Empowering girls in India – one meeting at a time.

Empowering girls in India – one meeting at a time.

As I inched closer to Muzaffarpur, one of the four districts in Bihar where The Hunger Project (THP) India‘s adolescent girls’ program is situated, I was looking forward to meeting a spirited member of the Sukyana Club in Bihar. Bihar, a state in India, ranks low in...
Impact Investment in Bangladesh: A New Story.

Impact Investment in Bangladesh: A New Story.

For decades, Bangladesh has been leading a site of innovative development approaches, and it is now showing the signs that it is also ripe for impact investment. Some of the very first pioneers of impact investment made their mark in Bangladesh. For example, Muhammed...
Hard-edged choices in Ukraine’s survival war.

Hard-edged choices in Ukraine’s survival war.

A few days after Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, I arrived on the border of Ukraine and Poland along with my former UN colleagues to pitch in with assistance. Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians were streaming across the border, guided into Poland with great...