How to get the G8 moving on extreme poverty? Give them a push!

Earlier this week, I attended the Chicago Council’s Symposium on Agriculture and Food Security, and for the second year in a row heard from experts in the fight against hunger. It’s is one of the most important issues we need to address in the fight against extreme poverty – and with the introduction of the Food Aid Reform Act early last week in Congress, I’m ecstatic that smart changes are being proposed in order to more efficiently help the world’s poor. The legislation, co-sponsored by bi-partisan leaders – Foreign Affairs Chairman Ed Royce (R-CA) and Africa Subcommittee Ranking Member Karen Bass (D-CA) – will provide much needed flexibility and overdue reforms to the way the United States currently delivers its food aid.

Aljazeera: African Union seeks financial independence – The African Union has vowed to finance its working budget using mainly domestic resources as it marks its 50th anniversary this week. The new move is in line with Africa’s renaissance and the commission’s quest for complete independence and the commission wants to fully finance itself from resources

With little break after last year’s spending challenges, ONE is once again gearing up for another major battle for the world’s most vulnerable people.  That’s right: it is time to begin work on the FY ’14 appropriations bill. This week, the House Appropriations Committee announced how much they plan to make available or “allocate” in

Forbes: Mobile – A Bridge Across the Gender Divide – The digital divide continues to shrink throughout the world, but women in low-income countries do not have equal participation in this technological revolution. Although more than one billion women have access to a mobile phone in developing countries, a woman living there is still 21%