MFAN Partner Takes a Closer Look at the QDDR

By: Staff Person
January 4, 2011

“While there is much to applaud in the report, its shift towards a national security foundation for diplomacy and development raises significant concerns among development professionals. Over time, how this affects the planning and selection of development solutions at both State and USAID could result in an undercutting of the elevation of development which the QDDR asserts as one of its key goals. Furthermore, how the reforms outlined in the report are implemented will determine whether humanitarian and development programs in the field are strengthened or weakened.”

More QDDR Reactions from MFAN Partners

By: Staff Person
December 21, 2010

MFAN Partners continue to respond to the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR), which Secretary Clinton released last week. If you missed our first recap, click here.

Development Community Reacts to QDDR

By: Staff Person
December 21, 2010

Read highlights and analysis about the QDDR from a variety of CSIS experts and others in the development community. Be sure to tell us what you think!

Stimson Center Launches QDDR Scorecard

By: Staff Person
December 17, 2010

The Stimson Center has put together a helpful scorecard on their assessment of the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR). Focusing on authorities, structures, and capacity this QDDR scorecard is a useful tool to keep in mind as you make your way through the 200+ page document. Categories include: Define State and USAID missions and set … Continue reading Stimson Center Launches QDDR Scorecard

A Good Day for Aid Transparency

By: Staff Person
December 17, 2010

MFAN Partner Publish What You Fund blogged about the exciting new development in a series of aid transparency efforts: the launch of www.foreignassistance.gov. “The most important and exciting thing about the site is that it is the beginning of more and better things to come. This is the first output of an important interagency aid transparency process working to develop a common framework and publish aid information, documents and data across all of the agencies providing foreign assistance.”

MFAN Partners React to QDDR Release

By: Staff Person
December 16, 2010

Below are excerpts from MFAN Partners’ statements in reaction to the release of the first-ever Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) yesterday.  Stay tuned for press coverage of the rollout. MFAN Co-Chair and President of Bread for the World Rev. David Beckmann stated, “The QDDR is an important step in reforming U.S. foreign aid, making … Continue reading MFAN Partners React to QDDR Release

The QDDR: Whew, It’s Done (Or Is It?)

By: Staff Person
December 16, 2010

The QDDR represents an ambitious agenda filled with commitments to “do better.” Operationalizing those commitments, and changing the culture required to do so will be difficult. If State and USAID do not constructively engage with Congress, I can predict that many of the proposed changes will not see the light of day.

Transparency for Global Development

By: Staff Person
December 16, 2010

Jeremy Weinstein, Director for Democracy on the National Security Staff and Robynn Sturm, Advisor to the Deputy Director in the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy blog about the recently launched www.foreignassistance.gov. The Foreign Assistance Dashboard is the latest milestone in the Obama Administration’s commitment to create “an unprecedented level of openness in Government.”

MFAN Partner Oxfam on the New US Foreign Assistance Dashboard

By: Staff Person
December 16, 2010

See below for a guest post from MFAN member Archana Palaniappan of the Aid Effectiveness Team at Oxfam America as she highlights features of the new US Foreign Assistance Dashboard, which launched today. The dashboard is just one of the changes brought on by the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) and internal reforms at … Continue reading MFAN Partner Oxfam on the New US Foreign Assistance Dashboard