MFAN Statement: MFAN Applauds the National Security Strategy, Calls for More Action on the U.S. Approach to Development

By: Staff Person
June 1, 2010

May 27, 2010 (WASHINGTON) – This statement is delivered on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) by Co-Chairs David Beckmann and George Ingram: We applaud the emphasis on global poverty reduction and development in President Obama’s new National Security Strategy (NSS), which states, “Development is a strategic, economic, and moral imperative.”  We are … Continue reading MFAN Statement: MFAN Applauds the National Security Strategy, Calls for More Action on the U.S. Approach to Development

Politico Features Story on the Great Pakistan Aid Debate

By: Staff Person
May 12, 2010

“The opportunity for aid in Pakistan is not to fundamentally change the country,” she [Jacqueline Novogratz] said. “It’s an opportunity to build a real sense of trust in ways that we have not done a good job of in the past. If we can show this over time, then things will change.”

MFAN Statement: Raj Shah Vision Speech at USGLC

By: Staff Person
May 7, 2010

MFAN congratulates U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah for his visionary speech yesterday to supporters of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition. In the speech, Administrator Shah strongly endorsed elevating development as a cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy and empowering it as a distinct discipline that requires unique resources and authority.

MFAN Statement: Leaked White House Development Document Has Strong Reform Elements

By: Staff Person
May 4, 2010

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.

Reporter Profile: Josh Rogin, The Cable

By: Staff Person
April 15, 2010

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.

Noteworthy News – 4.9

By: Staff Person
April 9, 2010

This weekly posting includes key news stories and opinion pieces related to foreign assistance reform and the larger development community.

QDDR Blog Series Wrap-up

By: Staff Person
April 5, 2010

With the release of initial findings from the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) on the horizon, MFAN put forward a variety of perspectives from across the coalition on how the QDDR can complement legislation and promote transparency, civil society engagement, gender, and ownership to make U.S. foreign assistance more effective and accountable.

MFAN QDDR Blog Series: Time for Hard Questions

By: Staff Person
March 16, 2010

The release of initial findings from the State Department’s landmark Quadrennial Diplomacy & Development Review (QDDR), which will for the first time provide a strategic blueprint for U.S. development and foreign assistance efforts, is expected soon. Because this is such a key moment in the long push for foreign assistance reform, MFAN is launching a blog series to ensure lively debate about the goals and impacts of the QDDR.

Best of 2009: MFAN in the News

By: Staff Person
January 12, 2010

As part of our “Best of 2009” series, below are of some of the greatest media hits from MFAN and its partners.

NPR Talks USAID with Clinton, Shah, and Berman

By: Staff Person
January 7, 2010

As a part of its “Morning Edition”, NPR did a story on the future of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in light of Secretary Clinton’s speech on development given yesterday.