http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2009/08/11/sfrc-bill-seeks-to-strengthen-usaid-adds-to-aid-reform-momentum/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:51:46 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2009/08/11/sfrc-bill-seeks-to-strengthen-usaid-adds-to-aid-reform-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-197 MFAN: Yohannes a Capable Leader for MCC, but Development Leadership Still Lacking « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog Mon, 21 Sep 2009 14:04:33 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=95#comment-197 [...] the recently announced PSD in the White House, and draft legislation in the House (H.R. 2139) and Senate (S. 1524) we are more positioned than ever before to make foreign assistance reform happen.  To [...] [...] the recently announced PSD in the White House, and draft legislation in the House (H.R. 2139) and Senate (S. 1524) we are more positioned than ever before to make foreign assistance reform happen.  To [...]

]]> http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2009/08/11/sfrc-bill-seeks-to-strengthen-usaid-adds-to-aid-reform-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-141 MFAN Principal Ray Offenheiser Comments on Lack of USAID Administrator in Washington Post « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:53:33 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=95#comment-141 [...] the unique opportunity to reform foreign assistance based on current legislation in the House and Senate, as well as the QDDR and the recently announced Presidential Study Directive.  He points to [...] [...] the unique opportunity to reform foreign assistance based on current legislation in the House and Senate, as well as the QDDR and the recently announced Presidential Study Directive.  He points to [...]

]]> http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2009/08/11/sfrc-bill-seeks-to-strengthen-usaid-adds-to-aid-reform-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-50 MFAN: New Presidential Study Directive on Global Development an Unprecedented Step Forward on Development « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog Mon, 31 Aug 2009 16:22:05 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=95#comment-50 [...] approach to global development, adding to the tremendous momentum generated by actions taken by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the State [...] [...] approach to global development, adding to the tremendous momentum generated by actions taken by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the State [...]

]]> http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2009/08/11/sfrc-bill-seeks-to-strengthen-usaid-adds-to-aid-reform-momentum/comment-page-1/#comment-15 MFAN Principals Discuss Reform Issues in Washington Post, USA Today Articles « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:24:37 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=95#comment-15 [...] Two leaders in MFAN’s growing coalition, Ritu Sharma of Women Thrive Worldwide and Reuben Brigety of the Center for American Progress, were quoted by high-level media outlets on development issues in recent days.  In a Washington Post article on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s focus on global women’s issues, Sharma stressed that foreign assistance reform is an imperative if Clinton hopes to meet her goals for women in developing countries.  In a USA Today piece, Brigety lamented that the U.S. does not have the capability to send more development experts into the field because of the overall poor health and staffing shortages at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is a focus of reform efforts by the State Department and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  [...] [...] Two leaders in MFAN’s growing coalition, Ritu Sharma of Women Thrive Worldwide and Reuben Brigety of the Center for American Progress, were quoted by high-level media outlets on development issues in recent days.  In a Washington Post article on Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s focus on global women’s issues, Sharma stressed that foreign assistance reform is an imperative if Clinton hopes to meet her goals for women in developing countries.  In a USA Today piece, Brigety lamented that the U.S. does not have the capability to send more development experts into the field because of the overall poor health and staffing shortages at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), which is a focus of reform efforts by the State Department and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.  [...]

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