CGD in the News

Remarks by Administrator Gayle Smith at the Center for Global Development (Foreign Affairs)

December 07, 2016

From the article: 

Over the last 8 years, President Obama’s signature development initiatives have reduced poverty, malnutrition, and mortality, all while spurring entrepreneurship and innovation, empowering women and girls, and helping to build more stable, accountable, and inclusive partners for the United States. Whether it’s combating hunger, preventing the spread of deadly diseases, or increasing access to education and clean energy, USAID is achieving real results that change people’s lives for the better – despite the often harsh realities of the sharp-edged world we live in.

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