With just a month until the third International Conference on Financing for Development in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and a few months before the United Nations adopts the post-2015 agenda, the global development community has an unprecedented opportunity to assess how future development efforts can make an impact.
On the sidelines of the European Development Days in Brussels, Belgium, Devex spoke to three African youth leaders — part of a group of 14 future leaders that shared their views and experiences in the forum’s high-level debates — who said that development aid should focus on policy reforms.
Kenyan Ivy Langat suggested a framework for migration to urban areas are needed. “Urbanization has taken place at such a rapid pace … that many cities have not been able to manage or cater to the needs that come with many people coming to the city,” she said.
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Jacques Jimeno
Jacques is a former copy editor at Devex’s news production team. Previously, he worked with the Philippine Department of Tourism and the World Wide Fund for Nature.
