Ideas to Action:
Independent research for global prosperity
Donors, multilateral agencies, recipient countries, and NGOs supporting the Education for All–Fast Track Initiative (FTI) gather in Copenhagen this week for the 2009 FTI Partnership meeting. Participants will consider the preliminary findings of an independent evaluation team and seek solutions to the continuing challenges facing the FTI.
As President Obama was making his way to the Fifth Summit of the Americas in Trinidad and Tobago last week, many hoped for something more concrete than just a fresh start with our neighbors in Latin America, who felt neglected and ignored for the past eight years. Those of us hoping that the president might take the opportunity to announce plans to seek congressional approval for two trade agreements that have been pending for two years or more--with Panama and Colombia--were disappointed.
Commentary Menu