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Congressman Adam Smith and Paul Weisenfeld, Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau for Food Security, USAID joined IGD partners and supporters in Seattle on August 31 for a discussion on promoting economic growth by engaging the business sector in U.S. global development policy. The conversation addressed the challenge of defining the intersection of development and business [...]
The Center for Global Development’s Todd Moss has proposed reorganizing U.S. development programs and consolidating the government’s tools to stimulate commercial activity in developing countries in a new U.S. Development Bank. It’s a good beginning to an important discussion. First, it emphasizes the importance of rethinking U.S. development agencies and strategies, in much the same [...]
Members of IGD’s Leadership Council sent a letter to Congress last week making the case that disproportionate cuts to international affairs funding would do little to help the deficit, since the entire account makes up less than 1% of the federal budget, and would harm the bipartisan effort during the last two administrations to improve [...]
“It is essential to craft a new and dynamic approach to economic development that reflects the realities of a 21st century global economy and incorporates the participation of a wide variety of new players, particularly those from the private sector.” Robert A. Mosbacher, Jr. sees collaboration between business and the government as the best way [...]
IGD has long been part of a bipartisan effort to reform U.S. foreign policies to maximize development impact. The U.S. development approach needs to be updated and sharpened to better measure impact, target resources to what works, leverage contributions of the private sector and strengthen poor countries so they can meet the needs of their [...]
A top priority for IGD this year is monitoring the implementation of the new global development policy announced by President Obama last September and reinforced by the Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) findings released by Secretary Clinton in December. In January, USAID Administrator Raj Shah gave a major address on reforms that his agency [...]
IGD’s core belief is that the right combination of effective development policies and increased business investment will create a sustainable path out of poverty for people living in poor countries. As 2010 draws to a close, I would like to share a few highlights of IGD’s work over the past year and our vision for [...]
