Crafting Modern Legislation
December 15th, 2011 | State Department
In From Policy to Practice, MFAN argued, “U.S. policy should be guided by modern legislation that codifies a shared Executive-Legislative vision for the U.S. approach to poverty-focused development.” Six months later, two key initiatives in Congress have been released, both of which build on the reform efforts started under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack [...]
Harnessing Aid and Trade in a Time of Fiscal Austerity
April 14th, 2011 | Community
Today’s post is the fifth and final post in a Feed the Future/Reform blog series that MFAN has been coordinating with key members of the community. Click here to read what leaders from the German Marshall Fund of the United States have to say about Feed the Future as it relates to aid and trade.
Tweet Stream: Shah, Yohannes Budget Hearing at SFRC
April 13th, 2011 | State Department
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and MCC CEO Daniel Yohannes appeared in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today for a hearing entitled “International Development Policy Priorities in the FY 2012 Budget.” Video from the hearing can be found here and MFAN’s full live tweet stream of the hearing is below in reverse chronological order: [...]