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Implementing Ownership at USAID and MCC: A US Agency-Level Perspective
Casey Dunning et al.
January 12, 2017
For over ten years, the international development community, including the US government, has committed to incorporating greater country ownership into the design and delivery of foreign assistance. This paper makes six broad recommendations for how USAID, MCC, and Congress can help the US governmen...
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10 (Almost) No-New-Money Ideas for the Presidential Transition Teams on Development
Beth Schwanke
October 26, 2016
In no particular order, a suggested list of things to do—and things not to do.
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Wanted: More Women Peacekeepers
Charles Kenny
October 11, 2016
Senators Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) recently introduced a bill that tackles an important subject in global security: the under-representation of women in the world’s security forces and, in particular, United Nations peacekeeping operations. That's a grea...
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What the US Congress Can (and Can’t) Do to Improve Global Education
Justin Sandefur
September 20, 2016