MFAN Welcomes David Ray, VP for Policy & Advocacy for CARE USA, as the Newest Executive Committee Member

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November 21, 2014

November 21, 2014 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette MFAN is pleased to welcome David Ray, Vice President for Policy & Advocacy for CARE USA and Managing Director of CARE Action Now, as the newest member of … Continue reading MFAN Welcomes David Ray, VP for Policy & Advocacy for CARE USA, as the Newest Executive Committee Member

MFAN Congratulates MCC on Its 10th Anniversary

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November 18, 2014

November 18, 2014 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network congratulates the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on 10 years of fighting global poverty and delivering foreign assistance in an innovative, transparent and results-oriented … Continue reading MFAN Congratulates MCC on Its 10th Anniversary

The 114th Congress and Prospects for International Development

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November 14, 2014

See below for a guest post from George Ingram, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and MFAN Co-Chair. This piece originally appeared on the Brookings blog on November 13. *** Conventional wisdom has it that foreign assistance is best supported by a Republican president and a Democratic Congress—Democrats are generally supportive of foreign assistance and … Continue reading The 114th Congress and Prospects for International Development

What Teach a Woman to Fish Can Teach Us

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November 4, 2014

See below for a guest post from George Ingram, Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and MFAN Co-Chair. This piece originally appeared on the Brookings blog on November 3. *** Ritu Sharma, founder and CEO of Women Thrive, recently published Teach a Woman to Fish. The book centers on her experiences working beside poor, women-led families in … Continue reading What Teach a Woman to Fish Can Teach Us

A Race to the Top: The 2014 Aid Transparency Index and Why it Matters

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October 17, 2014

See below for a guest post from Sarah Lucas, Program Officer at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. This piece originally appeared on the Hewlett Foundation’s blog on October 16. *** The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) won the race to the top in 2014. But if the past few years are any indication, it … Continue reading A Race to the Top: The 2014 Aid Transparency Index and Why it Matters

Root, root, root….for transparency

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October 7, 2014

See below for a post by MFAN Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette. *** We at MFAN have been eagerly anticipating the beginning of October. Not just because of playoff baseball and the possibility of a Beltway Series, but because with the beginning of October we get the release of Publish What You … Continue reading Root, root, root….for transparency

A Tale of Two Websites

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October 1, 2014

Please see below for a guest post from MFAN’s Accountability Working Group Co-Chairs, Diana Ohlbaum and Lori Rowley. Ohlbaum is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Rowley is the Director for Global Food Security and Aid Effectiveness at The Lugar Center. *** The first great boon for transparency of U.S. foreign assistance … Continue reading A Tale of Two Websites

USAID’s Frontiers in Development Asks More Questions than It Answers…and That’s a Good Thing

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September 29, 2014

See below for a guest post from Casey Dunning, Senior Policy Analyst at the Center for Global Development. This post originally appeared on CGD’s blog on September 23, 2014. *** Last week USAID held its second Frontiers in Development conference, a two-day smorgasbord of keynotes, panels, roundtables, and an Innovation Marketplace all focused on Ending Extreme Poverty.  … Continue reading USAID’s Frontiers in Development Asks More Questions than It Answers…and That’s a Good Thing

Incentivizing Transparency

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September 24, 2014

Please see below for a guest post from MFAN’s Accountability Working Group Co-Chairs, Diana Ohlbaum and Lori Rowley. Ohlbaum is a senior associate at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and Rowley is the Director for Global Food Security and Aid Effectiveness at The Lugar Center. *** For those of us who seek to … Continue reading Incentivizing Transparency