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Foreign Aid

Playing Games with Women's Lives

Alex Horne | Posted 03.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Foreign Aid, Family Planning, Hiv, Ethiopia, Global Democracy Promotion Act, Zambia, Abortion Rights, President Obama, Mexico City Policy, Family Guidance Association, Planned Parenthood, US Congress, Womens Rights, Abortion Laws, Obama Abortion, Global Gag Rule, Condoms, Politics News
Alex Horne

The Global Gag Rule restricts U.S. foreign aid to non-US-based organizations that provide legal voluntary abortion services or advocate for less restrictive abortion laws within their country.

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President Obama Recommits to the World's Poor in First Address

Virginia Simmons | Posted 02.21.2009 | World

Read More: Recommits, Foreign Aid, Hunger, Poverty, Millennium Development Goals, Inauguration, Clean Water, Millennium Development Goal, Extreme Poverty, Obama, Global Poverty, Poor Nations, Development, Mdgs, One, World News
Virginia Simmons

President Obama clear in his speech the importance of fighting poverty and preventable disease worldwide.

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The 2/3 : 1/3 Rule

Dennis Whittle | Posted 02.06.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Globalgiving, Poverty, Global Poverty, Dennis Whittle, Charity, Aid, Giving, World News
Dennis Whittle

As Bill Easterly has pointed out, we have spent more than $2 trillion in aid over the past fifty years with not enough to show for it.

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Kristof: How To Raise The World's IQ With Salt

International Herald Tribune | Nicholas D. Kristof | Posted 01.04.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Iodized Salt, Salt Intelligence, World Bank, Nutrition, Africa, Development, Asia, US Foreign Aid, World Iq Salt, World News

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan: Travelers to Africa and Asia all have their favorite forms of foreign aid to "make a difference." One of mine is a miracle subst...

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What Can't Be Cut

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, 2008 Presidential Race, Foreign Aid, Usaid, Poverty, Pepfar, US Foreign Aid, Global Poor, Tuberculosis, Recession, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Loans, Financial Crisis, Fighting Malaria, The ONE Campaign, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

It's time to send a clear signal to the Obama and McCain camps that issues of the poor world-wide are not disposable because of market downturns.

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The Future President

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Aid, John McCain, Pepfar, Barack Obama, Foreign Policy, Africa, 2008 Presidential Race, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

Though I am hopeful that the candidates will address America's future involvement in Africa, most of their foreign policy discussions have thus far focused on Iraq and Iran. Africa must not be forgotten.

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Why Fight Global Poverty

Amb. John J. Danilovich | Posted 11.23.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Aid, Investing, Poor, Poverty, Wall Street, Money, Economy, Economic Crisis, Politics News
Amb. John J. Danilovich

The attention and resources necessary to address our own challenges as Americans do not require us to withdraw from our relationships abroad.

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Can the Democrats Lead in Africa?

Josh Ruxin | Posted 11.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Aid, Investment, Africa, Obama, Mccain, Democrats, Development, Republican Convention, Republicans, Foreign Policy, Politics News
Josh Ruxin

Several delegates I spoke with noted that the only aspect of Bush's foreign policy that they viewed positively was rooted in Africa.

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Foreign Assistance Crucial To World Health And U.S. Security

Jirair Ratevosian and David Bryden | Posted 11.08.2008 | Home

Read More: International Community, Foreign Aid, International Affairs, Clinton Global Initiative, Economic Crisis, Election 2008, Foreign Assistance, Humanitarian Aid, Barack Obama, John McCain, Campaign 2008, Home News
Jirair Ratevosian and David Bryden

Why are both parties, who have repeatedly spoken in favor of increasing foreign assistance, now so quick to propose slowing down or canceling aid that can help fight urgent disease threats and restore America's battered image abroad?

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To Bail Out Wall Street, Would Biden Abandon Kids in Africa?

Robert Naiman | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Foreign Aid, Joe Biden, Gwen Ifill, Bailout, Barack Obama, Africa, Politics News
Robert Naiman

Now that the Senate and the Roman people have come to consensus that Senator Biden won the debate - obviously he had an unfair advantage, since he rea...

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How to find the best ideas

Dennis Whittle | Posted 10.26.2008 | Business

Read More: Development Marketplace, Foreign Aid, Philanthropy, Globalgiving, World Bank, Google News, Google, Business News
Dennis Whittle

Ten years ago, Mari Kuraishi and I launched the first-ever Innovation Marketplace at the World Bank. The idea was that any team of staff, without reg...

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How Mean Can the Bush Administration Be?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 10.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Disaster Relief, Cuba, Hurricane Gustav, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Ike, Foreign Aid, US Foreign Aid, Condi Rice, Hurricane, Embargo, Fidel Castro, Cuban Relief Aid, Disaster Aid, Relief Aid, Cuban Aid, Hurricane Aid, Politics News
Blake Fleetwood

The Bush administration has offered $100,000 worth of aid to hurricane-battered Cuba; this is but a pittance compared to what is needed by one of our closest neighbors. Someone should remind Bush that the Cold War is over.

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Anti-Corruption Efforts Must Come First in Afghanistan

Lisa Gans | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics

Read More: Corruption, Anti-Corruption, Foreign Aid, United Nations, World Bank, Judiciary, Afghanistan, Justice Sector, Justice, Politics News
Lisa Gans

A corrupt society like that in Afghanistan is a lawless one, and in a lawless environment, nothing works and everyone lives in fear, clinging to tribal or ethnic affiliations to protect them.

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Troubling Signs: Can The G8 Be Trusted to Deliver on Their Promises?

Josh Lozman | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Development, HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Aids Research, The Giving Life, Africa, Africa Foreign Aid, Development, G8 Nations, Politics News
Josh Lozman

Despite great progress, there are still nearly 5 million people on the continent that are in need of AIDS treatment in order to stay alive. No wonder the G8 wants to hide from their earlier promises.

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Gender Apartheid

Amy Coen | Posted 07.03.2008 | Living

Read More: Corruption, Foreign Aid, Women's Rights, Fgm, Apartheid, Foreign Assistance, Ethiopia, Violation, Prenatal, Conflict, Prevention, Africa, Aids, Racism, Female, Development, Developing Countries, Public Health, Hiv, Gender, Ngo, Contraceptives, Female Genital Mutilation, Health, Sex, Health Programs, Hospitals, Communities, Sexual Education, Condoms, Living News
Amy Coen

Boge explained her biggest challenge decades earlier was to convince the first mother that her 'uncut' daughter would have a good life; she would be an acceptable wife, bear children and be healthy.

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Saving Lives Costs Money

Natasha F. Bilimoria | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Foreign Aid, Africa AIDS Epidemic, Charity, Aids Medication, Africa AIDS Aid Money, Africa, Politics News
Natasha F. Bilimoria

The AIDS pandemic is the greatest public health challenge the world has ever faced -- but the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, a public-private partnership, is working.

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Burma's Cyclone, China's Earthquake, America's Katrina

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.21.2008 | Home

Read More: Foreign Aid, Burma, Cyclone, Earthquake, Hurricane Katrina, Cuba, Aid Shipments, China, Myanmar, Chinese Earthquake, Home News
M.S. Bellows, Jr.

The Bush Administration should go after the Myanmar junta for not letting well-meaning foreign governments deliver relief-- except that the Bush Administration did the same thing when we needed relief.

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