UPDATE: Watch the recording of this event.
FAI Executive Director Jonathan Morduch will moderate a panel on the future of international development at the 2026 NYU DRI Annual Conference on Monday, April 20 at 4pm ET.
The international development sector is in crisis, with aid budgets, donor priorities, and delivery models all being torn up and reconsidered. Crises can also be moments of honest reckoning—openings to ask how we got here, economically and politically, and what should come next for development policy and practice. FAI's work on poverty and inclusive finance runs through a lot of these questions.
Jonathan will be joined on the panel by Ambassador Mark Green, Alexia Latortue, and Dean Karlan.
Date: Monday, April 20, 4:00 – 5:15 p.m. ET
Location: NYU Wagner, Main Event Space, 105 E 17th Street
Program
3:30 – 4:00 pm: Registration and pre-reception
4:00 – 5:15 pm: Panel discussion and Q&A moderated by Professor Jonathan Morduch
5:15 – 6:30 pm: Reception and networking
Panelists
Ambassador Mark Green is the President Emeritus of the Wilson Center, former Administrator of USAID, former Ambassador to Tanzania, and former U.S. Congressman.
Alexia Latortue is the Head of Secretariat of the Future of Development Cooperation Coalition, former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Trade and Development, and former Deputy CEO of MCC.
Dean Karlan is Professor of Economics and Finance at Northwestern University, former Chief Economist at USAID, and the Founder and former President of Innovations for Poverty Action.
Jonathan Morduch (moderator) is Professor of Public Policy and Economics at NYU Wagner. He is a founder and Executive Director of the NYU Financial Access Initiative.
Editor’s Note: I’m going to assume that you are seeing plenty of AI content (news and papers, not AI slop, though I’m sure you’re getting plenty of that too) from other sources, so I’m trying to think hard about the marginal value that the faiV can provide. As far as I’ve gotten so far: a) make sure that directly AI-related content does not take up more than 2 of the 5 items, and b) try to focus specifically on the cybersecurity issue for financial inclusion. Beyond that, I’m open to feedback on the value you get from the faiV in relation to AI to help guide us in the future. On a different note, I’ll be making a brief cameo appearance at the e-MFP Inclusive Finance Conference to moderate the opening plenary. If you haven’t registered, do so and I hope to see you there! - Tim Ogden