Yesterday Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State in the Bureau of African Affairs, testified before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health to discuss U.S. government policy for sub-Saharan Africa.
Whether they are selling products and services in the international marketplace or sourcing their inputs from overseas, companies today are far more engaged globally now than ever before. U.S. business has a core interest in the economic health of the rest of the world.
On Monday, March 29th the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in partnership with other government agencies, will launch Global Pulse 2010 — a new online initiative that will connect people from around the world to discuss important issues and challenges relating to development, security, and global prosperity.
Last Thursday, the Center for American Progress (CAP) hosted House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Howard Berman (D-CA) and a group of experts as part of the Center’s Sustainable Security series. Berman headlined the event titled, “U.S. Global Development Policy in the 21st Century: Implications for Reform.”
President Obama and his administration have emphasized the need for U.S. development policy and practice to support “country ownership”—the idea that poor countries and their people need to lead their own development.
This weekly posting includes key news stories and opinion pieces related to foreign assistance reform and the larger development community.
The QDDR presents a real opportunity for the U.S. to modernize its foreign assistance for the 21st century and to put into practice things that we know work in a cohesive, comprehensive way across programs.
The third installment in MFAN’s QDDR blog series comes from our Co-Chair, Rev. David Beckmann, who serves as president of the leading anti-poverty advocacy organization Bread for the World. In his piece, Rev. Beckmann discusses how the QDDR can lead to a more effective, accountable foreign assistance system that gets better results in the fight against global poverty.
This morning, the Malaria No More Policy Center held its annual Champions Breakfast honoring the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Coordinator, Rear Admiral Tim Ziemer (ret), and Office of Management and Budget Senior Health Advisor Ezekiel Emanuel. Also in attendance was Emanual’s brother, Rahm, the White House Chief of Staff, as well as Representatives Don Payne … Continue reading WHer and PMIer Sound Foreign Assistance Reform Themes
Given the prominence of global development within the overall focus for the QDDR, it is expected that the actual report – due in the fall of 2010 – will have plenty to say on how to bolster State, USAID and the MCC to engage more effectively in poor and fragile states.
