Comments for Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog Just another WordPress weblog Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:46:43 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 Comment on A Conservative’s Perspective on the Importance of Foreign Assistance Reform by A Conservative Perspective on Foreign Assistance Reform – Part 2 « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/02/17/a-conservatives-perspective-on-the-importance-of-foreign-assistance-reform/comment-page-1/#comment-2515 A Conservative Perspective on Foreign Assistance Reform – Part 2 « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:46:43 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1294#comment-2515 [...] No More Policy Center, has spoken out strongly on foreign assistance reform before, including in a video recently posted on the MFAN website and a Washington Times opinion piece last [...] [...] No More Policy Center, has spoken out strongly on foreign assistance reform before, including in a video recently posted on the MFAN website and a Washington Times opinion piece last [...]

]]> Comment on Noteworthy News – 2.12 by Debt Assistance Program http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/02/12/noteworthy-news-2-12/comment-page-1/#comment-2350 Debt Assistance Program Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:13:27 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1284#comment-2350 Let's hope those people down there get the assistance they need. The earchquake has devistated that country and they need all the help they can get. Let’s hope those people down there get the assistance they need. The earchquake has devistated that country and they need all the help they can get.

]]> Comment on Gen. James Hill and Adm. Robert Natter Talk ‘Smart Power’ in St. Petersburg Times by H-A Project http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/02/04/gen-james-hill-and-adm-robert-natter-talk-smart-power-in-st-petersburg-times/comment-page-1/#comment-2198 H-A Project Wed, 10 Feb 2010 22:06:45 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1244#comment-2198 Exactly! See www.haitiaccountability.org and its Proposal and Petition. Accountability - credibility - sustainability for Haiti's future and as a model of how to do the job(s) right. Exactly! See http://www.haitiaccountability.org and its Proposal and Petition. Accountability – credibility – sustainability for Haiti’s future and as a model of how to do the job(s) right.

]]> Comment on Yohannes’ Testimony at Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing by Biset http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2009/11/04/yohannes-testimony-at-senate-foreign-relations-committee-confirmation-hearing/comment-page-1/#comment-2172 Biset Tue, 09 Feb 2010 07:11:59 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=751#comment-2172 I am sure you will deliver to the expectations of those who needs the most. I am sure you will deliver to the expectations of those who needs the most.

]]> Comment on Center for Global Development Considers New USAID Administrator Nominees by Internet Banking http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2009/08/14/center-for-global-development-considers-new-usaid-administrator-nominees/comment-page-1/#comment-2067 Internet Banking Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:51:59 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=235#comment-2067 Just killing some in between class time on Digg and I found your post . Not normally what I like to read about, but it was definitely worth my time. Thanks. Just killing some in between class time on Digg and I found your post . Not normally what I like to read about, but it was definitely worth my time. Thanks.

]]> Comment on High-Level Haiti Commentary Touches on Foreign Assistance Reform Themes by Melody Hanson http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/01/27/high-level-haiti-commentary-touches-on-foreign-assistance-reform-themes/comment-page-1/#comment-1927 Melody Hanson Wed, 27 Jan 2010 21:42:21 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1178#comment-1927 Thank you for this. It's terrific. I have read quite a few of those articles but it was nice to find such a comprehensive list and to know that your organization exists. I wanted to write about you on my blog and I was hoping to copy the list, but won't without permission. I'm just linking to this page and the moment. Thank you. Mel Thank you for this. It’s terrific. I have read quite a few of those articles but it was nice to find such a comprehensive list and to know that your organization exists. I wanted to write about you on my blog and I was hoping to copy the list, but won’t without permission. I’m just linking to this page and the moment.

Thank you.

Mel

]]> Comment on MFAN Statement: Secretary Clinton’s Development Vision Taking Shape at a Critical Time by Best of 2009: MFAN in the News « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/01/07/mfan-statement-secretary-clinton%e2%80%99s-development-vision-taking-shape-at-a-critical-time/comment-page-1/#comment-1709 Best of 2009: MFAN in the News « Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network • Blog Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:15:27 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1094#comment-1709 [...] Clinton’s call to make the case to the American taxpayer and prove that development is a “strategic, economic, and moral imperative” tied to advancing American interests at home and [...] [...] Clinton’s call to make the case to the American taxpayer and prove that development is a “strategic, economic, and moral imperative” tied to advancing American interests at home and [...]

]]> Comment on MFAN Member Op-Blog: Did Hillary just offer us the “Red Pill?” by Charlie Flickner http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/01/11/mfan-member-op-blog-did-hillary-just-offer-us-the-red-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-1708 Charlie Flickner Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:11:37 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1123#comment-1708 Paul & Noam, You are both on the right track, but still on tiptoes. Paul must recognize that the SecState offered us a purple pill, not a clear choice for the red pill we both know is what the doctor ordered. You're right that assistance is no simple choice between blank checks and cripplng controls or sectoral earmarks vs country ownership. Noam, I applaud your reminding us that this is a generational opportunity for reform of assistance policy AND OPERATIONS. The controlling policy wonks don't like to think much about nasty operational considerations. As a historian, I am puzzled by your use of Merovingian. Is the SecState king or mayor of the palace? I would urge both of you to be alert to the whiffs of WhitewaterII coming out of Foggy Bottom's move to host country contracting in the AfPak region. Paul & Noam, You are both on the right track, but still on tiptoes. Paul must recognize that the SecState offered us a purple pill, not a clear choice for the red pill we both know is what the doctor ordered. You’re right that assistance is no simple choice between blank checks and cripplng controls or sectoral earmarks vs country ownership. Noam, I applaud your reminding us that this is a generational opportunity for reform of assistance policy AND OPERATIONS. The controlling policy wonks don’t like to think much about nasty operational considerations. As a historian, I am puzzled by your use of Merovingian. Is the SecState king or mayor of the palace? I would urge both of you to be alert to the whiffs of WhitewaterII coming out of Foggy Bottom’s move to host country contracting in the AfPak region.

]]> Comment on Clinton: Shah is “Transformative Leader that USAID Has Been Waiting for” by Shah Sworn In As USAID Administrator | Sheila Herrling | Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/01/07/clinton-shah-is-transformative-leader-that-usaid-has-been-waiting-for/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 Shah Sworn In As USAID Administrator | Sheila Herrling | Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:09:54 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1092#comment-1665 [...] USAID Administrator. Presiding over the ceremony was Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who praised Shah as a “passionate, visionary experienced development expert” who would help in [...] [...] USAID Administrator. Presiding over the ceremony was Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, who praised Shah as a “passionate, visionary experienced development expert” who would help in [...]

]]> Comment on MFAN Member Op-Blog: Did Hillary just offer us the “Red Pill?” by Noam http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/01/11/mfan-member-op-blog-did-hillary-just-offer-us-the-red-pill/comment-page-1/#comment-1657 Noam Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:24:01 +0000 http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/?p=1123#comment-1657 Right on, Paul. I'd like to think that's what the Secretary of State said, too. Only I'm still not sure. In this version of the matrix, too, the Trinity is key -- defense, diplomacy and development. Where they connect and where they should stand alone or lead the others is still to be worked out. Presumably the QDDR and the PSD will give reform some shape (make it less aMorpheus?). Neo-reformists love talking about the 3D Trinity but the Architecture will soon offer some hard choices. Spoon-feeding emergency assistance certainly doesn't solve the problem of building capacity, or as Hillary put it, having a whole village eat for life by teaching a woman to fish. But what happens when there is no spoon? The key is ensuring this generational opportunity for reform of development policy and operations is the one -- and not some latter-day Merovingian attempt. Right on, Paul. I’d like to think that’s what the Secretary of State said, too. Only I’m still not sure. In this version of the matrix, too, the Trinity is key — defense, diplomacy and development. Where they connect and where they should stand alone or lead the others is still to be worked out. Presumably the QDDR and the PSD will give reform some shape (make it less aMorpheus?). Neo-reformists love talking about the 3D Trinity but the Architecture will soon offer some hard choices. Spoon-feeding emergency assistance certainly doesn’t solve the problem of building capacity, or as Hillary put it, having a whole village eat for life by teaching a woman to fish. But what happens when there is no spoon? The key is ensuring this generational opportunity for reform of development policy and operations is the one — and not some latter-day Merovingian attempt.

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