Skills related to knowledge sharing, enabling dialogue and understanding complex relationships will be much more in demand as the global development industry evolves, two think tank representatives have told Devex.
The future of the industry is uncertain for job seekers who will need to adapt to a post-2015 agenda that could be very different from development work today. So what skills should an aspiring development professional start acquiring now to position themselves for success later?
Devex asked two forward-thinking practitioners: James Mackie, a senior European Union development policy analyst at the Maastricht-based European Center for Development Policy Management, and Debapriya Bhattacharya, chair of Southern Voice on Post-MDG International Development Goals, a think tank network.