GDI Forum: Featuring Moira McKarracher A Sector in Transition: Challenges and Changes in Development

A Sector in Transition: Challenges and Changes in Development | Global Development Institute How is the development sector adapting to shrinking budgets, shifting priorities and falling trust in global institutions? In this Global Development Institute speaker session, Moira McCarricher talks about the pressures reshaping development work today and what practitioners can do in response. Moira is an independent consultant with more than 30 years of experience in skills development, including roles with the World Bank, the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), the Scottish Qualifications Authority and OPITO. In this session: • The global context: stretched budgets, conflict, migration and the decline in trust in international institutions • How UK aid spending has changed since 2020 and where the money now goes • Future trends, including private sector involvement and South-South cooperation • The Germany-Kosovo skills mobility partnership as a model for development that benefits both sides • Lessons from practice: evaluation, managing expectations and focusing on outcomes that last • Audience Q&A 🌐 Read more on our website: [website link] 📩 Subscribe for future events: [forum page link] #GlobalDevelopment #InternationalDevelopment #GDI