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Development partners have been talking about “letting the driver steer” for longer than I’ve been driving, but rarely has this gone beyond injunctions.
Next week, USAID Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah will step down after five years of service. Before he goes, I will have a chance to sit down with him and record a CGD podcast reflecting on his lessons learned and aspirations for the agency in the years ahead.
It is UNGA season here in New York City, which spells the annual arrival of scores of world leaders, snarled traffic, and headline-grabbing announcements from the international development community.
Very interesting op-ed in Sunday’s WashPost on U.S. efforts to promote health care in Afghanistan that cuts to the heart of the debate over integrating development into U.S. foreign policy. The authors, two noted health experts, claim that American programs have done immediate good: up to 100,000 infants and children have been saved from early death this year alone. Perhaps more importantly for the long-term:
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