Daniel Swift is a senior fellow for US development policy at the Center for Global Development. His interests include development effectiveness, US trade and investment tools, and the reorganization of US foreign assistance. A retired US Foreign Service officer, Daniel most recently was a senior researcher at the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. Before that, he led Prosper Africa, a 17-agency presidential initiative to increase two-way trade and investment between the United States and African countries. Over his diplomatic career, he served in Washington, Jordan, Myanmar (Burma), Ethiopia, and South Africa. He has received several Superior Honor and Meritorious Service Awards, and in 2024 he received USAID’s Arnold Harberger Award for Applied Economic Analysis. Daniel holds two master’s degrees from the University of Chicago.
