Daniel F. Runde

Daniel F. Runde is a senior vice president, director of the Project on Prosperity and Development (PPD), and holds the William A. Schreyer Chair in Global Analysis at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), a leading global think tank. Mr. Runde also serves as the director of the CSIS Americas Program. His work is oriented around U.S. leadership in building a more democratic and prosperous world. Among his many other contributions, Mr. Runde was as an architect of the BUILD Act, contributed to the reauthorization of the U.S. EXIM Bank in 2018, and was an architect of Prosper Africa, a U.S. government initiative to deepen the United States' commercial and development engagement in Africa. He has been a leading voice on the role and future of the World Bank Group and U.S. leadership in the multilateral system. Prior to CSIS, Mr. Runde held leadership roles at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank Group. Earlier in his career, Mr. Runde worked in commercial banking at Citibank in Argentina and in investment banking at Alex. Brown & Sons. Mr. Runde was granted the Officer’s Cross in the Order of Isabel la Católica, a Spanish civil order. Currently, he serves on the board of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), the Western NIS Enterprise Fund (WNISEF), Spirit of America, and the Ashesi University Foundation. Mr. Runde is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Bretton Woods Committee. He is also a columnist for The Hill and hosts a CSIS podcast series, Building the Future: Freedom, Prosperity, & Foreign Policy with Dan Runde. Mr. Runde is also the author of the book The American Imperative: Reclaiming Global Leadership through Soft Power (Bombardier Books, 2022). He previously chaired two U.S. government advisory committees: the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid at USAID and the Sub-Saharan Africa Advisory Committee at the U.S. EXIM Bank. Fluent in Spanish, he graduated cum laude from Dartmouth College and holds a master’s in public policy from Harvard University.
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Start Ukraine’s EU negotiations now
Daniel F. Runde in The Hill — January 29, 2023
Chilean candidate best positioned to lead the Inter-American Development Bank
Daniel F. Runde in The Hill — November 14, 2022
US needs a new partnership with Guyana
Daniel F. Runde in The Hill — October 30, 2022
The G7 needs to step up to rebuild Ukraine
Daniel F. Runde in Politico — October 24, 2022
"El tiempo de las sanciones individuales ya paso." Centro de pensamiento recomienda acciones mas severas que afecten a dictadura.
Ryan C. Berg and Daniel F. Runde in La Prensa — October 6, 2022
Innovation and globalization to spearhead Asia's growth despite challenges
Daniel F. Runde in Cision — September 12, 2022
What Biden should do to stop China from controlling Panama Canal
Daniel F. Runde in FOX News — August 2, 2022
Biden Meets Bolsonaro
Ryan C. Berg and Daniel F. Runde in Foreign Policy — June 9, 2022
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How the U.S Treasury Office of Technical Assistance Impacts the World's Economy with Larry McDonald
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — January 25, 2023

How Loans Improve Lives with Kathy Guis
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — January 12, 2023

Enabling an Economic Transformation of Ukraine: Recovery, Reconstruction, and Modernization
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Sergiy Tsivkach , Ambassador Paula J. Dobriansky , Michael Polsky , and Ambassador William Taylor — January 10, 2023

The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter with Shannon O'Neil
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — January 4, 2023

The Story of Opportunity with Atul Tandon
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — December 14, 2022

Digital Transformation and Inclusion in Sub-Saharan Africa
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Cina Lawson , Hawa Berete , Chris Burns , Daniel Huba , Lacina Koné , Brionne Dawson , and Agnieszka Rawa — December 12, 2022

Hydrogen Development in Latin America: Varying Scenarios for Chile and Paraguay
Event by Daniel F. Runde , Gustavo Cazal Bogarín , Manabu Sugioka , Juan Carlos Jobet , and Dr. Michel Osvaldo Galeano Espínola — December 9, 2022

The Importance of U.S. Congressional Support for Ukraine with Peter Roskam
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — November 30, 2022

Ukraine’s Winter Is Here
Podcast Episode by H. Andrew Schwartz and Daniel F. Runde — November 22, 2022

PADF: 60 Years Creating a Hemisphere of Opportunity, with Katie Taylor
Podcast Episode by Daniel F. Runde — November 16, 2022
