“The hard bits are its agenda are embedded in the rest of the directive, which calls for a deliberate development policy, a new business model, a new architecture, and a new compact with Congress.”
Yesterday, ForeignPolicy.com’s Josh Rogin published an unreleased draft version of the National Security Council’s Presidential Study Directive on Global Development Policy (PSD-7), which is a landmark review of the strategy and structure behind U.S. development and foreign assistance efforts.
“The administration needs to step back and deliver a clear articulation of mission and strategy to guide reform — a National Strategy for Global Development. For those of us in the development community, such a strategy should answer a few basic questions. What are the intended outcomes of U.S. global development policy? How do we know we are investing in the right things? How do we know if development assistance efforts are successful? And how can we best help poor countries — and poor people — lead their own development?”
This weekly posting includes key news stories and opinion pieces related to foreign assistance reform and broader global development issues.
The National Security Council Deputies Committee meeting last week continues to generate buzz with a recent post by Politico blogger Laura Rozen. Yesterday, Rozen posted a piece that focused on frustration felt on Capitol Hill among members and staff over the lack of significant consultation during the review processes for the State Department’s Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) and the White House’s Presidential Study Directive on Global Development Policy (PSD-7).
OVER long days and nights, I asked Africans about the course of international activism. Should we just pack it up and go home, I asked? There were a few nods. But many more noes. Because most Africans we met seemed to feel the pressing need for new kinds of partnerships, not just among governments, but among citizens, businesses, the rest of us. I sense the end of the usual donor-recipient relationship.
This weekly posting includes key news stories and opinion pieces related to foreign assistance reform and the larger development community.
On a regular basis, MFAN will profile reporters who cover issues related to foreign assistance reform and development like global health, trade, and the environment. Today, we start with Josh Rogin who authors ForeignPolicy.com’s The Cable blog and has a regular column on The Washington Post’s The Fed Page.
This weekly posting includes key news stories and opinion pieces related to foreign assistance reform and the larger development community.
Rasmussen made a forceful case for development, saying, “In Afghanistan, there can be no development without security. But equally, there can be no lasting security without development.”
