MFAN Principals Norris and Veillette Offer Five Steps to Save $2 Billion

By: Staff Person
May 9, 2011

In a new policy brief released last week, John Norris, executive director of the Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative at the Center for American Progress, and Connie Veillette, director of the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance program at the Center for Global Development, offer five steps to make U.S. foreign assistance more effective—saving $500 million annually by eliminating unnecessary regulations, with additional savings through the reform of earmarks related to foreign assistance programs.

MFAN’s Daily News Clips

By: Staff Person
May 6, 2011

News Clips 5.6.2011 Note:  You can sign up to receive full text of these articles by clicking here. Today’s Headline: Please join MFAN and partners for a special event on Monday, May 9 with former Marine intelligence officer and Carolina for Kibera founder Rye Barcott, who has written an amazing book about citizen-led development in Africa. … Continue reading MFAN’s Daily News Clips

MFAN’s Daily News Clips

By: Staff Person
May 5, 2011

News Clips 5.5.2011 Note:  You can sign up to receive full text of these articles by clicking here. Today’s Headline: Representatives Ander Crenshaw (R-FL-04) and Adam Smith (D-WA-09), who circulated a Dear Colleague letter on Capitol Hill today, have announced that they will launch the Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance at an event featuring an … Continue reading MFAN’s Daily News Clips

Reps. Crenshaw and Smith Announce Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance

By: Staff Person
May 5, 2011

Today, Representatives Ander Crenshaw (R-FL-04) and Adam Smith (D-WA-09) are circulating a Dear Colleague letter on Capitol Hill about next week’s launch of the Caucus for Effective Foreign Assistance. Crenshaw and Smith hope to bring together a group of Members who will be open to a serious conversation about the way the U.S. delivers foreign assistance and how it can be made more effective.

EVENT: MFAN Hosts Rye Barcott 5/9

By: Staff Person
May 4, 2011

On Monday, MFAN will co-host an event featuring TED fellow Rye Barcott–author and co-founder of Carolina for Kibera who also served as a U.S. marine for five years with tours in Iraq, Bosnia, and the Horn of Africa. The Honorable Dirk Kempthorne, Former Governor of Idaho, will deliver opening remarks. MFAN is co-sponsoring the event along with … Continue reading EVENT: MFAN Hosts Rye Barcott 5/9

MFAN in the News

By: Staff Person
May 3, 2011

With the release of MFAN’s new policy agenda last week, MFAN Principals and Partners have started to spread the word about how to make foreign assistance more effective. MFAN’s plan lays out how Congress and the Administration can build on the bipartisan consensus for aid reform that has emerged over the past decade and work together to forge durable, bipartisan legislation.

Aid reform — the path ahead

By: Staff Person
April 28, 2011

The United States government has made real progress in the last few years to make its efforts to fight global poverty more effective. President Obama’s new Global Development Policy, released in September, is the centerpiece of these efforts. The new policy—and implementing reforms at USAID—have been rightly celebrated. But much more remains to be done to make the U.S. a true global leader in the fight against poverty.

MFAN Statement: An Updated Agenda for Foreign Assistance Reform

By: Staff Person
April 28, 2011

April 28, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs David Beckmann, George Ingram, and Jim Kolbe: We are pleased to unveil MFAN’s updated policy agenda for reforming the U.S. approach to global development. Our new guiding document — From Policy to Practice: Maximizing the … Continue reading MFAN Statement: An Updated Agenda for Foreign Assistance Reform

Stimson Center Releases New Report on Security Assistance

By: Staff Person
April 21, 2011

“A narrow focus on security in US security assistance programs misses this vital connection. It de-links support for security forces from the need for effective, efficient, and accountable governance. Historically, military and other security forces empowered through security assistance programs in countries with weak governance have too often led to diminished accountability, authoritarian government, military coups, and human rights violations.”