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Author: Jonathan Cali

Jon is from Scranton, Pennsylvania. Prior to joining GHC, Jon was an intern in the policy group of the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab at MIT. Jonathan completed a Master’s degree in International Development from the London School of Economics where he conducted research on the future of the Millennium Development Goals as an intern at Voluntary Service Overseas, a London-based international development NGO. Previously, Jon spent a year volunteering with Rostro de Cristo in Guayaquil, Ecuador, where he worked at a leprosy clinic and ran an after-school program for children in an impoverished urban community. He received his Bachelor’s degree in International Studies from Boston College and spent a semester studying abroad in Buenos Aires, Argentina. During college, he was a volunteer English tutor for young immigrants in the Boston area and participated in a service-learning trip to the US-Mexico border.

Back to Basics

Have you ever had one of those “Oh Crap” moments when you realize something very bad or embarrassing is about to happen? Your heart starts pounding and your mind quickly flips through all possible scenarios only to find that they all end in complete shame, utter humiliation, extreme awkwardness. I had one of these experiences […]

Does Aid Work? Is That the Right Question?

A group of young professionals working in the international development industry sat down to discuss questions that have been debated for years by academics and practitioners such as Jeffrey Sachs, Dambisa Moyo, and Bill Easterly. Have international development organizations been successful? Does foreign aid work? The young professionals launched into a lively debate, with some […]

Time for a Constitutional Right to Health?

The capital was abuzz with activity. Cars horns honked and brakes squealed as drivers waited impatiently in the snarled traffic of the morning commute.  I passed through the metal detector at the office entrance and walked briskly into the conference room on the first floor. The room was filled with government health officials who had […]