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Dismantling US Leadership One Budget at a Time, Part 2

July 10, 2015
My earlier post on congressional funding for multilateral institutions betrayed little optimism about the Senate’s willingness to restore devastating funding cuts imposed by the House of Representatives. I had no idea. The newly released Senate funding levels are just bare...
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Making Measurement and Evaluation Relevant to Women’s Economic Empowerment

June 23, 2015
Do more, use rigorous methods, and clearly acknowledge limits — these were the main messages of our recent forum on measuring and evaluating women’s economic empowerment.
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Nominated USAID Administrator Prioritizes Ongoing Initiatives, Promises No New Ones

June 18, 2015
USAID got one step closer to having a new administrator with Gayle Smith’s successful hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee yesterday.