No matter how much you prepare before beginning an international contract, it never seems to be enough for what life is truly like on the ground.

Allison

Beyond Aid is a series from MEDA and ImpactAlpha exploring new tools for sustainable development. 

Meade Center for American Theater, Washington D.C. hosted the Devex World conference 2016.On June 14, I made my way down to southwest Washington, DC to the Mead Center for American Theater to attend the Devex World conference. The website informed me this was the global development event of the year! From among its line-up of impressive speakers, the conference created five thematic tracks: Data Revolution, From Story-telling to Movement Building, New Funding Models, Innovating at Scale, and Business Transforming Development. 

Needless to say, my interested was piqued and the conference did not disappoint.