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To ensure delivery to your inbox, please add info@devex.com to your address book. Jan. 24, 2017 WHAT TO KNOW NOW What a Trump administration will mean for global development jobs By Kate Warren @DevexCareers Last week, the United States swore in a new commander-in-chief, leaving the global development community to wonder what it will mean for our work. With any transfer of political power comes uncertainty — but more doubt and ambiguity than ever is swirling around the incoming Trump administration when it concerns development.     Photo by: Ching Oettel / The National Guard / CC BY   Whenever Devex career and recruitment expert Kate Warren is asked to make hiring trend predictions, her answer is always simple: Follow the money. Predicting the funding priorities of the Trump administration is still guesswork, but there are a few expected trends already, as well as ways to prepare for them. One thing we can count on is to expect — and prepare for — change. Trump has promised to "shake up" Washington, so development professionals should prepare to shake up their work, too. Kate Warren breaks down the immediate impact on development jobs, private sector involvement under the Trump administration, how to be adaptable and rebrand your expertise.   + Read more QUOTABLE "Humanity has the talent and ingenuity to do much better. We don't have to accept an economy that doesn't work."   By Winnie Byanyima, executive director at Oxfam International   Be the first to see and share each week's Quotable by liking Devex on Facebook.   @WORK Opinion: What would a UN Feminist Agenda look like?   By Laura Turquet, Sarah Douglas @devex       Photo by: UNHCR Women and girls continue to suffer from violence, exclusion, and discrimination globally — and the U.N. can and should do much more to walk its own talk on gender equality and women's rights, argue Laura Turquet and Sarah Douglas. Here are four ways the new U.N. secretary-general can implement a feminist agenda. + Read more SPOTLIGHT ON Australia's new foreign policy white paper: How to have your say   By Lisa Cornish @lisa_cornish       Photo by: Christian Schnettelker / CC BY The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade is receiving submissions from organizations and individuals with ideas on the focus and direction of Australia's foreign policy, including the aid program. Devex tracks down how you can send your submission, how it will be used, and what impact the public consultations are likely to have. + Read more SPONSORED ANNOUNCEMENT New executive program on M&E at Duke University The Duke Center for International Development (DCID) at Duke University is offering a new executive program in summer 2017 on Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programs. This two-week workshop, offered June 11-23 for managers and planners in the public sector, NGOs and donor agencies, will give participants the analytical tools to design and monitor successful development programs and evaluate their performance. In addition to M&EDP, DCID offers five other executive programs on campus every summer: Project Appraisal and Risk Management (May 14 - June 9) Transfer Pricing: Policy and Practice (June 4-9) Tax Analysis and Revenue Forecasting (June 25 - July 21) Fiscal Decentralization and Local Government Financial Management (July 9-28) Budgeting and Financial Management in the Public Sector (July 23 - Aug. 11) Group discounts are available to organizations sponsoring three or more participants per program. Visit our website to learn more or to access the online application. THE WEEK AHEAD Events preview: This week in development cooperation   By Devex Editor   The International Meeting on Syrian Settlement is underway in Astana, Kazakhstan, while the election process for the next World Health Organization director-general is happening in Geneva. Check out our preview for more events this week.     Photo by: Eric Bridiers / U.S. Mission Geneva / CC BY-ND   Below are some of the most noteworthy events for the week starting Jan. 24: + World Health Organization Executive Board Meetings Jan. 23 to Feb. 12. Geneva, Switzerland Initial screening of the six candidates nominated by Member States will be conducted by the Executive Board. The Board will then vote to determine a shortlist of five candidates. Read Devex's exclusive look at the stakes behind the vote, and stay tuned to Devex for more coverage and analysis on the election of the next WHO director-general in May 2017. + International Meeting on Syrian Settlement Jan. 23-24. Astana, Kazakhstan + Drones: The Next Game-changer for Development Aid? Jan. 24. London, United Kingdom + Webinar: To achieve the SDGs, we must tackle these 4 barriers to working together Jan. 25. Online + ADB Recruitment Outreach Event Jan. 30. London, United Kingdom + The United Nations Economic and Social Council Youth Forum Jan. 30-31. New York, United States Know of an upcoming event that might be of interest to the international development community? Email us at news@devex.com. Doing Good - Development community buzz, innovation & lifestyle. Copyright 2017 Unauthorized commercial reapplication, reproduction or retransmission, in whole or in part, is prohibited. Manage your newsletter subscriptions |  Read the latest Devex News |  RSS Feed Connect with us Devex is the media platform for the global development community. Corporate Headquarters: 1341 Connecticut Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20036 USA Main +1.202.249.9222  |  Fax +1.202.318.2456   www.devex.com

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