3 Stories From 2023 That Packed a Punch
At Devex, an important part of our mission as a social enterprise and news organization is to achieve real impact through our journalism. In that regard, 2023 was a big year for us.
As our team prepares to sign off for a week of well-deserved rest, I wanted to highlight a few of the stories that have had the biggest impact over the last year. If you’re looking for a little holiday reading, be sure to check out these deep dives—I promise, they’re worth your time.?
One of our primary jobs at Devex is to follow the money in global development. We regularly look into big, expensive initiatives and shine a light on the often shadowy, bureaucratic world of government contracts to see whether projects are living up to the PR that surrounds them or the price tag attached.?
This in-depth investigation, led by senior reporter Michael Igoe with support from the Bureau of Investigative Journalism, dives into the shortcomings of USAID's $9.5 billion contract meant to transform global health supply chains. Did this global health contract — the largest ever — deliver?
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Devex Senior Global Reporter Colum Lynch has been covering the U.N for a long time, as we’re always reminded when he delivers big exclusives like this one. In this story, Colum dug into the “political caste system” that beset the U.N. Mission in Western Sahara, which U.N. staffers say is emblematic of a wider crisis of morale across the entire network.?
?“There [are] no rules and there is no justice, and certain people can just do or say anything, and nothing will happen,” one U.N. staffer in Western Sahara told Devex. Read on for the whole inside story.
There’s so much the development community doesn’t see when a flashy new hire or appointment is made. In this exclusive, Devex Senior Reporter Sara Jerving pulls back the curtain on the bizarre career entanglements of Dr. Jean Kaseya, the former Democratic Republic of Congo country director at the Clinton Health Access Initiative who is now the director general of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.?
These stories are representative of the type of journalism our community requires — and you can expect more like this in 2024. To be the first to know about big scoops and major exclusives like these, be sure to sign up for our free daily newsletter, Devex Newswire. See you in the new year!
What was your favorite Devex story of the year? Let me know in the comments.?