Oxfam America Releases New Paper on Capacity Building

By: Staff Person
September 10, 2010

See the guest post below from Oxfam America’s Porter McConnell, Policy Advisor of the Aid Effectiveness team, as she discusses Oxfam’s new paper on effective capacity building for development.  Read about Oxfam’s previous paper on Information here, or read the full Ownership report. Want to fight poverty? Help countries build their own capacity. A new … Continue reading Oxfam America Releases New Paper on Capacity Building

IGD Leaders Spell Out the ‘Business of Effective Development’

By: Staff Person
September 7, 2010

“By moving forward with these three core reforms, the Obama administration has an opportunity to build a global development strategy, based on more strategic engagement with the private sector, that expands economic opportunity abroad, raises standards of living, and brings new hope to the world’s poorest people.”

Celebrating and Building on the Private Generosity of Americans

By: Staff Person
September 2, 2010

In his latest blog post, former Ambassador and Congressman Mark Green talks about why Conservatives need to ensure that our foreign assistance system recognizes, protects and builds on the enormous contributions to development being made by other-than-government sources – especially faith-based institutions.

Nation Building Works

By: Staff Person
August 31, 2010

“The U.S. venture into Iraq was a war, but it was also a nation-building exercise. America has spent $53 billion trying to reconstruct Iraq, the largest development effort since the Marshall Plan. So how’s it working out?”

Shah Visits Floods in Pakistan

By: Staff Person
August 27, 2010

On Wednesday, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah visited Pakistan to witness the damage caused by severe flooding.  On USAID’s Impact Blog, Shah described his view from the helicopter: “As far as the eye could see, foundations and buttresses supported nonexistent houses and bridges, power lines lay hopelessly tangled on the ground, and roads destroyed and washed … Continue reading Shah Visits Floods in Pakistan

Guest Post: Mapping for Results Initiative

By: Staff Person
August 26, 2010

The following is a guest post from AidData researchers Alena Stern and Josh Powell. This post, which first appears on AidData’s First Tranche blog, looks at the Mapping for Results Initiative – a partnership between AidData and the World Bank that explores coordination between donors and recipients of aid. The post specifically analyzes data from Kenya and Mozambique

USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah Speaks at a Global Washington Event

By: Staff Person
August 24, 2010

On August 13th, nearly 500 people gathered at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, WA to hear USAID Administrator Shah discuss the role of technology and innovation in development with a panel of leaders from the local development community.   In Administrator Shah’s opening remarks he emphasized USAID’s commitment to evidence-based development strategies and the need for … Continue reading USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah Speaks at a Global Washington Event

Trade and Aid for Effective Foreign Assistance

By: Staff Person
August 19, 2010

While Americans sometimes complain that foreign assistance is merely a “giveaway” (a view to which I do NOT subscribe), robust trade is mutually beneficial – it boosts OUR job creators and entrepreneurs as well as allowing them to compete in an increasingly challenging commercial world. This potential benefit has never been more important: developing countries are the fastest growing markets for American goods and services. They already account for 40% of our export markets.