Meet the Devex Authors

Oyintarelado Moses

Oyintarelado Moses

Oyintarelado Moses is the data analyst and database manager for the Global China Initiative at the Boston University Global Development Policy Center.
Özgün Koyun

Özgün Koyun

Pablo Vieira

Pablo Vieira

Pablo Vieira is the global director of the NDC Partnership. In this role, Pablo leads efforts that build momentum for ambitious climate and development actions, in collaboration with governments and international stakeholders around the world.
Pablo Yanguas

Pablo Yanguas

Pablo Yanguas is a research fellow at the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre and Global Development Institute, University of Manchester, as well as an international development consultant specializing in politically smart and adaptive programming. His research on aid effectiveness and public sector reform has appeared in academic journals such as World Development, Development Policy Review, and Third World Quarterly. He is the author of the book Why We Lie About Aid: Development and the Messy Politics of Change (Zed Books, 2018).
Paddy Carter

Paddy Carter

Paddy Carter is director of research and policy at CDC Group. He has a Ph.D. economics from Bristol University, where he was also a British Academy post-doctoral fellow. Before joining CDC, he wrote about foreign aid and development finance for the Center for Global Development and for ODI. Before returning to university to study economics, Paddy was an equities analyst and a financial journalist. He writes here in a personal capacity.
Paige Alexander

Paige Alexander

Paige Alexander is the assistant administrator of the Bureau for the Middle East at USAID. She leads the Bureau, including the efforts of USAID missions and development programs in 10 countries from North Africa through the Middle East. With over 20 years working in international development, she draws upon her experience both in the field and in D.C., including time chairing USAID’s Middle East Transition Response team.
Pallavi Shrivastava

Pallavi Shrivastava

Pallavi is the founder of Desiderata Impact Ventures, a specialist intermediary that is working toward creating transformative impact in underserved communities by bringing in innovative sustainable approaches. Prior to Desiderata, Pallavi worked with the World Bank and International Finance Corp. where she was focusing on private sector development and south-south collaboration. Pallavi has been listed among the “50 Most Impactful Social Innovators” in 2016 by World CSR and awarded with 2015 Africa Social Innovation Leadership Award and the World Bank Vice-Presidential Unit Award in 2014.
Paloma Duran

Paloma Duran

Paloma Duran is currently the director of the Sustainable Development Goals Fund and has served as the acting director since October 2014. Prior to to the SDG Fund, she was the senior adviser to the Millennium Development Goals Fund. She holds a master's and Ph.D. in law as well as in political science from UNED University in Spain and a certificate in international affairs from New York University in New York.
Pamela Nathenson

Pamela Nathenson

Pamela Nathenson is the executive director of World Connect, a nonprofit that co-invests with communities to advance development on their terms. She earned a master’s in International Health from Boston University’s School of Public Health and has built organizations and programming in global development and public health for 25 years.
Pamela Steele

Pamela Steele

Pamela Steele is director and principal consultant at PSA Ltd — www.pamsteele.co.uk — an Oxford-based consultancy specializing in supply chain management in the international development and humanitarian sectors. Pamela is a doctorate student at Cranfield University, U.K., researching the health supply chain in developing countries. Her career has spanned over 25 years in logistics and supply chain management in international development. Previous employers include UNICEF, UNFPA, Oxfam Great Britain, the International Committee of the Red Cross and World Vision International.