Oliver Baker

Development Associate

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Oliver has an academic background in the social sciences and humanities and currently specializes in funding solutions for non-profit organizations. His prior experiences working in the NGO sector include consulting with institutions and individuals for a wide variety of fundraising drives in aid of socio-cultural organizations, environmental trusts, and health and disability charities.

Oliver has an extensive knowledge of the global non-profit funding environment. His current specialism encompasses funders operating within the United States, Northern Europe, and the African continent. Oliver seeks to forge links between like-minded organizations that are committed to human and economic development via sustainable urban growth and other related pathways to prosperity. He hopes to continue to deepen his understanding of the way in which NGOs and grant-making organizations collaborate with a view to achieving their shared humanitarian goals.

Thinking Through a Greenland Purchase

Following former President Donald Trump’s victory in the Presidential election, there has been renewed talk of the United States buying Greenland. The idea had previously been floated by the Trump administration in 2019, though Greenlandic and Danish political leaders were quick to reject the possibility

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Celebrating 7 Years of CCI

Hi everyone, It’s CCI’s 7-year anniversary and I am returning to the role of Executive Director. Kurtis Lockhart exceptionally ran CCI for 2.5 years and is now launching the Africa Urban Lab, a joint project with the African School of Economics and CCI. We wish

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Why Was Shenzhen China’s Most Successful SEZ?

In 1978, what would become the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (SEZ) contained a population numbering around 100,000. Today, it’s a metropolis home to over 17 million, smaller than only Beijing and Shanghai. While the country’s overall GDP grew by 10% between 1980 and 1984—which is

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