<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>ONE &#187; Aid Effectiveness</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.one.org/blog/category/topic/aid-reform/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.one.org/blog</link>
	<description></description>
	<lastBuildDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:16:40 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Obama Calls For White House Review of Global Development</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/09/04/obama-calls-for-white-house-review-of-global-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/09/04/obama-calls-for-white-house-review-of-global-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Jane Staats</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center for Global Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=7940</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[President Obama signed a Presidential Study Directive (PSD) on Monday calling for a government-wide review of U.S. global development policy. According to White House staff, the president has asked National Security Adviser Jim Jones and National Economic Council Chairman Larry Summers to lead the review. The review will include all U.S. government agencies involved in [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/09/04/obama-calls-for-white-house-review-of-global-development/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>On Modernizing Development</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/23/on-modernizing-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/23/on-modernizing-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leah Moriarty</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bread for the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Jeff Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ONE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Bob Corker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Kerry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Richard Lugar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sen. Robert Menendez]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=7156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“The issues that we face today- from chronic poverty and hunger to violent acts of terrorism- require that we work seamlessly toward identifiable goals.”  Senator Richard Lugar opened with a strong statement on the importance of aid reform yesterday at a hearing of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations that I attended called The [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/07/23/on-modernizing-development/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Aid Debate Recap</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/06/07/aid-debate-recap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/06/07/aid-debate-recap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 12:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa.Fleisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dambisa Moyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Aid is Dead Wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spotlight]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5999</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Monday, we noted that the Munk debates program would feature a discussion about foreign aid and we encouraged those who watched to post their thoughts and reactions. ONE&#8217;s Policy Advisory Board member Paul Collier, along with Stephen Lewis, Dambisa Moyo, and Hernando de Soto talked for almost two hours about the opportunities and challenges [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/06/07/aid-debate-recap/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>23</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Donors suspend funding to Zambia in response to corruption reports</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/donors-suspend-funding-to-zambia-in-response-to-corruption-reports/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/donors-suspend-funding-to-zambia-in-response-to-corruption-reports/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 21:28:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa.Fleisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Zambia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5842</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Swedish and Dutch governments announced today that they will suspend $33 million in aid to Zambia following reports about embezzlement in the Ministry of Health.  Reports indicate the civil society was calling for the Ministry of Health to publish expenditures, but former President Mwanawasa cancelled the spending reports, which may have led some [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/donors-suspend-funding-to-zambia-in-response-to-corruption-reports/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Steve Radelet: We’re asking the wrong question</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/steve-radelet-we%e2%80%99re-asking-the-wrong-question/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/steve-radelet-we%e2%80%99re-asking-the-wrong-question/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dambisa Moyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Aid is Dead Wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Radelet]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5830</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On the Financial Times blog, Steve Radelet offers a response to the question “Is aid working?”  Radelet takes to task Dambisa Moyo’s “extreme views” by suggesting the more important question is “Under what circumstances does aid work, and what can be done to make it more effective?”
Excerpts below, full post can be found here
 [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/steve-radelet-we%e2%80%99re-asking-the-wrong-question/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Mo Ibrahim: Good governance will bolster African aid</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/mo-ibrahim-good-governance-will-bolster-african-aid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/mo-ibrahim-good-governance-will-bolster-african-aid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Scott</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Aid Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Aid is Dead Wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Governance and Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5825</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In the Financial Times, Mo Ibrahim argues that while investment and good governance will ultimately solve Africa’s problems, “effective aid has an important role to play in the quest for sustainable economic growth and poverty reduction.”  Ibrahim offers this assessment in light of the recent debate about aid in the wake of Dambisa Moyo’s [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/29/mo-ibrahim-good-governance-will-bolster-african-aid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Jeffrey Sachs: Aid Ironies</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/26/jeffrey-sachs-aid-ironies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/26/jeffrey-sachs-aid-ironies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 13:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Virginia Simmons</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dambisa Moyo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dead Aid is Dead Wrong]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dr. Jeff Sachs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rwanda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[William Easterly]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Jeffrey Sachs wrote a strong op-ed in the Huffington Post on Sunday outlining the flaws he sees in many anti-aid critics arguments and highlighting the many benefits of effective aid. I pulled out some excerpts below, but recommend reading the full piece.
The debate about foreign aid has become farcical. The big opponents of aid today [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/26/jeffrey-sachs-aid-ironies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Creating More Impact for U.S. Foreign Aid Dollars</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/06/creating-more-impact-for-us-foreign-aid-dollars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/06/creating-more-impact-for-us-foreign-aid-dollars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 May 2009 17:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ONE.Partners</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bread for the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NGO Partner]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5321</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During this C-Span interview, Rev. David Beckmann talks about the need to reform U.S. foreign aid. A more efficient foreign assistance system-with better coordination, better accountability, better clarity-will ensure that people get help faster and more effectively.
The process started with the submission of a new bill in Congress, HR 2139, the Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/06/creating-more-impact-for-us-foreign-aid-dollars/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>New Aid Effectiveness Bill Introduced</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/01/new-aid-effectiveness-bill-introduced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/01/new-aid-effectiveness-bill-introduced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 17:57:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa.Fleisher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Howard Berman]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rep. Mark Kirk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Aid Reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday, Representatives Howard Berman (D-CA), Chairman of the House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee and Mark Steven Kirk (R-IL) introduced the ‘Initiating Foreign Assistance Reform’ Act of 2009 (HR 2139).  The bipartisan bill represents a remarkable step forward in the effort to better organize and coordinate US foreign assistance programs.  What is [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/01/new-aid-effectiveness-bill-introduced/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>George Clooney’s Darfur work puts him in Time 100</title>
		<link>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/01/george-clooney%e2%80%99s-darfur-work-puts-him-in-time-100/</link>
		<comments>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/01/george-clooney%e2%80%99s-darfur-work-puts-him-in-time-100/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 15:48:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy McKiernan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aid Effectiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bono]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darfur]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[George Clooney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.one.org/blog/?p=5223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Time magazine honored George Clooney yesterday as one of its 100 Most Influential People in 2009 for his activism around the crisis in Darfur. George has been a great friend of ONE, and working with the organization he cofounded, Not on our Watch, he has been an influential player in the fight to focus attention [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.one.org/blog/2009/05/01/george-clooney%e2%80%99s-darfur-work-puts-him-in-time-100/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
