Senior Technical Advisor, Youth & Workforce Development
Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), United States
Rachel Blum works at Education Development Center as a Senior Technical Advisor for youth employment and workforce development. With over 25 years experience, she designs, evaluates, and provides training and technical assistance to international development programs that seek to integrate youth more effectively into low- and middle-income economies. Rachel has worked in dozens of countries around the world on behalf of donors and international organizations, including working at the US Agency for International Development (USAID) where she was a technical focal point in the Office of Education and supported over 22 Missions and Operating Units across the Agency. Since then she has led research initiatives and published several works on behalf of USAID and EDC. Her recent research explores how systems thinking can contribute to improved youth employment outcomes. She is especially interested in solutions that collectively engage governments, the private sector, service providers, and youth and communities in efforts to grow economic opportunities for young people and marginalized groups. Rachel holds an MBA from Georgetown University McDonough School of Business.
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Friday, October 13, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET
Using analytic frameworks to capture unanticipated systems-level changes
Friday, October 13, 2023
2:30 PM – 3:30 PM ET