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		<title>$93 billion needed for African infrastructure</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/21/93-billion-needed-for-african-infrastructure/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pooja Gupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Investing in infrastructure is essential for the development and growth of a society. For example, by connecting farmers with local and regional markets, and providing access to school and health care facilities, infrastructure enables communities to prosper. However, a recent World Bank report, Africa’s Infrastructure: a Time for Transformation revealed that although Africa has made [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Confirms Daniel Yohannes to head MCC</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/21/senate-confirms-daniel-yohannes-to-head-mcc/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:13:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday the US Senate confirmed Daniel W. Yohannes to be the new CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation.  During his confirmation, Yohannes stated his confidence that &#8220;MCC&#8217;s anti-poverty partnerships worldwide will generate sustainable economic growth and opportunity.&#8221;
You can read the MCC&#8217;s statement here.
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		<title>Sub-Saharan Africa still faces corruption</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/20/sub-saharan-africa-still-faces-corruption/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pooja Gupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Transparency International (TI) released their 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), revealing that many sub-Saharan African countries remain among the most corrupt world-wide.
The annually-released index ranks how corrupt governments are perceived to be, according to international institutions such as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the African Development Bank. The 2009 CPI [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Food Summit Wraps</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/20/world-food-summit-wraps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Beth Adler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security in Focus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday wrapped up the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Just to recap in case you missed the last post, the Summit was intended to bring together heads of state and food security institutions, like the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP), to further the global agenda on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What We&#8217;re Reading 11/20/09</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/20/what-were-reading-112009/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Robyn Mitchell</dc:creator>
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The Economist: How to Feed the World
The Economist reports that despite a global recession and food prices on the rise once again, developing countries still have a brief window of opportunity in which to set long-term food security policy goals without being distracted by panic measures. According to the article, world leaders must do two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reactions in the News to the World Food Summit</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/19/reactions-in-the-news-to-the-world-food-summit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:36:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pooja Gupta</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security in Focus]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[As you know, the FAO World Food Summit ended yesterday in Rome. Check out the articles below to see a variety of reactions to the Summit: 
World leaders’ low turnout hits UN food summit (Reuters Africa)
The absence of world leaders at this week’s World Food Summit presented a challenge from the start. The Summit’s final [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Climate change: a global fight</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/19/climate-change-a-global-fight/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pooja Gupta</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing on the International Aspects of Climate Change.
The hearing included testimony from Dr. Michael Levi from the Council on Foreign Relations, Nigel Purvis from Climate Advisors, Karen Harbert from the U.S. Chamber of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What We&#8217;re Reading 11/19/09</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/19/what-were-reading-111909/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/19/what-were-reading-111909/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:37:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve Wilson</dc:creator>
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The Guardian—Bono and Geldof laud Queen&#8217;s speech commitment to global poverty relief
Bono and Bob Geldof welcomed Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s decision to include in his legislative agenda the enshrinement in law of international development spending, which would put the government&#8217;s commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on development from 2013 on to the statute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To the Floor for MCC</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/18/to-the-floor-for-mcc/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/18/to-the-floor-for-mcc/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:43:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Arsenault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In more news from Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Daniel Yohannes to be chief executive officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). As we mentioned earlier on our blog, Yohannes, a West Coast entrepreneur, banker and philanthropist emigrated to the U.S. from Ethiopia at the age [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Upgrade Aid Passes Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/11/18/upgrade-aid-passes-committee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kara Arsenault</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great news!  Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act (S. 1524) in a 15-3 vote. This bill will give USAID (the agency handling most of our U.S. foreign aid) the tools and people it needs to better fight poverty around the world.
ONE members, interns and staff delivered [...]]]></description>
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