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Michael Igoe retweeted
As a young banker, I had a knack for asking the dumb questions. Sometimes it got me into trouble. Forty years later, I still think asking dumb questions can lead to breakthrough insights and innovation — and some of the best builders share this trait.
@AlterIgoe and I talked about this and much more on @devex 's Theory of Change podcast. Thanks to Michael's genuine curiosity and candor, I found our conversation to be a real exchange and a gift.
We covered a lot of ground: why impact investing needs a reckoning after years of chasing safe bets. Why entrepreneurs like @SamWGoldman and Dave Ellis are building nations, not just companies. And why, after 25 years, I still believe the biggest barrier to change is daring — having the courage to move before everyone else does.
I hope you give it a listen.
Michael Igoe retweeted
Our CEO @albrgr joined @AlterIgoe on @Devex's Theory of Change podcast to discuss where philanthropic effort can have the biggest impact, and why structural gaps in markets and governments leave so many important problems chronically underfunded.
Michael Igoe retweeted
Thanks @AlterIgoe for having me on @Devex's new Theory of Change podcast.
We talked about how we pick problems at @coeff_giving, why Strep A stands out as a unique opportunity, and the challenge of making big bets across long time horizons: youtu.be/0SLzoKxQqHg
Michael Igoe retweeted
Fraud is bad, but I think $60 million is cheap for the funniest @UN story ever told (now told even better by @columlynch).
Exclusive: The UN's $60 million fiasco: a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of impact investing. The rise & fall of an ex senior UN official who once managed $billions 4 the UN. Today he spends his time teaching chess to fellow prison inmates.
devex.com/news/exclusive-the…
Michael Igoe retweeted
Exclusive: The UN's $60 million fiasco: a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of impact investing. The rise & fall of an ex senior UN official who once managed $billions 4 the UN. Today he spends his time teaching chess to fellow prison inmates.
devex.com/news/exclusive-the…
Michael Igoe retweeted
Congress appropriated money for lifesaving AIDS treatment.
State hasn't sent that money to the CDC to be spent.
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ALT Sudan is far from the only country that aid cuts have stretched thin. The U.S. State Department has transferred less than half of the money to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that it normally does, according to an analysis reviewed by Devex contributor Andrew Green — and while State has told CDC to continue its HIV programs, the department has provided no new money to do so (including the several billions recently earmarked by Congress for this very purpose). “How come CDC isn’t getting any money if there’s actually money that’s been appropriated for global health?” asks K.J. Seung, a physician and global health expert who conducted the analysis alongside Partners in Health’s Vincent Lin.
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The U.S. State Department is launching a new Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response, asserting it can deliver "faster" and "more targeted" international relief than USAID. devex.com/news/state-dept-an…
More internal details on the @StateDept's new Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response: devex.com/news/state-dept-an…
Bloomberg confirms last month's @devex scoop: devex.com/news/exclusive-us-…
The Trump administration is reorganizing foreign aid at a fraction of its former size after dismantling USAID, a move critics say has cost millions of lives.
State says it’s ending programs on climate and social issues and focusing on life-saving work.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Michael Igoe retweeted
I am not going to vote for a supplemental funding request for this war. It is already catastrophic.
“People talk about ‘sustainable development.’ What about just ‘actual development,” says @RepFrenchHill at @devex impact house
Michael Igoe retweeted
Worth the read. Thanks @AlterIgoe
The U.S. foreign aid landscape remains unsettled as the State Department consolidates control. At a Devex Pro Briefing, experts highlight both the rush to obligate funds before year’s end and some faint glimmers of longer-term planning. devex.com/news/us-foreign-ai…
Missed this yesterday. The leadership team at the Peace Corps have all just stepped down to "to pave the way for a new leadership team to step in." peacecorps.gov/about-the-age…
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In a Saturday memo, USAID staffers were given more details on the "complete halt" in foreign assistance and told "every program will be thoroughly scrutinized.” devex.com/news/scoop-usaid-t…
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JOIN US TODAY at 12 p.m. ET for a rapid-response briefing on the new US directive that freezes foreign aid spending & halts work on existing USAID grants & contracts.
✍️Register now: devex.com/events/what-trump-…
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New: US lawmakers urge Secretary of State Marco Rubio to unfreeze aid devex.com/news/us-lawmakers-… @Devex
