1 year ago // Ctrl Shift Equality: Produced in Partnership
Women’s livelihoods are the first to suffer during conflict. Reaching them with digital financial services could provide an important lifeline.
Why is so little climate finance going to local organizations?
almost 2 years ago // Roots of Change
Complex funding processes and large intermediaries make it hard for local organizations to access critical resources for climate action. What can multilateral climate funds do to change that?
Climate adaptation finance must double by 2025. How will that happen?
almost 2 years ago // Climate Finance
With less than a year to go to meet the Glasgow Climate Pact commitment to double the amount of climate change adaptation finance, what’s needed to fill a financing gap that’s only getting bigger?
How can the UN's new advisory body on AI help drive gender equality?
about 2 years ago // Ctrl Shift Equality: Produced in Partnership
With increasing concerns about the need to regulate artificial intelligence, experts are looking at how gender could be better incorporated into the group's work.
What’s needed to harness the potential of digital health?
about 2 years ago // Global health
Strong institutions and improved interoperability could take health care access to the next level, say experts at the Mobile World Congress.