Building the Foundation for Self Sufficiency

By: Andrew Wainer
April 16, 2015

This week, thousands of policymakers are meeting in Washington for the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) Spring Meetings. This year’s Spring Meetings include discussions on a vast range of issues: Recovering from the recent Ebola outbreak, global infrastructure development, and migration and remittances are just some of the topics that will be discussed. … Continue reading Building the Foundation for Self Sufficiency

Broad Coalition Urges President to Nominate a Permanent USAID Administrator

By: Staff Person
April 16, 2015

April 16, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network by Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette: Today MFAN, as part of a broad coalition of international development advocates and stakeholders, including four former USAID Administrators, is urging President Obama to expeditiously nominate a permanent Administrator … Continue reading Broad Coalition Urges President to Nominate a Permanent USAID Administrator

USAID and PEPFAR: Institutionalizing Local Ownership for Sustainability

By: Staff Person
March 12, 2015

See below for a guest post from Justin Fugle, Senior Advisor for Policy and Program Outreach for Plan International USA. This piece originally appeared on Plan’s blog on March 9. *** Although the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)’s Local Solutions is often associated with recently-departed Administrator Raj Shah, a panel discussion at Plan … Continue reading USAID and PEPFAR: Institutionalizing Local Ownership for Sustainability

What We Learned: Looking Back at “Do More with Data”

By: Staff Person
March 6, 2015

Last week, MFAN and AidData, in cooperation with the State Department and USAID, hosted Do More with Data: Moving U.S. Government Aid Transparency Forward, an event that brought together internal and external drivers of U.S. government foreign assistance transparency to explore ongoing and new efforts for making data more readily available for more people. Following … Continue reading What We Learned: Looking Back at “Do More with Data”

Questions for Congressional Consideration: Our Budget Hearing Wish List

By: Staff Person
February 24, 2015

See below for a post by MFAN Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette. *** Beginning this week, Congress will be calling administration officials up to Capitol Hill to answer questions about the President’s FY2016 Budget Request, which was released earlier this month. In advance of the hearings with Secretary of State John Kerry … Continue reading Questions for Congressional Consideration: Our Budget Hearing Wish List

MFAN Statement: President Obama’s FY16 Budget Shows Continued Support for Foreign Assistance Reform

By: Staff Person
February 4, 2015

February 4, 2015 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network by Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette: MFAN welcomes the Obama Administration’s FY2016 budget request, which includes several important reform elements and increased resources for initiatives that will improve aid effectiveness.  The $54.8 billion request, which … Continue reading MFAN Statement: President Obama’s FY16 Budget Shows Continued Support for Foreign Assistance Reform

State of the Union 2015: What “Smart Development” Means for Reform as the Clock Winds Down

By: Staff Person
January 22, 2015

See below for a post by MFAN Co-Chairs George Ingram, Carolyn Miles, and Connie Veillette. *** On Tuesday, President Obama delivered his next-to-last State of the Union address in which he laid out an ambitious, and largely domestic, agenda for his last two years of office. While the foreign policy pieces of the address were … Continue reading State of the Union 2015: What “Smart Development” Means for Reform as the Clock Winds Down

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

By: Staff Person
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

By: Staff Person
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