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Jasmin Higo (MPA ’23) interviews Daniel Arukwe Johansen (MPA ’15) on his work with the United Nation World Food Programme (WFP) in the Yemen country office. Their conversation spans how to effectively contextualize data, the challenges and opportunities working in high-stake environments like war zones, and the remarkable resilience of both humanitarian workers and [especially] the residents of a region experiencing violent conflict. This episode additionally includes a short teaser for developments underway to improve our podcast offerings at the Cornell Policy Review.
Daniel Arukwe Johansen serves as the Head of Operational Information Management and Performance Reporting at the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Yemen Country Office. He has previously worked with WFP in emergency settings in Ethiopia, Bangladesh, and Syria, as well as at WFP headquarters in Rome, Italy. Daniel is a Cornell University class of 2015 Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduate (with a Government, Politics, and Policy Studies concentration), and a class of 2012 BA Development Studies graduate of the University of Oslo. Daniel is a Norwegian national, and calls Oslo, Norway home.
Jasmin Higo works as a Senior Health Financing Associate at the Nairobi-based organization Financing for Health. There, she works with governments and regional institutions to design, develop and implement financing solutions to address health sector investment gaps in Sub-Saharan Africa.
