Monthly Archives: May 2010
Secretary of State Clinton stressed the importance of engagement in “defending dignity and fighting poverty” around the globe in her remarks at CARE’s 2010 National Conference and Celebration this morning.
Trade is the “only exit path” out of the financial crisis for the developing world, according to Pascal Lamy, Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO). Speaking at a conference organized recently by the Bertelsmann Foundation, he declared pointedly that domestic consumption is unlikely to jump start developing countries’ economies since their populations are [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will discuss the important role women and girls play in fighting global poverty this morning when she gives the keynote speech at CARE’s National Conference.
The USGLC applauds the vision in the draft version of the Presidential Study Directive on Global Development that calls for elevating development as a central pillar of U.S. national security equal to diplomacy and defense.
After months of working quietly behind the scenes, a leaked draft of the Presidential Study Directive on Global Development (PSD-7) suggests the Administration is ready to make a major strategic commitment to elevating development as “a central pillar of our national security strategy, equal to diplomacy and defense.”
It’s Foreign Affairs Day, and another opportunity to discuss why the International Affairs Budget is so crucial for our national security, economic prosperity and humanitarian values as a nation.
With every passing day, additional action by Congress on a FY 11 Budget Resolution (beyond the Senate Budget Committee’s April 22 markup) becomes increasingly unlikely. But discussions among House leaders are continuing in an attempt to forge a way forward that would reconcile competing demands from Blue Dogs and Progressives around funding levels for domestic, [...]
As many people surely saw, a draft of the Presidential Study Directive on Development was leaked last Tuesday on the Cable blog. While not the final version, the draft outlines a new approach that elevates development as “a central pillar to our national security, equal to diplomacy and development.” The draft calls for a “deliberate [...]
First Lady Michelle Obama stopped by USAID yesterday afternoon to thank employees of the development agency and let them know she and the President recognize that “the challenges we’re facing are bigger and much more complex than ever before.” She referred to global hunger, climate change, natural disasters and an exploding youth population. Still, USAID [...]
Administrator Rajiv Shah spoke at length yesterday on the need for a generation of development entrepreneurs, before a standing-room only audience at an event hosted by the USGLC.
