2022 Graduation Stories: Philile Shongwe

In Myanmar, Ye Khaung Oo worked for a think tank leading public financial management and governance reform initiatives until the military coup of 2021. He came to Duke to prepare himself for a career in poverty alleviation.

Coming from Albania, a country that is highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, Livia Hoxha felt a strong personal responsibility to better understand how policy can mitigate environmental risks while fostering inclusive economic growth.

Parvina Rakhimova MIDP’13, Shoghik Hovhannisyan MIDP’06 and Cory Krupp led a discussion on careers in development economics and the challenges they overcame.