Secretary Clinton spoke last Friday at the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, where she discussed current reforms in U.S. development policy, USAID’s new innovation fund, public private partnerships with the U.S. government, social entrepreneurship, the QDDR (Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review), and the Copenhagen Agreement and clean energy in her remarks. The following selection... [Read more]
Posts Tagged ‘Haiti’
Policy News Roundup – Proposed Cut to Foreign Affairs Budget
compiled by Eugenia Ho, Global Washington Volunteer Heated Debate over the Proposed Cut to International Affairs Budget Thursday, Bloody Thursday: Bono calls out senator over aid cuts While receiving his Atlantic Council Humanitarian Leadership Award, lead singer of U2 and co-founder of ONE Campaign Bono pleaded for Washington to resist Senator Conrad’s proposed cuts of $4 billion from the $58.8... [Read more]
Policy News Roundup – Will they reform foreign aid before it implodes?
Foreign Aid Reform: In a recent Huffington Post article, Carol Peasley writes about the “what next” of foreign aid reform, beyond giving development a stronger voice in the larger policy discussions. She asks: how can we make aid more effective through greater local ownership- what would that look like, in terms of process and funding? She also says that much of the discussion about USAID reform... [Read more]
Policy News Roundup – March 30, 2010
A makeshift camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince Haiti: United States Will Take a New Approach to Aid in Haiti Secretary Clinton is expected to outline plans for an additional $1 billion in aid to Haiti at the upcoming UN donor conference. U.S. assistance to Haiti will have one dramatic difference over past aid: this time, U.S. officials plan to work through the Haitian government,... [Read more]
Policy News Roundup – March 23, 2010
Foreign Aid Reform: Bill Clinton and Bill Gates come together in foreign aid request Former president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates called on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like HIV/AIDS and malaria in the world’s poorest nations. They went to Capitol Hill to boost support for the so-called Global Health Initiative (GHI) and promote a crucial health aid budget bill proposed... [Read more]
Policy News Roundup – March 16, 2010
President Obama meets with Indonesia's President Yudhoyono, refer to article below. Photo courtesy of Brookings Haiti: Should Haiti be made a UN protectorate? Some say that is the best option for this country whose governance is shaky in the best of times, while others are concerned about taking away its autonomy. Read the debate at a Brookings event here. Foreign Aid Reform: Integrating... [Read more]
Global Education News – March 3, 2010
Ethiopian pharmacy trainees show off the textbooks that UW pharmacy professors delivered on behalf of UW pharmacy students, who raised the funds to donate the books. Refer to article below. University of Washington: Teams bring sustainable solutions to address poverty to UW in annual international competition University of Washington students compete in the sixth annual Global Social Entrepreneurship... [Read more]
Policy News Roundup – March 2, 2010
Apple details labor violations at its suppliers. Refer to article below. Photo courtesy of Apple Inc. Foreign Aid: Don’t miss the hearing on USAID and the FY2011 Budget Request this Wednesday, March 3rd, which will be webcast from the committee website. The richest donor countries are not meeting the commitment made collectively at Gleneagles in 2005: to deliver $130 billion in aid by 2010. But... [Read more]
Global Education News – February 24, 2010
Earthquake in Haiti: Effects on Education The Center of University and Professional Learning in Port-au-Prince was destroyed by the Jan. 12 earthquake. Courtesy of New York Times It has been over a month since the earthquake in Haiti. Below, we have collected various resources to gain insight into the state of education in Haiti. Education was also leveled by quake in Haiti The NY Times reports... [Read more]
Policy News Roundup
Image from the new IFPRI book Millions Fed: see below THE FY2011 INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS BUDGET AND US DEVELOPMENT POLICY: Secretary Clinton will appear before the full House Committee on Foreign Affairs, for a hearing on the FY2011 International Affairs Budget and “Promoting Security through Diplomacy and Development,” on February 25. Aid advocates seem happy with the international affairs budget... [Read more]
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