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Saturday, February 11th, 2012

Posts Tagged international development

New USAID Chief Faces Internal Skepticism

By | 11.11.09 | 4:31 pm

After nearly 11 months of allowing the top U.S. foreign-development bureau go without permanent leadership, the Obama administration decided Tuesday afternoon on the unconventional choice of Rajiv Shah, a 36-year old undersecretary of the Department of Agriculture and More…

State Dept Project Signals Foreign Policy Shift

By | 10.22.09 | 2:16 pm

Anne-Marie Slaughter was attending a private lunch on Tuesday at the International Finance Corporation in Washington when she saw the gap between what U.S. foreign policy is and what it needs to be. Discussed around the table: the myriad changes to the development landscape now that commercial banks and investment More…