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New Aid Effectiveness Bill Introduced

Lisa.Fleisher — Fri, 01 May 2009 17:57:44 +0000

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 [...]

Urging Obama to Modernize Foreign Assistance

Chandler.Smith — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:49:23 +0000

In late January, you heard from us about a group of global development-focused NGOs across the United States who have been advocating for the U.S. to update the way it administers its development programs. This group of organizations—collectively called the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network—has gone public once again, and together with other development organizations [...]

Leading Through Aid

Sara.Rogge — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 16:58:26 +0000

For the last several months, a number of global development-focused NGOs across the United States have been advocating to update the way the U.S. administers its development programs. ONE is asking Congress and the Obama Administration to elevate development as a national priority and update the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (the legislation that [...]

Flabbergasted By the Turn-Out

ONE.Partners — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:35:41 +0000

Sarah Jane Staats from the Center for Global Development wrote this piece about Tuesday big foreign aid hearing on the Hill. A proposal calling for what amounts to a complete makeover of U.S. foreign assistance was launched Tuesday at a packed event on Capitol Hill featuring remarks from Congressman Howard Berman (D-CA), Senator Chuck Hagel [...]

Important Hill Hearing

Erin Erlenborn, ONE Policy Staff — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 21:30:14 +0000

Tomorrow the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) a network of global development experts from think tanks, humanitarian and development organizations, and advocacy groups, will launch a new report and initiative to bring U.S. foreign assistance into the 21st century. The launch will take place at the Rayburn House Office Building from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m [...]

Senator Obama Intends to Double Poverty Aid

Virginia Simmons — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 21:30:00 +0000

In a speech today in Chicago, IL, Senator Barack Obama stated that if elected president in 2008, he would double the United States' annual investment toward fighting extreme poverty and AIDS in Africa to $50 billion by 2012.

From his speech:

"America cannot meet the threats of this century alone, but the world cannot meet them without America... We must neither retreat from the world nor try to bully it into submission — we must lead the world, by deed and example."

Read the full transcript after the jump.