Tony Blair, former British prime minister and founder of the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, defended globalisation in an interview with Devex, but said the key to its success is to make it work better for everyone.

Blair did not appear on the public agenda at the World Economic Forum’s annual gathering in Davos last week, but had private meetings with key stakeholders to make progress on both governance in Africa and peace in the Middle East.

"Despite the backlash against globalization, the world is still coming together through technology, migration, trade, commerce, and we've got to find ways to make the world work together better so that we can provide solutions that distribute opportunity and wealth more equally but keep the enormous benefits of globalization," Blair said in a sit-down interview with Devex.

Blair sees governance, the focus of his institute, as an essential driver for development, and said that building the capacity to govern effectively, transparently, and efficiently was as important for a developing country as foreign aid.

Read the full article about Tony Blair's thoughts on global development by Catherine Cheney at Devex International Development