International Development

Watch a lecture from Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Nobel Laureate and former president of the Republic of Liberia.

Uganda is the most entrepreneurial country in the world, but common difficulties keep businesses from becoming sustainable.

What is development? What does it look like? Development means different things to different people and in an increasingly polarized world, voices from the Global South are urgently needed to provide a balance of perspectives, lest we hear mostly one side of a multifaceted story.

There's a real case to be made for investing in artisan work.

In the Institute’s New Voices Fellowship, fellows from Africa and other parts of the developing world get training and support to help them sharpen their messages, tell their stories, and provide crucial grassroots perspectives to a worldwide audience.

A New Voices fellow shares his experience. The fellowship is accepting nominations for 2018.

The Prize honors the visionary work of Fellows of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

Aspen Global Health and Development’s Alliance for Artisan Enterprise helps artisans around the world develop creative strategies, remove barriers to success, and thrive. Here, three members share the results of that work—on their businesses and on the artisans who drive them.

The Stevens Initiative creates a common classroom for students around the world.