March 2022

A Ukrainian MIDP Alumna describes the war's impact on her family & homeland

Inna Dergunova pictured with her elderly mother on a park bench

Inna Dergunova (left) pictured with her mother (right) in Mariupol. Courtesy of Inna Dergunova

On Feb. 23, one day before Russia began invading Ukraine, Inna Dergunova (MIDP '02) prepared for an early morning flight from Italy to Ukraine to meet her elderly mother in the capital city, Kyiv. That meeting never happened.

Dergunova has lived in Italy for the past 13 years where she has worked with a European Union international development agency. Read more about the war's impact on her family and her homeland of Mariupol...

Inna's Story

Were China’s Investments in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port a good idea?

Video: National University of Singapore and DCID Joint Case Study Event

On February 23, the Duke Center for International Development (DCID) teamed up with the National University of Singapore Business School (NUS BIZ) to host, “Political Risk Analysis in the Global Economy: A Case Study of China’s Belt and Road Investments in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port.” The second largest in Sri Lanka, the Hambantota Port had large empty land for potential development, which caught China’s attention and led to its inclusion in China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and joint operation by China’s investment banks.

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Storelli provides training to

Pan American Development Foundation

MIDP Director of Writing and Communication Services Dean Storelli, a specialist in writing, curriculum development and policy communication, recently led a workshop at the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) on writing and presentation strategies for international policy communication.

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RESEARCH

Women's Day event features research on COVID-19, political participation

From the impacts of COVID-19 on women to groundbreaking research on cash transfers, gender-based violence, and women’s political participation, a Duke Center for International Development webinar held on Thursday, March 3, 2022, brought to light critical issues in women’s rights and international development.

Four leading experts from Oxfam, World Bank, Harvard University, and the University of California, Berkeley presented their latest research at, “Amplifying Women’s Voices: The State of Research on Women’s Empowerment.” Moderated by Kate Vyborny, associate director of Duke University’s DevLab and instructor in DCID’s Master of International Development Policy program, the panel highlighted research on women’s political and economic participation as well as new research areas and approaches.

Amplifying Women's Voices Webinar - Duke Center for International Development

ALUMNI HIGHLIGHTS

Victoria Santamaria (IDP Certificate ’14) is the founding director for GET Cities Miami. Gender Equity in Tech (GET) Cities align local actors to build inclusive pathways for women in tech. She is based in Miami.
Monica Wang (MIDP ’19) is now associate director of ClimateWorks Foundation. She is based in Beijing.
Reza Samadi Boroujeni (MIDP ’17) is now a financial analyst with Niagara Bottling. He resides in California.
Natalia Foil (MIDP’ 00) is the director of operations for RTI I the Philippines where she works on USAID’s ReachHealth Project. She is based in Manila.
Jose Carlos De Pierola (MIDP ’16) is now the country manager for Peru at Environmental Resources Management (ERM). He resides in Lima.
Rachael Honick (IDP Certificate ’14) has taken on a role as director of marketing strategy and operations at Ellucian. She is based in the Washington, D.C. area.

EVENTS

Please join us on April 9, 2022, from 8:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT for the 19th Annual Rotary Spring Conference! The theme this year is “Peace (Re)imagined: Sustaining Justice and Hope for the Future”. Class XIX Rotary Peace Fellows will be presenting their research, sharing examples of justice and hope in peace-making and international development around the world

Advance your career this summer with a certificate from the Duke Center for International Development! Join mid-level and senior professionals in our Project Appraisal & Risk Management (PARM) certificate program.

PARM applications will be accepted through April 15, 2022.

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Are you a development professional with at least five years of experience? Are you interested in boosting your career with a graduate degree from a top-ranked school? If so, apply for the Master of International Development Policy (MIDP) program.

Learn more and apply at https://dcid.sanford.duke.edu/midp/.

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