The star? George Clooney. The place? Sudan. The most important thing he said in a recent Newsweek interview about his work there? " ... to continue to try to help, but we have to be very careful--and sometimes helping is not throwing money at a problem." Clooney is...

It is becoming a part of conventional wisdom that empowerment of women is one of the most certain ways to move societies forward. Women are a critical force and source of strength in developing and transitional countries. From a common sense perspective, under-utilizing half of a population's brainpower may result...

The coming months will be a time for movement forward on many global goals. In September, the Millennium Development Summit in the midst of the United Nations General Assembly will evaluate progress on the Millennium Development Goals. There are continuing high hopes that the

The G-8 and newly relevant G-20 summit meetings generated a lot of documents. Documents which evaluate and discuss where we are and where we should be on a myriad of global development challenges. The Muskoka Declaration Recovery and New Beginnings reaffirms the G-8 commitments against the backdrop of...

In the wake of a dismal global economy, and people disaffected with government generally, officials charged with national budgets are scratching their heads in search of cuts that can be used to demonstrate fiscal responsibility and limits on out-of-control spending. Giving money to foreign governments or foreign causes is an...