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FY15 Budget Request Puts Heavy Emphasis on Initiatives
March 07, 2014
President Obama launched the opening salvo in the FY2015 budget process with his recently released request, and while some of his foreign assistance proposals seem destined to go the way of the cutting room floor, you certainly can’t fault the request for having a specific point of view. ...
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Shutdown Shenanigans
October 02, 2013
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FY14 State and Foreign Ops Appropriations: A Development Wonk’s Primer
July 30, 2013
This is a joint post with Beth Schwanke. On Capitol Hill, this time of year is marked by hot, sticky weather and a mad scramble (or is it more of a leisurely stroll this year?) to advance the appropriations process before Members of Congress head back to their districts for the August recess. There...
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Foreign Aid in Congress: Five Contradictions
April 29, 2013
I was pleasantly surprised by the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing last week on the FY2014 USAID and MCC budgets. I expected a remix of the partisan spats I watched two years ago. Instead, there was impressive congressional turnout plus serious questions and thorough answers. There ...
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Foreign Aid Remix: Yohannes and Shah Head Back to the Hill
April 24, 2013
MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes and USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah are heading back to Capitol Hill Thursday to testify together before the House Foreign Affairs Committee. I expect Yohannes and Shah will sing different parts of the same tune: the United States is prepared to d...
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Kerry on US Development Investments: Doing More with Less
April 23, 2013
The $52 billion FY2014 international affairs budget request is a small investment with big returns for the United States and the world, Secretary of State John Kerry said in congressional hearings last week.  The request is the same amount Congress allocated in FY2013 and a four percent cut fro...
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It’s Halftime at the Global Fund
April 16, 2013
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria recently announced an ambitious goal of raising $15 billion in its fourth replenishment later this year, of which they hope the United States will contribute one-third ($5 billion, or $1.65 billion a year for three years).  So I...