The trends that shaped global development in 2024

It’s been another big and challenging year for global development — and further uncertainty lies ahead. As we near the end of 2024, we brought a panel of global development leaders together with Devex Pro members to reflect on the year that’s been.

In this special edition of the Pro Leader Roundtable, Ndidi Okonkwo Nwuneli, CEO of the ONE Campaign; Sean Callahan, president of Catholic Relief Services; and Hans Peter Lankes, managing director of ODI Global, discussed the forces that shaped global development in 2024 and how their organizations are preparing for 2025. You can scroll to the bottom of this page to watch the full event recording.

These are some of the key themes our panel of experts identified in global development this year.

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