This year’s United Nations General Assembly will take place against a harrowing backdrop: Protracted conflict, a hunger crisis, climate disruption, democratic backsliding, and a world still reeling from a two-year pandemic that revealed and exacerbated massive health disparities.
As world leaders convene for the 77th time in New York, we’ll be having candid conversations with global development figures and asking the tough questions that need to be raised at this critical juncture. What keeps them up at night? How do they cope with this growing number of challenges? What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? What are the key conversations they’re watching at this year’s UNGA? And do we have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
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This year’s United Nations General Assembly will take place against a harrowing backdrop: Protracted conflict, a hunger crisis, climate disruption, democratic backsliding, and a world still reeling from a two-year pandemic that revealed and exacerbated massive health disparities.
As world leaders convene for the 77th time in New York, we’ll be having candid conversations with global development figures and asking the tough questions that need to be raised at this critical juncture. What keeps them up at night? How do they cope with this growing number of challenges? What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? What are the key conversations they’re watching at this year’s UNGA? And do we have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
The world is in the midst of a learning crisis. Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, more than half of kids in low- and middle-income countries were living in what the World Bank calls “learning poverty.” Now, in the wake of school closures and remote learning, that number could spike to 70% — with huge implications for the opportunities available to kids for the rest of their lives and for the global economy.
Leaders and educators are still looking for a way out of this problem. The Transforming Education Summit during UNGA was supposed to be part of the solution, but reviews have been mixed. For years one organization that’s been stirring up a bit of controversy on the education front is NewGlobe — previously better known as Bridge International Academies. The company is known for offering for-profit education in a handful of countries, and is now shifting to work more directly with governments. Devex editor in chief Raj Kumar sat down with Shannon May, one of NewGlobe’s co-founders, who said their critics have sometimes failed to appreciate what the organization brings to the table.
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This year’s United Nations General Assembly will take place against a harrowing backdrop: Protracted conflict, a hunger crisis, climate disruption, democratic backsliding, and a world still reeling from a two-year pandemic that revealed and exacerbated massive health disparities.
As world leaders convene for the 77th time in New York, we’ll be having candid conversations with global development figures and asking the tough questions that need to be raised at this critical juncture. What keeps them up at night? How do they cope with this growing number of challenges? What does it take to be an effective leader in today’s world? What are the key conversations they’re watching at this year’s UNGA? And do we have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030?
