Mark Your Calendars — Week of December 10
By: Staff Person
December 6, 2012
December 6, 2012
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UNDP takes another step to enhance transparency
By: Staff Person
December 4, 2012
December 4, 2012
The ongoing efforts of the UN Development Program (UNDP) to enhance the transparency of its global operations took a major step forward last week with the launch of a new online portal—www.open.undp.org. The portal enables the public to track comprehensive data on more than 6,000 projects budgeted through 2011 in 177 countries and territories worldwide, along with more than 8,000 outputs or results.
Building resilience in the Horn of Africa
By: Staff Person
December 3, 2012
December 3, 2012
Today USAID will unveil a new resilience strategy to support chronically risk-prone communities in between, before and after the repeat cycles of disaster. Furthermore, the agency will begin to broadly apply instruments, such as the “crisis modifier”, to quicken the pace of disaster response in the Horn of Africa and in other regions.
Mark Your Calendars — Week of December 3
By: Staff Person
November 29, 2012
November 29, 2012
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Secretary Clinton talks development at the MCC
By: Staff Person
November 29, 2012
November 29, 2012
Secretary Clinton addressed the MCC this week, commending the agency for their strong leadership in U.S. development efforts, saying the “MCC’s model showcases some of our best thinking about how to do development for the 21st century, and has helped to set the stage for the Administration’s approach for development, because at a time when … Continue reading Secretary Clinton talks development at the MCC
Mark Your Calendars — Week of November 19
By: Staff Person
November 16, 2012
November 16, 2012
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USAID’s New Youth Policy Is Timely and Urgent: Here’s Why
By: Staff Person
November 5, 2012
November 5, 2012
In a piece in The Huffington Post, Bill Reese, MFAN Principal and CEO of the International Youth Foundation, applauds USAID’s new youth policy, Policy on Youth in Development. Reese highlights the policy’s efforts to elevate youth as partners and not just beneficiaries in their communities’ development process. Reese writes: “I frequently advocate that ensuring young … Continue reading USAID’s New Youth Policy Is Timely and Urgent: Here’s Why
We ask too much of the military
By: Staff Person
November 1, 2012
November 1, 2012
“We have a foreign assistance force; it is called the U.S. Agency for International Development, which operates with the assistance of the State Department. But over the past ten years or so, we have larded up our military with missions that USAID and State should be doing — development, governance support, social support, training for ministries, public diplomacy.”
MFAN Network Event
By: Staff Person
October 31, 2012
October 31, 2012
We need to assess nutrition resources available to U.S. Government agencies, to implementing partners, and to country governments and civil society. Do they have sufficient technical capacity in nutrition to “scale up” programs? How well-equipped is the U.S. government to support country-led efforts and help sustain their momentum and progress? How can we further build our capacity?
Mark Your Calendars — Week of October 29
By: Staff Person
October 26, 2012
October 26, 2012
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