Democratic Values with Dr. David Crocker & Paulina Ibarra - The Center for Values in International Development

Given that the essence of moral thought is to address and ameliorate human suffering, and to expand human freedoms, how can we afford not to attend to moral clarity when it comes to international relief and development? 

The Center for Values in International Development seeks to apply the insights, analytical frameworks, knowledge, and experience that already exist within the field of international development ethics, to guide relief and development practice. 

We continue the dialogue with our fourth of five conversations with today’s focus on Democratic Values, as part of The Center’s ethical development series building an effective bridge between the practitioners’ community and the ethicists’ community, to the mutual benefit of both, and to the significant improvement in the effectiveness of international relief and development. 

To learn more about The Center for Values in International Development, visit: https://www.centerforvalues.international

Panelist Biographies

Paulina Ibarra is the Executive Director of the Fundacion Multitudes in Chile and the first elected Chair of the Civil Society Pillar of the Community of Democracies. She has global experience in the areas of transparency, citizen participation and accountability and has worked in government, private sector and international organizations. In Washington, D.C., Paulina worked with the Open Government Partnership during the administration of President Obama and advised the World Bank on issues of education and digital activism. 

Dr. David Crocker is a Development Ethics Professor at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland. He specializes in socio-political philosophy, international development ethics, transitional justice, democracy and democratization, and the ethics of consumption. He is also the founder of the International Development Ethics Association.