School of Foreign Service - Global Human Development

Access, Usage, and Quality of Financial Tools in West Africa Countries | MFW4A - Making Finance Work for Africa This report, which provides a one-page overview of financial services in West Africa by country, is the result of a collaborative effort between the Georgetown University Global Human Development Program (GHD) and the Making Finance Work for Africa (MFW4A) partnership. It was authored by students fr...

GHD Alum Foluyinka's (GHD'19) background and interest in education has led her from GHD to the Global Partnership for Education, where she leads and supports several global education advocacy initiatives and co-leads youth engagement programming.

Read her story:

Alumni Spotlight - Foluyinka Fakoya - GHD Foluyinka’s commitment to promoting equal access to education for all children and youth has been greatly influenced by her own experience.

GHD alum Shea Flynn (GHD'20) went from a summer internship in Nepal with The Coca Cola Company to working with them full-time! Read more about her journey in development here:

Alumni Spotlight - Shea Flynn - GHD The process of recycled plastic: 1) old bottles, 2) cleaned and shredded flakes, 3) new pellets, 4) the preforms for the next round of bottles.

Congratulations to Abdul-Washeru (GHD'23), who has recently been selected as a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow for the upcoming academic year!

Abdul-Washeru Alhassan (GHD’23) Selected as a Frédéric Bastiat Fellow - GHD Congratulations to Abdul-Washeru (GHD'22), who has been selected as Frédéric Bastiat Fellow at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University!

Check out GHD'20 alumnus Olawunmi Ola-Busari on the South African Broadcasting Corporation! Now a Policy Officer at the ONE Campaign, this clip shows her giving commentary on the government's response to COVID.

African governments grapple to support citizens The aftershocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, climate change, and Russia's invasion of Ukraine are shaking up Africa's economies and making it harder for its peo...

We are so excited and proud of current GHD student Iking Corpus (GHD'23), who is speaking at the 2nd Asia-Pacific Regional Education Minister's Conference in Bangkok as part of his summer internship at the UNICEF Regional Office for South Asia!

2ND ASIA-PACIFIC REGIONAL EDUCATION MINISTER’S CONFERENCE (APREMC II) – Asia-Pacific SDG 4 – Education2030 The COVID-19 pandemic caused an unprecedented disruption to education globally and regionally and severely impacted education delivery, learning outcomes, student engagement and their health and well-being. This resulted in a significant setback in progress towards achieving the Sustainable Developm...

What hasn't Professor Mohini Malhotra done? Learn more about our Ethical Leadership and Development professor in this article!

Financial Inclusion, Ethical Leadership, and Fiction Writing: Spotlight on Professor Mohini Malhotra - GHD Professor Mohini Malhotra’s work experience is as interesting as she is. From leading CGAP towards increasing access to financial services for the world’s majority working in the informal sectors, to serving as Senior Advisor to Imago Global Grassroots, she has done it all.

With a fantastic group of students who work and play hard, GHD's own soccer team took home the title of intramural champions! Congratulations to everyone and we can't wait for the next season!

GHD's Soccer Champs Take the Gold - GHD GHD's very own soccer team Solow No' Mo' has made the program proud in their successful spring season.

We love bringing in professors to GHD who are passionate about the topics that they teach. This week, get to know Professor Lidia Ceriani and her interests in poverty alleviation and governance.

Combining Theory and Practice in GHD: Spotlight on Professor Lidia Ceriani - GHD As part of the GHD’s initiative to feature the diverse voices and perspectives of our faculty, we sat down to talk with Professor Lidia Ceriani.

Did you know that you can create your own specialization at GHD? Meg (GHD’22) is not only doing the Women, Peace, and Security Certificate, but she designed her own Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Specialization to complete her coursework.

Specialization Highlight - Gender Equality and Social Inclusion Meg (GHD'22) shares with us her self-made specialization and why she chose this path.One of the strengths of the Global Human Development Program is the acce...