Governments and international development groups often struggle to keep up with the rapid pace of technological advances.
In a video interview with Devex, Sara Agarwal, director of international finance organizations at Hewlett Packard, shared some ideas for foreign aid donors and their partners on how to support innovation.
Watch the clip to learn more from Agarwal, co-author of the recent report “Getting Leapfrogging Right: Adapting the Latest Tech Trends to Developing Nations.”
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Adva Saldinger@AdvaSal
Adva Saldinger is a Senior Reporter at Devex where she covers development finance, as well as U.S. foreign aid policy. Adva explores the role the private sector and private capital play in development and authors the weekly Devex Invested newsletter bringing the latest news on the role of business and finance in addressing global challenges. A journalist with more than 10 years of experience, she has worked at several newspapers in the U.S. and lived in both Ghana and South Africa.