MFAN Partner Analyzes Pakistan Aid

By: Staff Person
July 21, 2010

“The opinion about the United States in Pakistan will change when the people of Pakistan see how, through this partnership, their lives have changed.”

Aid Effectiveness in Afghanistan and Pakistan

By: Staff Person
July 20, 2010

The Kabul Conference highlights several reform principles: ownership, accountability, and effectiveness. Country ownership – though loosely defined – is the cornerstone of the Obama Administration’s new approach to foreign assistance. In Afghanistan, this means reducing corruption in government, transferring capacity, and empowering civil society.

UPDATE: Organizations that have signed MFAN’s Open Letter

By: Staff Person
July 19, 2010

Last week, MFAN launched the Reform Within Reach campaign, urging President Obama to show leadership on foreign assistance reform and strengthen the U.S. commitment to development. Check out some of the organizations who have signed on so far!

GMF Transatlantic Blog Series Explores Relationship among Three Ds

By: Staff Person
July 19, 2010

“Absent direct, personal intervention by President Obama to define his own vision of aid reform and to take the actions needed to enforce the reforms, the stalemate will continue, and plans to strengthen the third D will suffer.”

Action Alert: Reform Within Reach Campaign Launches Today

By: Staff Person
July 14, 2010

To serve as the rallying cry for the campaign, MFAN created the “Open Letter to President Obama on the U.S. Commitment to Global Development.” This letter, which has already been signed by nearly 50 organizations, calls for President Obama to create America’s first-ever Global Development Strategy and partner with Congress to rewrite the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.

Publish What You Fund Releases First Working Paper

By: Staff Person
July 13, 2010

“The Paris Declaration and the Accra Agenda for Action emphasise the importance of aligning aid with recipient government priorities and delivering aid through government systems. However, since a significant amount of aid is not delivered through national budgets, the issue of aligning these resources to government systems remains a major challenge. A fundamental concern is the ability to relate aid resources to the expenditure patterns of recipient governments… This paper explores the linkages between aid and budgets in two ways.”

Aid Reform that Works: How Ownership, Partnership, Coordination, and Innovation Should be the Core of America’s New Approach to Development

By: Staff Person
July 12, 2010

To demonstrate principles of effective aid – and communicate what still needs to be done – MFAN canvassed its Partners to share cases in which a new, innovative way of thinking led to improving the livelihood of an individual, a community or a country. The following success stories articulate some of the core principles – Ownership, Partnership, Coordination, and Innovation – that MFAN believes should provide the underpinnings of foreign assistance reform.

Global Washington Paper Offers Policy Recommendations for Better Aid

By: Staff Person
July 12, 2010

The attached paper, “Global Development through Aid, Partnerships, Trade and Education: Recommendations from Global Washington” is the result of the collaboration of more than 45 Washington State experts representing the non-profit, business, government, and academic sectors that proposes specific policy recommendation on four topics: Aid; Trade and Development; Public-Private Partnerships; and Global Education.

CGD Ramps up Pakistan Development Study

By: Staff Person
July 7, 2010

This month read about basic principles for effective development aid in Pakistan, development investments in the FATA region, the U.S. aid program as described by Sen. Kerry and Lugar, and policymakers’ solution to Pakistan’s energy crisis. Sign up to receive the newsletter each month by clicking here.