Joyati Das is senior director of World Vision International’s Urban Programmes Initiative, a multi-country action research project. Since 2008, its success has led to the scaling up of World Vision’s Global Urban Programme, which continues to develop measurable, scalable and effective programmes that are locally led and respond to urban dynamism. Joyati also represents World Vision as co-chair of the General Assembly of Partners’ Children and Youth Constituent Group. She is a steering-committee member of UN-Habitat’s World Urban Campaign and is on the advisory board of the U. N. Global Cities Institute.