EP 30: Data-driven Social Impact and Realities of Development Work with Tony Senanayake

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Modern Idealist

Valerie Leung and Meryn Willetts

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Join us on a journey of discovery as we delve into the experiences of career-driven professionals striving to make an impact in today's fast-paced professional world. Hosted by Valerie Leung and Meryn Zumbo Willetts, we share personal stories and explore topics such as impact in the workplace, trade-offs in doing good, life conundrums, work-life balance, entrepreneurship, and riding the larger social and climate impact movement. Hear from like-minded individuals who share a passion for creating change and join the conversation. 📧 ModernIdealistPodcast@gmail.com Photo by: Liah Chen

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EP 30: Data-driven Social Impact and Realities of Development Work with Tony Senanayake

Modern Idealist

45 minutes 30 seconds

2 years ago

EP 30: Data-driven Social Impact and Realities of Development Work with Tony Senanayake

Welcome back to another episode of Modern Idealist, a podcast for career driven professionals striving to make an impact in today’s fast paced society. I’m Valerie Leung. And we’ve brought on a very smart and data-driven friend of Modern Idealist today, Tony Senanayake, is a Chief Strategy Officer at Fortify Health, a non-profit that provides micronutrient-rich wheat flour to combat iron-deficiency anemia. He's passionate about development economics, public policy, and using data and evidence to amplify impact for people on the ground. He talks to us about data driven development and how he has been working with data driven methods to ensure and further his impact. If you stick around to the second half of the episode, we get into how development work, which often receives philanthropy funding, looks out on the ground.

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