Kusi Hornberger on Development Economics and Global Partnerships

Kusi joined Global Partnerships June 2015. He is responsible for identifying and researching social impact and financial return potential of new investment initiatives, refining existing investment initiatives as well defining GP's overall investment strategy. He also GP's lead for agriculture and health sectors. Prior to joining GP, Kusi worked three years as a management consultant for Bain & Company in South America and five years as an Investment Officer for the International Finance Corporation (IFC) in Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean. In both roles he has published numerous papers on private sector development and impact investing. He also has extensive experience presenting at international forums such as the UNCTAD Global Conference on Trade and Investment, Latin America's Impact Investing Forum and World Bank Groups FPD Forum. He holds a B.A. with honors in economics from the University of Pennsylvania, an MPA/ID from the Harvard Kennedy School where he won both Center for International Development (CID) and ICICI Bank fellowships; and an MBA from INSEAD Global Business School in Singapore where he was Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellow. Kusi is also co-leader of the Harvard Kennedy School Network for Washington state, a member of the Impact Hub global community, and serves as an adviser to various social entrepreneurs around the globe. In this episode, Kusi takes us through a deep dive into his career path of economic development and impact investing, and discusses the great work Global Partnerships is doing to expand opportunity for people living in poverty in Latin America, the Caribbean and East Africa. Show Notes and Resources: Kusi Hornberger | LinkedIn Global Partnerships INSEAD Harvard Kennedy School Cook Stoves | More Info Doing Good Better | William MacAskill Crazy is a Compliment | Linda Rottenberg Twitter: @impinvpodcast Facebook.com/impactinvestingpodcast

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Kusi Hornberger on Development Economics and Global Partnerships is an episode from The Impact Investing Podcast by Jamieson Webking.

This episode is 48:45 long.

This episode was published on Dec 31, 2016.

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