Direct cash model offers lesson in leadership & humility

When I was put in charge of the UK’s $20 billion global aid budget, it was easy to imagine I had “power.” I was a Secretary of State, appointed by the Queen. I had people working for me all over the world. Every day, I was asked whether I wanted to put $100 million into education in Ethiopia, or $40 million into healthcare in Nigeria? To contribute a billion dollars to a global fund on vaccines…

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