Sylvia Mathews Burwell

The Huffington Post's Global Motherhood section joins Mother's Day Every Day, an initiative of the White Ribbon Alliance and CARE, in a countdown to Mother's Day. Pulling together diverse voices, Mother's Day Every Day is raising awareness and calling for greater U.S. leadership to saves the lives of...

Looking back through a prism of 20 years at the Clinton-Gore campaign that I worked on in Little Rock, I feel a temptation to reflect on the things that make policy wonks giddy.

Little Rock -- the campaign -- was the start of an administration that delivered the first...

Money invested in agricultural development pays off. Just ask Odetta Mukanyiko, a Rwandan farmer who recently quadrupled her income through a World Food Program-sponsored initiative. Odetta, a 38-year-old single mother of two, spent much of the last two decades scratching out a living on a small plot of land in...

Two days, 150 organizations, 300 speakers, 7,000 delegates, a bazillion ideas. The European Development Days conference I attended in Brussels earlier this month was a smorgasbord for dialogue on international development. The agenda was wide-ranging, the pace dynamic, the participants engaged. And one clear theme emerged: When it comes to...

Chances are, you own one of the most powerful solutions to global poverty. I bet you have it with you as you read this. It may be on your desk, or in your pocket or purse. No, it's not your wallet.

It's your cell phone.

Technologies, including cell...

Some say that optimists are nostalgic about the future. I recently got a glimpse of the future on a visit to West Africa, and have come home more optimistic than ever about Africa's green revolution.

I began in Mali, a desperately poor, landlocked nation of some 13 million people,...

Somewhere in Rwanda, a rural farmer is dreaming of providing an education for her children. Not just high school, but maybe even a university degree. Such a dream used to seem out of reach. Like boosting the harvests on her hillside plot. Or multiplying her earnings. Or preventing topsoil from...

The season of big meetings and big talk is upon us as world leaders convene in Canada this week for the G8 and G20 summits, and again in September for the UN General Assembly and Millennium Development Goals Summit. Turning the tide on global poverty is high on the agenda....