Global Impact Blog
InterAction Recommendations on the MDGs
By Eric Peckham at 9 July, 2010, 10:23 am
U.S. Global Leadership Coalition member InterAction recently unveiled a series of recommendations for the White House to reaffirm its commitment to achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). As the President develops his precise plan of action in the run up to his presentation at the September MDG Summit, InterAction has underscored several initiatives that offer [...]
What the President’s National Export Initiative Means for Economic Security
By Eric Peckham at 8 July, 2010, 11:40 am
The President’s $58.8 billion International Affairs Budget request has a major role to play in how effective the United States can be in bolstering exports and competing in the global marketplace.
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee Boosts Funding for International Agriculture and Food Aid
By Meghan Simonds at 1 July, 2010, 3:36 pm
Underscoring the growing importance of global food security, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved a draft FY 2011 spending bill yesterday that increases funding for international food aid. This funding complements the House State-Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee’s approval of a draft spending bill with $1 billion for the President’s Feed the Future initiative to combat [...]
Rajiv Shah at CSIS
By Eric Peckham at 30 June, 2010, 2:33 pm
Yesterday, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) on the President’s Global Health Initiative (GHI) and the steps USAID is taking to ensure not only its successful impact, but also its efficiency and long term-viability. In order to improve health-care quality and access in poor and rural communities, [...]
Administration’s New Approach to Development
By Hannah Kaye at 29 June, 2010, 9:56 am
Last Friday at the G8 summit, President Obama outlined a new approach to development and announced that he will issue a new policy directive on global development “in the near future.” The policy directive will follow the completion of the Presidential Study Directive on Global Development (PSD-7), a comprehensive review of U.S. development policy begun [...]
Steny Hoyer Argues for Smart Power
By Martine Kaplan at 28 June, 2010, 4:17 pm
In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International studies today, House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer outlined a smart power approach to national security, one that goes beyond military strength and is also rooted development and democracy. According to Hoyer, “arms alone will not win wars – particularly against an enemy that we will [...]
General Petraeus Shows Support for Building Civilian Capacity
By Hannah Kaye at 24 June, 2010, 2:43 pm
Looking at the background of the soon to be commander of the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan, General David H. Petraeus has consistently aligned himself with Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Michael Mullen on the importance of rebuilding US civilian capacity.
G20 Not Meeting Its Commitments: Jubilee USA
By Eric Peckham at 22 June, 2010, 1:07 pm
As the G8/G20 Summit in Ontario, Canada, approaches, a new report released by the Jubilee USA Network assigns the Group of 20 nations a grade of ‘D’ in keeping its commitments to poor countries.
The G20, which represents 85% of the global economy, has fallen short of its pledges for funding international development, according to the [...]
This Just In: Rajiv Shah at the National Press Club
By Eric Peckham at 21 June, 2010, 4:24 pm
This past Friday at the National Press Club, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah laid out his hopes for the transformation of USAID into a stronger, more entrepreneurial and cooperative agency, one better able to meet the modern challenges that require the United States to play a bigger role in international development. Emphasizing that “America’s greatest security [...]
Melinda Gates Announces $1.5 Billion in New Development Funding
By Eric Peckham at 18 June, 2010, 11:18 am
Last week at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s annual Women Deliver Conference, Melinda Gates announced new funding for maternal and child health improvement in the developing world and urged the United States and other governments to join her in doing so.
In her speech, she declared that over the next 5 years the Foundation will [...]
