My name is Dmitry Pozhidaev. I have spent the past 25 years of my life as a development practitioner in the Balkans, former Soviet Union, Africa and Asia. My professional career has taken me throug
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This is my attempt to contribute to knowledge about how the development community is trying to address critical development challenges in the developing countries, first and foremost the least deve