Giving Compass' Take:

• Mark Meassick and Patrick Fine discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic is shaping the future of global development and how we can use this moment to improve. 

• What role can you play in supporting improvements to global development efforts? 

• Read about the role of USAID in COVID protection. 

Even before the onset of a global pandemic, societies were grappling with rapid, disorienting change. The COVID-19 pandemic, with its public health emergency and economic and social crises, has reshaped how development priorities and operations work. These extraordinary times have brought into focus that human development challenges are not unique to poor countries, and that the current conditions are going to amplify and accelerate the need for transformational relationships to address the global challenges confronting the international community.

Read the full article about the future of global development by Patrick Fine at Degrees.