US Agency for International Development

Former Gov't Contractor Renovated Home With Stolen $1 Mil.

AP | FRED FROMMER | Posted 04.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A former official with a government contracting firm and his wife have been charged with stealing more than $1 million from a government...

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SEC Watchdog Faces Complaints Of 'Abusive Investigative Practices'

Posted 12.02.2011

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David Kotz, the top watchdog of the Securities and Exchange Commission, is facing mounting criticism over some of the investigative techniques tha...

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World AIDS Day

Dr. Rajiv Shah | Posted 01.31.2012

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Dr. Rajiv Shah

By building on a strong legacy of progress and bipartisan support and relying on proven interventions and new breakthroughs, the United States is leading the world in making real the vision of an AIDS-free generation.

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USAID and ISC Celebrate Anniversaries with Ben and Jerry's!

Maura O'Neill | Posted 08.24.2011

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Maura O'Neill

For USAID, this anniversary is a time to reflect on service and an opportunity to continue to deliver meaningful results by cultivating future alliances for development. Together, as partners, we can create a safer world that strives to let all people realize freedom's potential.

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Haiti: Seeding "Reconstruction" or Seeding Destruction?

Jane Regan | Posted 07.01.2011

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Jane Regan

About a month ago, a team of journalists in Haiti released a nine-article study of a massive seed distribution that took place after the earthquake la...

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Elise Foley

Eric Cantor Defends Foreign Aid Cuts In Aftermath Of Japan Earthquake, Tsunami

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- With Japan reeling from last week's magnitude-8.9 earthquake and the tsunami that followed, leading House Republicans on Monday defended...

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A Bipartisan Strategy for Sharpening U.S. Foreign Aid

Rich Tafel | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rich Tafel

Bring a butcher knife to U.S. foreign aid? Not a good idea. But sharpen it? Yes. Let's make it a double-edged sword and address America's economic health and security.

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Not enough colère against cholera

Jane Regan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Regan

Now they are saying we have 3,481 killed by cholera. It is doubtless many more... But in any case, these are just numbers to newspaper readers and ra...

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Haiti Elections -- Is This What Democracy Looks Like?

Jane Regan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Regan

2010-11-26-Screenshot20101126at6.19.18PM.pngGo ahead and vote on these photos... since you can't vote in the questionable elections funded by US tax dollars to be held in Haiti on Nov. 28.

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Haiti - What "work" are the "cash-for-work" programs really doing?

Jane Regan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Regan

"As Haiti suffers, the world dozes," remarked a recent Washington Post editorial. But not everyone is dozing... All across Haiti, humanitarian agen...

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Haiti - Humanitarian Crisis or Crisis of Humanitarianism?

Jane Regan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Regan

The way in which international and national authorities in Haiti are dealing with Hurricane Tomas can teach us a great deal about how the economically...

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Haiti's 1.3 million displaced people face months, maybe years in tents

Jane Regan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Regan

UN, NGOs carrying out expensive, disjointed, uncoordinated and unworkable plan for "return and resettlement" Nine months after the catastrophic ear...

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Haiti's 1.3 Million Displaced People -- In Their Own Words

Jane Regan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jane Regan

2010-10-19-pul.jpgWhat's in store for the 1.3 million displaced people in Haiti?

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State Department Should Have Gone for More in QDDR Process

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Secretary of State Hillary Clinton she should have established an "Under Secretary for Development" at the Department of State and shored up that 'command' in her own shop.

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Arab Oil States AWOL on Pakistani Flood Relief

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amb. Marc Ginsberg

Arab states fail to deliver on their promises to support international causes, such as disasters, because they refuse to empower and fund the very organizations they helped create for this purpose.

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Foreign Aid Reform: The Road Ahead

Carol Peasley | Posted 05.25.2011

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Carol Peasley

Over the past two years, experts on global development have come to a consensus that the current system for managing U.S. foreign aid is outdated, is ...

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USAID: Understaffed And Underfunded In Afghanistan

GlobalPost | C.M. Sennott | Posted 05.25.2011

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BOSTON -- A shortage of auditors and investigators combined with unwieldy budgets on rushed schedules in an active war zone have severely undercut the...

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Troop Increases? What About the Other Side of the Foreign Policy Coin?

J. Brian Atwood | Posted 05.25.2011

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J. Brian Atwood

More than eight months after President Obama took office, and at a time when it is absolutely essential, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) remains without an Administrator.

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Can Chinese Condoms Stimulate the Economy?

Bret Caldwell | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bret Caldwell

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U.S. Intervention in Bolivia

Stephen Zunes | Posted 05.25.2011

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Stephen Zunes

The alleged support by the United States... of the violent uprising in eastern Bolivia has led U.S. Ambassador Philip Goldberg's expulsion from La Paz.

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