Research assistant Jake Grover was quoted in a ClimateWire article on famine in Africa.
From the Article
Warning that famine in Somalia is likely to get worse before it gets better, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday pledged an additional $17 million in U.S. aid to East African countries racked by the worst drought in 60 years.
The money comes on the heels of a $105 million relief package President Obama approved this week, bringing the level of U.S. assistance to the Horn of Africa to $508 million.
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Meanwhile, development organizations acknowledge that the two-prong approach that Clinton outlined -- stepping up efforts to provide emergency relief while working simultaneously to strengthen systems and prevent future food emergencies -- might not be possible everywhere.
"The two-prong approach is really just one prong unless you can deal with long-term issues," said Jake Grover with the Center for Global Development. "It comes down to, you can do these things in Ethiopia and you can do these things in Kenya because you know they have relatively stable governments that are willing to work with [agencies] and care about their people. But when it comes to Somalia ... I don't want to say it's hopeless, but it's difficult."