July 2, 2018
Will PEPFAR “Acceleration” Put Its Money Where Its Mouth Is?
We finally have some clarity on PEPFAR’s new “acceleration” strategy toward epidemic control: a lot more allocated to a few countries, and a lot less for others.
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June 14, 2018
DREAM Big: Emerging Results from a PEPFAR Partnership to Reduce HIV Among Adolescent Girls and Young Women
It’s been three years since the rollout of the DREAMS program began, and earlier this month in collaboration with the Population Council, CGD convened key players to discuss emerging results, what they mean for the future of DREAMS, and how we can ensure that the next years of programming go even farther to deliver the most effective services to those most at risk.
December 21, 2016
Foreign Aid in the Trump Administration: Probably Different, but Not Necessarily Smaller?
Foreign aid is often mentioned as the first and easiest thing to cut, particularly in a Republican administration with a Republican Congress. But maybe not. Consider five points.
May 18, 2016
Women Deliver: Four Ways to Challenge Ourselves
In its opening days, the Women Deliver conference in Copenhagen has bestowed praise and congratulations on the women’s rights advocacy community writ large—and appropriately so. Some of the panelists have risked their lives and livelihoods to create a better world for women and girls; recognition of their accomplishments is truly the least we can do. Many others have dedicated their distinguished careers to this cause, trailblazing the path for later generations. But there’s a lot we still have to accomplish.
July 29, 2015
PEPFAR Takes a Lead on Data Transparency – Could Open Contracting Be Next?
While the numbers coming out of side events at Addis were hardly worth the single shake of a string-free pom-pom, and the launch of a Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data raised a lot of questions, there were some bright spots in the US commitments to that partnership.
November 12, 2012
Why Wait? Development Action Before Obama's Second Term
Although President Obama will be plenty busy during the remainder of his first term working with Congress to avoid the fiscal cliff, he need not wait until the start of his second term to further his vision for making US policy more supportive of global poverty reduction.
September 30, 2010
My Reflections on and Hopes for the New U.S. Global Development Policy
Here is what I liked about President Obama’s UN speech on development last week, what I liked less, and what to watch for next. I conclude with an epilogue on this week’s historic gathering of secretaries Clinton, Gates, and Geithner, USAID Administrator Shah, and Chief Executive Officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation, Daniel Yohannes for the U.S.
August 20, 2009
Obama, Clinton: Elevating Women's Issues but Not Global Development?
This blog entry also appeared on the Huffington Post.
April 6, 2009
Radelet, Lancaster, and Natsios Call for Autonomous Development Voice at Senate Hearing
Members of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development held a hearing last week on “USAID in the 21st Century: What Do We Need for the Task at Hand?” CGD senior fellow Steve Radelet, Georgetown professor and CGD visit
March 23, 2009
Open Letter to the President and Congress on Global Development and Foreign Assistance Reform
An open letter to President Obama and congressional leaders on the importance of global development and foreign assistance reform was published in Politico last week on behalf of the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) and signed by more than 150 influential individuals and organizations. The letter says, in part:
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