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Rethinking development: Embracing change, holding principles

Rethinking development: Embracing change, holding principles

Professor Bert Koenders challenged the development sector to confront today’s political and structural realities—rising authoritarianism, transactional diplomacy, and shifting roles of governments and multilaterals. Development, he argued, must adapt without losing its purpose: emancipation, relevance, and integrity. “History is open. It still counts what we do here today.”