In the past few years, localization has gone from a new term to rolling off the tongue; \u201cintegrators\u201d have relocated from wish list to must-have; doing good from the private sector goes far beyond corporate social responsibility; and some of the largest global development institutions continue to undergo internal reform to make their operations more effective and collaborative \u2014 just to name a handful of ongoing evolutions.<\/p>\n
So it\u2019s unsurprising that in a recent Devex survey aiming to predict the future development professional, 84 percent of respondents identified that in 10 years, the technology, skills and approaches used by those in this sector will be significantly different than they are today.<\/p>\n
Devex, in partnership with the U.S. Agency for International Development<\/a>\u00a0etPopulation Service International<\/a>, conducted the survey of its community of more than 600,000 development professionals to find out what they think the next generation of development professionals will need to be successful. In part one of an ongoing series to interpret the results, we\u2019ll uncover what kinds of development professionals our community expects to be in demand in the future \u2014\u00a0and what you can do about it today.<\/p>\n