Coordinating Country Aid with Bella Bird, Sharmarke Farah, and Jonathan Papoulidis

03/26/20 • 26 min

CGD's Sarah Rose, Bella Bird of the World Bank, Sharmarke Farah of the government of Somalia, and Jonathan Papoulidis of World Vision on the potential of country platforms for aid coordination—specifically the history and progress of Somalia's platform, the importance of country ownership, and how to make the best use of lessons learned.

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