Global Development Matters
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Sarah Jane Staats


Senior Associate for Outreach and Policy
sjstaats@cgdev.org

Expertise

U.S. bilateral foreign assistance, Millennium Challenge Account, international development and humanitarian nongovernmental organizations, outreach and coalition building, communications.


Initiative

Modernizing U.S. Foreign Assistance

Research Topics

Aid Effectiveness, Education, Globalization, Governance/Democracy, Inequality, International Financial Institutions

Education

B.A. in the College of Letters (literature, history and philosophy) and the Department of Classical Studies from Wesleyan University.


Background

Sarah Jane Staats is senior associate for outreach and policy at the Center for Global Development where she is responsible for initiatives aimed at engaging the development policy community, including policymakers and nongovernmental organizations, in the Center's research and other programs. Before joining the Center, Sarah Jane worked at the U.S. Government Accountability Office and for InterAction, a coalition of 160 U.S.-based international development and humanitarian NGOs. Sarah Jane coordinated InterAction's U.S. bilateral development assistance efforts, including work on the Millennium Challenge Account.