Paul Callan

Paul Callan

Paul Callan is Dalberg’s regional director of the Middle East and North Africa region, based in Abu Dhabi. He also co-leads Dalberg Advisors' Strategy and Performance practice area. Paul has provided advice on strategy, organizational development, design of new initiatives, and change management to many United Nations agencies, the World Bank, regional development banks, nongovernmental organizations, donors, and governments.

Latest Articles

Opinion: We're losing 5 percent of global GDP to unsafe roads. Here's how to change that.

Opinion: We're losing 5 percent of global GDP to unsafe roads. Here's how to change that.

about 8 years ago // Technology

In developing countries, more than 45 million people are injured by on the road every year. Mobile apps can change that.

ODA is not dead

ODA is not dead

about 11 years ago // Foreign aid

Growing private flows to developing countries do not make government aid irrelevant, Paul Callan, Jasmin Cooke and Andria Thomas from Dalberg Global Development Advisors write in this guest commentary.

Proposed SDGs won't capture the imagination

Proposed SDGs won't capture the imagination

over 11 years ago // Paul Callan on the Sustainable Development Goals

The current post-2015 development drafts have too many goals and targets; it's confusing. Let's make the future Sustainable Development Goals align with the Rio+20 intention to make them "concise" and "limited in number," Dalberg’s Paul Callan writes in an exclusive commentary.

Replacing the MDGs: A better agenda is needed for the world's poor

Replacing the MDGs: A better agenda is needed for the world's poor

about 12 years ago // Contributor: Paul Callan

The Millennium Development Goals have been touted as the most successful global push against poverty in history — but it’s not clear they really made a difference for the world’s poor. That’s why a new and more realistic framework is crucial after 2015, Dalberg global operating partner Paul Callan writes in a guest opinion for Devex.