As the world's economy embraces new technologies, the global education sector badly needs to transform itself to meet fresh challenges. So far it has lagged behind, but there are signs that it's catching up — and funding is following. Devex Editor-in-Chief Raj Kumar sends this dispatch from the Global Education & Skills Forum in Dubai on the radically shifting education landscape.
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Raj Kumar is the Founding President and Editor-in-Chief at Devex, the media platform for the global development community. He is a media leader and former humanitarian council chair for the World Economic Forum and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. His work has led him to more than 50 countries, where he has had the honor to meet many of the aid workers and development professionals who make up the Devex community. He is the author of the book "The Business of Changing the World," a go-to primer on the ideas, people, and technology disrupting the aid industry.
