An Exploration of Integration: The next post in our GHI blog series

By: Staff Person
September 30, 2010

Read the next post in a blog series about the reform aspects of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) with a guest post by Janie Hayes, Communications Officer, Rotavirus Vaccine Program, PATH. In Washington, DC, integration is in the air. It is a centerpiece of the President’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) and a common theme in congressional deliberations on foreign assistance reform. Integration is receiving so much attention for simple reasons: the need to find efficiencies and increase impact.

MFAN Members Weigh in on New Development Policy

By: Staff Person
September 30, 2010

MFAN Principal Noam Unger, Brookings Fellow and Policy Director of the Foreign Assistance Reform Project, co-wrote a piece exploring the major themes of the Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development (PPD) with Homi Kharas, also of Brookings.  The authors suggest that the emphasis on modernizing development and ensuring that US agencies have the capacity and … Continue reading MFAN Members Weigh in on New Development Policy

USGLC Conference: Power Panel Talks PPD

By: Staff Person
September 29, 2010

At yesterday’s U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) annual conference, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Timothy Geithner, USAID Administrator Raj Shah, and president and CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) Daniel Yohannes came together in a rare appearance to discuss President Obama’s new … Continue reading USGLC Conference: Power Panel Talks PPD

Quick Takes: USGLC Conference

By: Staff Person
September 28, 2010

Today, the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) held its annual conference in Washington, DC.  The day-long conference featured four major panels exploring the concept of smart power, particularly how development links to defense and security and the U.S. economy, and how the Obama administration is rolling out its new development policy. MFAN Principal Ritu Sharma, … Continue reading Quick Takes: USGLC Conference

MFAN Partner: “What Does the PPD Mean for USAID?”

By: Staff Person
September 28, 2010

Connie Veillette, new director of the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Initiative at the Center for Global Development (CGD), analyzes the commitment to rebuild USAID into “the world’s premier development agency” in light of the new Global Development Policy for CGD’s blog.  She argues that any government agency is only as strong as three conditions, identified … Continue reading MFAN Partner: “What Does the PPD Mean for USAID?”

“What Obama Got Right about Development”

By: Staff Person
September 28, 2010

The message “lets do more” is always popular because it also means “business as usual” for what is already going on. “Let’s do better at what we are doing”–that is a tough internal sell, but one that is useful–including I believe to people who are actually on the ground, doing the work.

“Do good things and let people know you’re doing them.”

By: Staff Person
September 27, 2010

Mark Green, Ambassador and Congressman (ret.) wraps up his blog series “Why Conservatives Should Care About Foreign Assistance Reform” with Reason # 10: Since fighting the threat of terrorism is one of this generation’s greatest challenges, we need to sharpen those tools that can help prevent violent extremism from spreading and growing.

Best of @ModernizeAid Tweets

By: Staff Person
September 27, 2010

Last week, the Twitterverse witnessed a spike in global development topics thanks to the UN Millennium Development Goals Summit and the Clinton Global Initiative; see #MDGs, #USMDG2010, and #CGI for more.  MFAN live tweeted important speeches—particularly President Obama’s speech outlining a new U.S. Global Development Policy—and worked to keep the conversation going, while highlighting reform-related … Continue reading Best of @ModernizeAid Tweets

Women First: The GHI’s Women- and Girl-Centered Approach

By: Staff Person
September 27, 2010

Two weeks ago MFAN launched a blog series about the reform aspects of the Global Health Initiative (GHI) with a guest post by the Global Health Council. Click here to read a post by The International Women’s Health Coalition (IWHC) about the GHI’s Women- and Girl- Centered Approach.

A Week in Review: America’s First-ever Global Development Policy

By: Staff Person
September 24, 2010

This was an incredible week for MFAN, the broader development community, and those struggling for a better life worldwide.  With the world turned toward Turtle Bay for the Millennium Development Goals Summit and the UN General Assembly, as well as thought leaders from all over just across town at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI), development … Continue reading A Week in Review: America’s First-ever Global Development Policy