The U.S. Agency for International Development has announced plans to launch a website for the government’s new global hunger and food security initiative, “Feed the Future.” The launch this week will be accompanied by keynote remarks from USAID Administrator, Dr. Rajiv Shah, at a global agriculture and food security symposium at the Chicago Council on [...]
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.
As the Administration has focused on women and girls in the developing world, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton concluded the two-day Presidential Entrepreneurship Summit by talking about the role of women in entrepreneurship and the benefits posed by women-run businesses in driving economic growth. Secretary Clinton said: “We cannot expect countries to increase their economic [...]

