Key facts about DevelopmentAid community of experts

ByOlga Sajin

Key facts about DevelopmentAid community of experts

DevelopmentAid hosts a community of over 80,000 international development experts whose expertise covers more than 200 countries and territories of the world. A significant number of specialists have an experience of over 20 years in the sector and these very knowledgeable professionals account for more than 42% from the total number of experts in the DevelopmentAid experts’ database.

Beyond simply providing relevant up to date information, DevelopmentAid has become a large community of practitioners from all sectors. The number of experts is steadily increasing, however only people with development experience can join the community. Meet our experts and find out more about their experience.

The largest number of specialists in the international development sector are from Africa and Europe, both regions having more than 26,000 professionals registered on our online platform.

As a DevelopmentAid member, you can get in touch with the candidate who best fits your selection criteria for future projects, after checking their CVs and references. Almost 40% of the specialists from Africa, 10,474 to be exact, have a high-level of experience – between 10 and 20 years. On a higher rung of the ladder are those 9,024 professionals with over 20 years ’experience in the development sector.

In North America, experts with over 20 years of experience represent 50% of the total while the number of those who have recently entered the sector on this continent have a 5% share. Organizations interested in finding qualified and experienced human resources in Latin America can rely on 2,733 experts with over 20 years’ experience.

DevelopmentAid can put you in touch with more than eleven thousand local professionals in various sectors in Asia. Almost 62% of experts are concentrated within South Asia with India being at the top of this sub region with more than 2,800 experts.

There are over 26,000 practitioners in Europe, information about which can be seen in the table below. The three countries with the highest number of international development sector specialists are the United Kingdom – 3,587, France – 3,232 and Italy – 2,608. In Southeast Europe, heading the list is Turkey with 1,092 experts.

In Oceania, 1,745 professionals offer their expertise to organizations working in the international development sector. As can be observed from the graph below the majority of these have over 20 years of experience.

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