In October 2025, I spent two weeks in Nairobi, Kenya, as part of the #ShiftThePower Fellowship. The first week was the GFCF's Community Philanthropy Symposium at Masai Lodge, nestled in the middle of Nairobi National Park. The Lodge was lush and full of life, a place where baboons appeared at dusk and small hyraxes played across the grass. The sounds of nature became our constant background rhythm, reminding us that we were held in something larger than ourselves. The GFCF created this space with deep intention, not a conference, not a retreat - but a gathering grounded in care. I’ve attended...

This blog also appears in Alliance magazine.    The foundation of today's global economic system, namely the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank Group, was established in 1944 through the Bretton Woods Agreement. Both agencies were initially tasked with regulating the international monetary system and rebuilding countries devastated during World War II. Their current mission is to "promote macroeconomic and financial sustainability" and to "boost shared prosperity on a livable planet." Eighty years on from the Agreement, global government debt is on course to hit 100% of GDP by 2029 and the world's poorest countries "face the worst debt crisis since...