You have already seen what MFAN has to say about the President’s new global development policy. Click here to read what a variety of our partner organizations think.
House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) issued a statement today praising President Obama’s new development policy that was released yesterday in conjunction with his speech at the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Summit.
What was your reaction to President Obama’s speech at the MDG summit yesterday unveiling the administration’s new global development policy? We would love to hear from you! In the meantime…see what other development experts are saying.
September 22, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs David Beckmann and George Ingram: The foreign assistance reform movement is celebrating a major victory today. With his speech laying out a new U.S. approach to development at the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit, President … Continue reading MFAN Statement: Visionary New Development Policy Lays the Foundation for More Effective Foreign Aid
The Hill’s Congress Blog published the speech that MFAN Principal Ray Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America, believes President Obama needs to give today at the MDG summit laying out America’s strategy for development leadership in the 21st century. After making the case that the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are America’s Goals as well, Offenheiser states: … Continue reading The MDG Speech Oxfam Wants President Obama to Give
Below is a guest blog post from MFAN member Porter McConnell, Policy Advisor for Oxfam America’s Aid Effectiveness team, on President Obama’s speech later today at the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit, in which he will outline the new U.S. global development policy: President Obama: Just another speech, or… This week, world leaders are … Continue reading MFAN Member Calls for Action in Obama’s MDG Speech on Development
Later today, President Obama will be speaking in New York at the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) Summit and tomorrow at the UN General Assembly. Hopes are high that he will detail how the U.S. is planning to improve its global development policy. Some might even see this as a huge missed opportunity if the Obama … Continue reading UNGA Week: MFAN Partner Activities
In remarks today at the first event of the 2010-11 program year for the Society for International Development’s (SID) Washington, DC Chapter, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) reaffirmed his plans to introduce a comprehensive foreign aid reform bill that would replace the existing outdated Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Click here to read a summary of the events that happened at the UN MDG Summit and Clinton Global Initiative today–including the launch of a new State Department campaign–1000 Days: Change a Life, Change a Future.
Last Friday, Media Planet — with the help of many partners including CARE USA, the UN Millennium Campaign, Pathfinder International, and the International Women’s Health Coalition — published a special supplement in USA Today on the importance of investing in women and girls. Helene Gayle, President of CARE, wrote a piece on “The Ripple Effect” … Continue reading In Case You Missed It…
