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The Right Choice For USAID

Dan Glickman | Posted 11.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: HIV/AIDS, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Usaid, Dr. Rajiv Shah, Obama Administration, Usaid Policy, World Food Programme, Dr. Shah, Catherine Bertini, Global Fund for Aids Tb and Malaria, Global Development Program, The Alliance for a Green Revolution for Africa, Politics News

The selection of Dr. Rajiv Shah to lead USAID is a tremendous choice that underscores the Obama Administration's commitment to the vital role development plays in foreign policy and to the rebuilding of this vital agency.

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The Shah Appointment at USAID

Mira Kamdar | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Usaid, Clinton Global Initiative, Food Crisis, Agriculture, Agribusiness, Obama, Hillary Clinton, United States, Cold War, Rockefeller Foundation, Rajiv Shah, Gates Foundation, Foreign Policy, Green News

With the appointment of Rajiv Shah to head USAID, it's deja-vu all over again for the Obama administration. Welcome to Camelot redux, the 1960's re-engineered for the 2010s.

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Rajiv Shah To Be Named USAID Administrator

politico.com | Laura Rozen | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, Obama Team, Usaid Policy, Rajiv Shah, Usaid-Policy, World News

POLITICO reported yesterday that the 36-year-old USDA chief scientist and undersecretary for research, education and economics, a medical doctor who p...

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Women Farmers in the Developing World

Dan Silverstein | Posted 11.10.2009 | World

Read More: Unifem, Developing World, Women in Agriculture, Agra, World Bank, Tom Vilsak, Agribusiness, Micro-Finance, Department of Agriculture, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, African Development Bank, Gender Governance, Women, Grameen Bank, UNDevelopment Program, Food and Agricultural Organization, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Decade for Women, Beijing Conference, Un, Green Heron Tools, Catherine Bertini, Gender Mainstreaming, Usaid, World Food Program, Dfid, World News

In Sub-Saharan Africa, 80% of agricultural workers are women. According to the World Bank,They raise 90% of the food, but receive only 10% of credit extended for agricultural loans.

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

J. Brian Atwood | Posted 11.02.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, International Development, Afghanistan, U.S. Agency for International Development, World News

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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U.S. Rushes Aid To Pakistan To Fight Taliban

nytimes.com | ERIC SCHMITT | Posted 10.29.2009 | World

Read More: Foreign Aid, Usaid, Pakistan Taliban, Pakistan, Pakistan Crisis, Taliban, Pakistan Democracy, World News

WASHINGTON - Even as the Pakistani government plays down the American role in its military operations in Taliban-controlled areas along the border wit...

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State's Human Rights Guy Needs to Man Up Fast

Jeff Ballinger | Posted 10.21.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usaid, Workers, Unions, Public Diplomacy, State Department, President Obama, Politics News

Now that Michael Posner has been officially installed as Assistant Secretary of State for Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, it's about time we get started down the road to righting a whole slew of global wrongs.

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Arrest Warrant Out For USAID Contractor In Afghanistan

The Nation | Aram Roston | Posted 09.30.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, Usaid, Afghanistan, Kabul, Scott Anthony Walker, Louis Berger Group, Max Walker, Black & Veach, World News

While corruption by Afghan government officials here in Kabul has been widely condemned, corruption by Western officials in Afghanistan has received l...

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Criminally Negligent Homicide: The Legacy of Wealthy Nations That Allow Millions to Die

Dan Silverstein | Posted 09.29.2009 | Business

Read More: Undp, Wfp, Fao, Yum! Brands, World Bank, TNT Group, Food for Peace, International Food Policy Research Institute, Howard Buffet, Ethiopia, The Green Revolution, Farm Bill, Josette Sheeran, Spencer Bachus, Roger Thurow, Archbold OH, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Scott Kilman, World Food Programme, Usaid, Norman Borlaug, Puchase for Progress, Alliance to End Hunger, Agra, Universities Fighting World Hunger, Business News

Two award-winning reporters have collaborated on a new book entitledEnough: Why the World's Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty. It is a page turner. Unless you simply don't give a damn, this is a must read.

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Obama Launches Whole-of-Government Review of U.S. Global Development Policy

Sheila Herrling | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usaid, Global Development, Center for Global Development, U.S Foreign Assistance, Politics News

Lots of folks are asking how this White House-led PSD relates to State Department's recently launched Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR).

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The Exit Strategy We Need at Home

Lorelei Kelly | Posted 10.17.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, National Security, Pakistan, Stanley McChrystal, Us Government, Senator Feingold, Admiral Mike Mullen, James McGovern, US Army, Cold War, State Department, Anti-War, Afghanistan War, World News

No matter how much we love and trust the U.S. military, the American face to the world cannot be wearing a uniform.

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Growing Businesses in African Soil

Dan Silverstein | Posted 09.28.2009 | Business

Read More: G8, Trade Missions, Sub-Saharan Africa, Agricultural Development, Agricultural Policy, Chicago Council on Global Affairs, Agribusiness, World Food Programme, UN Office for Partnerships, Tom Vilsack Agriculture Secretary, Usaid, World Economic Forum, Fao, State Universities, Land Grant Colleges, Business News

It's in our own self-interest to jump start agricultural development with the goal of creating markets for ourselves.

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Obama, Clinton: Elevating Women's Issues but Not Global Development?

Nandini Oomman | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Girls, Globalization, Usaid, Secretary Clinton, Poverty, Center for Global Development, Nandini Oomman, Gender, Politics News

The Obama administration has made separate pronouncements on global health, food security and women's rights. It's not yet clear how it will fit these together into a coordinated global development strategy.

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Americans and Ramallah Youth

Daoud Kuttab | Posted 09.20.2009 | World

Read More: Intifada, Barak Obama, Anti-Americanism, Americans, Palestinians, America, Usaid, Young Palestinians and Obama, Young Palestinians, Usaid Palestine, Barack Obama Palestinians, Fatah, World News

Has it become acceptable among Palestinians to wear a hat or a T-shirt praising Americans? The answer most respondents had can be summarized in two words: Barack Obama.

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Stop "Crimes Against Humanity and Geological Scandals": Give AFRICOM a Chance In Congo

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 09.19.2009 | World

Read More: Rwanda, Women, Africom, Rape, Andrea Mitchell, Goma, War, Foreign Service, Global Research, Internally Displaced Persons, Georgianne Nienaber, Media, Ngo, Media Distortions, Msnbc, Chidren, Mugunga I, Think Tanks, Embedded Journalists, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Joseph Kabila, Paul Kagame, Hillary Clinton, Office of Inspector General, State Department, Usaid, Citizen Journalists, Af, Oig, Obama, Community Organizing, World News

This is going out to the end of a very long limb, but contrary to the rumblings in progressive think tanks, let's suggest that AFRICOM must be given a chance in eastern Congo.

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The Farmer Out of the Dell: Who's Next in the USAID Courtship Ritual?

Sheila Herrling | Posted 09.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: Obama Nominee, Usaid, USAID Administrator, Usaid Policy, Secretary of State, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

An arduous vetting process coupled with diminished authority is a virtual perfect storm for leaving the post vacant and the elevation of development and reform of foreign aid stalled.

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African Food Security? USAID Has Used Taxpayer Money to Fund GMOs Abroad Since 1991

Paula Crossfield | Posted 09.06.2009 | Green

Read More: Usaid, Kenya, Africa, Tom Vilsack, Health, Environment, Food Safety, Genetically Modified Food, Food Policy, Hillary Clinton, Gmos, Foreign Policy, Food Security, Iaastd, Kari, Green News

Africans can look to India to see what a future of relying on biotech seeds looks like. There, a depleted water table, poisoned waterways and farmer suicides have been the result of the first Green Revolution.

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USAID Director Vacancy Threatens Agency's Future

Washington Post | Posted 09.05.2009 | World

Read More: Usaid, Clinton State Department, Hillary Clinton State Department, Usaid Director, Foreign Affairs, United States Agency for International Development, Hillary Clinton, Usaid Policy, Usaid Vacancy, Department of State, State Department, Advocacy, World News

As Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton begins a seven-country African trip with a visit to Kenya, the main U.S. foreign aid agency is in limbo, ...

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Who'd a Thunk It? Bipartisan Consensus on Foreign Aid

Sheila Herrling | Posted 08.31.2009 | World

Read More: Qddr, National Security Strategy, Usaid, Kerry-Lugar Bill, John Kerry, US Foreign Aid, Usaid-Policy, National Security Council, World News

Amidst of a month of partisan battles on Capitol Hill, a bill was introduced this week that rose above party lines in a major step towards strengthening and reforming US foreign aid policy.

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Helping Women: Eliminating Obstetric Fistula in Developing World

Jim Luce | Posted 08.28.2009 | World

Read More: George Bush, Facebook, Mexican National Institute of Health, Ronald Reagan, Myspace, “Global Gag Rule”, Women’s Health, Pregnancy, Thought Leaders, Vaginal Fistula, Global Citizens, South Africa, Clinton Global Initiative, Roe v. Wade, Argentina, World Health Organization, Abortion, Uganda, Bill Clinton, Developing World, M.D., Roman Catholic Church, EngenderHealth., Mexico, Twitter, AIDS Prevention, Barack Obama, Ana Langer, Women, Population Control, Reproductive Health, Smith Barney, India, Obstetric Fistula, Orphans International Worldwide, Frances D. Alleman-Luce, Usaid, Pep Far, Engenderhealth, World News

EngenderHealth focuses on far more than fistula repair and prevention. They are dedicated to improving the overall health and well-being of people in the countries where they work.

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In Qatar and Egypt, Education Reform Means Learning In English

Journalism Boot Camp | Posted 08.22.2009 | World

English instruction in Qatar's schools, according to government plans, is to tailor students for higher education and jobs in English-language workplaces and universities.

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Clinton Chafes At White House Vetting Process: "Nightmare"

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 08.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Usaid, Clinton, Hillary Clinton Usaid, Hillary Clinton Vetting, Hillary Clinton Hiring Usaid, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Vetting Process, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is blaming an exhaustive White House vetting process for the fact that the Obama administ...

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US-Nicaragua Aid Cut Due To Concerns Over Democracy

AP | MATTHEW LEE | Posted 07.12.2009 | World

Read More: Latin America, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, US Aid, Usaid, Us-Nicaragua Aid, World News

WASHINGTON — The United States on Wednesday canceled more than $60 million in assistance to Nicaragua, citing concerns about democracy, rule of ...

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Women's Rights In Afghanistan Depends On Where One Lives

Stuart Whatley | Posted 07.10.2009 | World

Read More: Ann Jones, Foreign Aid, Usaid, Islam, Women's Rights, Women, Rotary International, Violence Against Women, Women's Issues, Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, US Foreign Aid, Sharia Law, Taliban, Robert Greenwald, Barack Obama, Afghanistan War, Development Aid, Religion, Women for Afghan Women, Women and Politics, Women Education, Taliban Women's Rights, Afghan Taliban, Advocacy, Sharia, World News

Conditions in Afghanistan are acutely compartmentalized. Reports from one village can be bright and optimistic while another locale is rife with atrocities towards women and girls.

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Words Apart

Jaime Pozuelo-Monfort | Posted 10.04.2009 | Business

Read More: Poverty, Africa, Millenium-Challenge-Corporation, Usaid, Jeffrey Sachs, Bill Easterly, Microfinance, Branko Milanovic, Malagasy-Red-Cross, Hernando De Soto, Financial Crisis, Muhammad Yunus, Business News

Microfinance's intellectual debate could be healthy but it oftentimes ends up in intellectual wars that forsake the ultimate goal: the alleviation of extreme poverty.

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