Alfonso Lenhardt will prioritize management and work to “institutionalize” recent reforms as new deputy administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development, he said Tuesday in the keynote address to the Council of International Development Companies.
Referring to management as a “core discipline,” Lenhardt pledged that he will “work to make sure our partnerships are more nimble, creative and effective, and [that] our agency’s operations are efficient and consistent.”
The position of USAID deputy director has been vacant for more than a year and a half. Former Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg left the agency in May 2013 to join World Learning as president and CEO.
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Molly Anders is a former U.K. correspondent for Devex. Based in London, she reports on development finance trends with a focus on British and European institutions. She is especially interested in evidence-based development and women’s economic empowerment, as well as innovative financing for the protection of migrants and refugees. Molly is a former Fulbright Scholar and studied Arabic in Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Morocco.
