Event – ACCOUNTdown to 2017: Strengthening a Bipartisan Legacy of Aid Effectiveness

By: Mary Deering
March 18, 2016

Please join the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) for a discussion on how Congress and the Administration can advance aid effectiveness Wednesday, March 23, 2016 10:00 – 11:30 am Russell Senate Office Building – Room 485 Introductory Remarks by: The Honorable Jim Kolbe Former Congressman from Arizona, Senior Transatlantic Fellow, The German Marshall Fund & … Continue reading Event – ACCOUNTdown to 2017: Strengthening a Bipartisan Legacy of Aid Effectiveness

Why Taxes Matter in Africa

By: Ruth Levine
February 29, 2016

Sometime in the next month or so, I’m going to sit down at my dining room table, open up a file folder stuffed with paper, and double-click on TurboTax. Then, like most Americans, I’m going to fill out forms that connect me to my government – forms that create a connection stronger, perhaps, than a … Continue reading Why Taxes Matter in Africa

MCC: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

By: Diana Ohlbaum
February 26, 2016

First, a confession: when President Bush first proposed the creation of a Millennium Challenge Account in 2002, I thought it was a secret plot to undermine USAID.  When I first met staff of the newly-created Millennium Challenge Corporation, I saw them as egghead economists who didn’t have a clue about the real world of development.  … Continue reading MCC: Taking Stock and Moving Forward

Revenue transparency complements aid transparency

By: Lori Rowley
December 29, 2015

Improving foreign aid accountability, especially through transparency, monitoring and evaluation, has been the hallmark of The Lugar Center’s (TLC) work in Foreign Aid Effectiveness and in partnership with the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN). Knowing–and publicizing–just how much assistance is going where, and gaining honest measurements of its impact are vital to making foreign aid … Continue reading Revenue transparency complements aid transparency

MFAN Community Reacts to House Passage of Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act

By: Mary Deering
December 10, 2015

Less than three months after being introduced, the House of Representatives passed the Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act of 2015 (H.R. 3766). This bipartisan legislation, sponsored by Reps. Ted Poe (R-TX) and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) would codify important reforms to ensure that U.S. agencies involved in foreign assistance are doing rigorous and consistent monitoring … Continue reading MFAN Community Reacts to House Passage of Foreign Aid Transparency and Accountability Act

Community Letter to Congress: Pass the Foreign Aid Transparency & Accountability Act

By: George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, Connie Veillette, Sam Worthington
December 7, 2015

    Download a formatted version of the Senate letter and the House letter. *** Dear Representative: On behalf of both the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network – a coalition of international development practitioners and foreign policy experts committed to strengthening development as a key component of U.S. foreign policy – and InterAction – the largest alliance … Continue reading Community Letter to Congress: Pass the Foreign Aid Transparency & Accountability Act

Development Community Warmly Welcomes Gayle Smith as USAID Administrator

By: Mary Deering
December 4, 2015

Seven months after her nomination, the Senate confirmed MFAN Co-Founder Gayle Smith as the next USAID Administrator on Monday with a vote of 79-7. The long-awaited confirmation vote was met with enthusiasm from our network. See below for a round-up of statements and blogs from MFAN partners welcoming Gayle Smith to her new post: George Ingram, … Continue reading Development Community Warmly Welcomes Gayle Smith as USAID Administrator

U.S.-based NGOs to Appropriators: Oppose Increase to Cargo Preference Requirements

By: Community Letter
December 4, 2015

December 2, 2015 The Honorable Thad Cochran Chair Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Barbara Mikulski Ranking Member Senate Appropriations Committee Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Harold Rogers Chairman House Appropriations Committee Washington, DC 20515 The Honorable Nita Lowey Ranking Member House Appropriations Committee Washington, DC 20515 Dear Chairmen Cochran and Rogers and … Continue reading U.S.-based NGOs to Appropriators: Oppose Increase to Cargo Preference Requirements

U.S.-based NGOs Response to Food Aid Cargo Preference Hearing

By: Community Letter
November 19, 2015

November 19, 2015 NGO Response to the Joint Hearing of the Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture of the Committee on Agriculture and the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure As international development organizations addressing global hunger and malnutrition, we are deeply concerned by the misleading information … Continue reading U.S.-based NGOs Response to Food Aid Cargo Preference Hearing

Welcome to MFAN’s ACCOUNTdown to 2017 Dialogue Series

By: Mary Deering
November 16, 2015

Coverage of the 2016 elections, now just under a year away, is inescapable these days, providing a constant reminder that the clock on the Obama Administration and the 114th Congress is quickly running out. This summer, MFAN launched the ACCOUNTdown to 2017 campaign as a way to track progress made toward strengthening the accountability and … Continue reading Welcome to MFAN’s ACCOUNTdown to 2017 Dialogue Series