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    Steven Gale on Futures Analysis at USAID

    April 12, 2013 By Carolyn Lamere

    There’s renewed interest in looking at future trends at USAID, said Steven Gale, a senior advisor at the agency. But “we’re always asking ourselves, ‘what is the development goal that [USAID] wants to achieve, and how is this megatrend going to increase or decrease the actual probability’” of that goal will be met?

    In this week’s podcast, Gale describes the role of futures analysis at USAID, including the history of past efforts and similarities to other forward-looking projects, like the National Intelligence Council’s quadrennial Global Trends reports.

    There’s renewed interest in looking at future trends at USAID, said Steven Gale, a senior advisor at the agency. But “we’re always asking ourselves, ‘what is the development goal that [USAID] wants to achieve, and how is this megatrend going to increase or decrease the actual probability’” of that goal will be met?

    In this week’s podcast, Gale describes the role of futures analysis at USAID, including the history of past efforts and similarities to other forward-looking projects, like the National Intelligence Council’s quadrennial Global Trends reports.

    Gale spoke at the Wilson Center on  Feburary 26 about Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds. Download his slides to follow along with the presentation.

    Friday podcasts are also available for download from iTunes.

    Topics: climate change, consumption, demography, Friday Podcasts, podcast, population, risk and resilience, USAID

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