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href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/section/initiatives/_active/mcamonitor"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/images/initiatives/mca_banner_small.png"></a> </div> <br clear="all"> </div> <div style="margin: 0 0 8px 0;"> <div style="float: left;margin: 0 4px 0 0;"> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/mca-monitor/"><img style="width: 60px;margin-left: 4px;" src="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/images/initiatives/rusfa_blog_icon_small.png"></a> </div> <div style=""><a style="font-size: 16px;font-weight: bold;" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/mca-monitor/">Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Blog</a></div> </div> </div> <p>Strong and effective U.S. foreign assistance programs are crucial components of a U.S. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2010/09/22/fact-sheet-us-global-development-policy">global development policy</a>. They are also vital to U.S. national interests, enhancing global stability, expanding economic opportunities and promoting American values. The history of U.S. foreign assistance has shown important successes. But the U.S. foreign assistance apparatus, designed during the Cold War era, has grown out-of-date to meet the challenges of the 21st century. The mission, mandate and organizational structure must be rebuilt and revitalized. Recent studies and reviews by the Obama administration and nongovernmental stakeholders have given greater momentum to redesigning U.S. assistance in ways that make it more effective. Translating principles into action will be difficult and possibly fraught with setbacks. The Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance program tracks the progress being made to create a coordinated and coherent system that can meet development challenges and objectives.</p> <p>CGD has been an active participant in a broad-based effort to situate development as a key component in promoting global stability and to strengthen U.S. assistance programs, including through the Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://modernizingforeignassistance.net/">MFAN</a>). As part of this ongoing effort, the Center's Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance program aims to:</p> <ul> <li>Create a one-stop-shop for information, dialogue and analysis on U.S. foreign assistance innovations and reform.</li> <li>Provide CGD expert opinion on how to reform the mission, mandate and organizational structure of U.S. foreign assistance.</li> <li>Contribute to the ongoing effort to elevate global development and U.S. foreign assistance as a critical national interest priority.</li> </ul> <p><a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/expert/detail/1424455">Connie Veillette</a> joined CGD as the program director in September 2010. She was previously a senior staffer for Sen. Richard Lugar (R-Ind) on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, where her portfolio included oversight of foreign assistance and USAID, and aid reform issues.</p> <p> Follow <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://www.twitter.com/connieveillette">@ConnieVeillette</a> and <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://www.twitter.com/rethinkCGD">@RethinkCGD</a> on twitter. </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div> <div id="tabbed-navigation"> <div class="tabs"> <span class="tab newest active" rel="newest" onmousedown="pageTracker._trackEvent('initiative_page', 'tab click', 'newest');">Newest</span> <span class="tab popular" rel="popular" onmousedown="pageTracker._trackEvent('initiative_page', 'tab click', 'popular');">Popular</span> <span class="tab" rel="experts" onmousedown="pageTracker._trackEvent('initiative_page', 'tab click', 'experts');">Experts</span> <span class="tab" rel="publications" onmousedown="pageTracker._trackEvent('initiative_page', 'tab click', 'publications');">Publications</span> <span class="tab" rel="events" onmousedown="pageTracker._trackEvent('initiative_page', 'tab click', 'events');">Events</span> <span class="tab" rel="multimedia" onmousedown="pageTracker._trackEvent('initiative_page', 'tab click', 'multimedia');">Multimedia</span> <div class="clear"></div> </div> <div class="tab-box newest active"> <ul> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425457_image_Veillette_Future_Aid_Reform.gif&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425457">The Future of U.S. Aid Reform: Rhetoric, Reality, and Recommendations</a> <span class="item-date"> - 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Instead of using baseline budgets and existing resources to dictate objectives, policymakers should clearly define and articulate the...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424768_image_Connie_170.jpg&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424768"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/global_prosperity_wonkcast/2011/01/24/usaid-modernization-efforts-amid-budget-cut-fever-connie-veillette/">USAID Modernization Efforts Amid Budget Cut Fever: Connie Veillette</a></a> <span class="item-date"> - Jan 24, 2011</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>It’s been a busy time for Connie Veillette, director of the Rethinking US Foreign Assistance Initiative here at the Center for Global Development. Last week we hosted a major address by USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah describing the achievements of his first year in office and his ambitious plans...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424755">Rajiv Shah: The Modern Development Enterprise (Event Video)</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jan 20, 2011</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>Since being sworn in as the 16th administrator of USAID on January 7th, Dr. Rajiv Shah has taken a number of steps to position U.S. development efforts as a critical and dynamic component of U.S. foreign policy. From taking the lead on the Feed the Future initiative to internal reforms within...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424609_image_SJ_Staats_170.jpg&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424609"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/global_prosperity_wonkcast/2010/11/16/u-s-development-policy-in-the-next-congress-sarah-jane-staats/">U.S. Development Policy in the Next Congress: Sarah Jane Staats</a></a> <span class="item-date"> - Nov 16, 2010</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>What does the new makeup of Congress mean for global development looking forward? My guest this week is Sarah Jane Staats, director of policy outreach here at the Center for Global Development. Sarah Jane is responsible for engaging the development policy community—especially senior staff in the...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424462_image_Connie_170.jpg&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424462"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/global_prosperity_wonkcast/2010/09/27/tempered-optimism-on-new-u-s-development-policy-connie-veillette/">Tempered Optimism on New U.S. Development Policy: Connie Veillette</a></a> <span class="item-date"> - Sep 27, 2010</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>After months of study, work, negotiation and anticipation, the Obama administration has announced its development policy. What’s new here and what are the chances of implementation? To find out, I chatted with Connie Veillette, who has recently joined the Center for Global Development as director...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <ul> </div> <div class="tab-box popular"> <ul> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425457_image_Veillette_Future_Aid_Reform.gif&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425457">The Future of U.S. Aid Reform: Rhetoric, Reality, and Recommendations</a> <span class="item-date"> - Sep 19, 2011</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>This report takes a look at the Obama administration's FY2012 budget request and congressional reaction to gauge the potential for implementing foreign aid reforms as spelled out in the administration's policy documents.</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425335_image_Ben_Leo_Testimony_7.27.11.JPG&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425335">Multilateral Development Banks: Concrete Benefits to the U.S. Economy and American Jobs</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jul 28, 2011</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>Ben Leo testified before the House Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade on July 27, 2011 about the importance of multilateral development banks to the United States and the greater world.</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425052_image_Norris_Veillette_Five_Steps.gif&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425052">Five Steps to Make Our Aid More Effective and Save More Than $2 Billion</a> <span class="item-date"> - May 5, 2011</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>This brief details how the new Congress could save more than $500 million annually by eliminating unnecessary regulations currently in place that are incredibly wasteful, anticompetitive, and make it harder to carry out effective development programs abroad.</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425322_image_Dunning_et_al.gif&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425322">Fine-Tuning the MCC Selection Process and Indicators</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jul 21, 2011</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>To inform the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s review of its country selection process, the MCA Monitor has conducted a parallel review and offers five key recommendations.</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> </div> <div style=""> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1420910">CGD Special Discussion with David Gergen on Obama's Global Development Policy (Event Video)</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jan 17, 2009</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, editor-at-large at U.S. News & World Report, and a senior political analyst for CNN, David Gergen joined CGD president Nancy Birdsall, and CGD senior fellows who authored essays in our...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> </div> <div style=""> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2850">Why Global Development Matters for the U.S.</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 15, 2006</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>Development refers to improvements in the conditions of people’s lives, such as health, education, and income. It occurs at different rates in different countries. The U.S. underwent its own version of development since the time it became an independent nation in 1776. Learn more about Rich...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> </div> <div style=""> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2852">U.S. Assistance for Global Development</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 15, 2006</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>U.S. "development assistance" refers to the transfer of resources from the United States to developing countries and to some strategic allies. It is delivered in the form of money (via loans or grants), contributions of goods (such as food aid), and technical assistance. Learn more about Rich...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> </div> <div style=""> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/8846">A Primer on Foreign Aid - Working Paper 92</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jul 24, 2006</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>Controversies about aid effectiveness go back decades. This new working paper by CGD senior fellow Steven Radelet provides an introduction and overview of the basic concepts, data and key debates about foreign aid. It explores the range of views on the relationship between foreign aid and economic...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> </div> <div style=""> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1421419">The End of ODA: Death and Rebirth of a Global Public Policy - Working Paper 167</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 25, 2009</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>In this paper, part of the Innovations in Aid series, Jean-Michel Severino and Olivier Ray describe shifts in the objectives of overseas development assistance (ODA) over time and conclude that it is time to put the concept itself to bed—in favor of what they propose should be called “Global...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424877_image_Aid_for_a_Purpose_February_17_FINAL.pdf&w=60&h=60&zc=1" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <div class="item-title"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1424877">Aid for a Purpose: Show Me the Goal, Then Show Me the Money</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 2, 2011</span> </div> <div class="item-description"><p>In this paper, Connie Veillette presents the problems that beset the existing process for budgeting and resource allocation, and argue that the process is backwards. Instead of using baseline budgets and existing resources to dictate objectives, policymakers should clearly define and articulate the...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tab-box experts"> <ul> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/8092_file_SJ_Staats_170.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/expert/detail/8092/">Sarah Jane Staats</a>, Director of Policy Outreach <div><p>Sarah Jane Staats is responsible for engaging the development policy community, especially the administration, senior staff in the U.S. Congress, and policy experts in leading development advocacy NGOs, in the Center's research and other programs. This week on the Global Prosperity Wonkcast, she...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424455_file_Connie_170.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/expert/detail/1424455/">Connie Veillette</a>, Director of Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program <div><p>Connie Veillette is the director of the Rethinking U.S. Foreign Assistance Program. Before coming to CGD, she served as a senior professional staff member for Senator Lugar (R-IN) on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee until August 2010. Her portfolio included oversight of foreign assistance...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tab-box publications"> <ul> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425457_image_Veillette_Future_Aid_Reform.gif&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425457/">The Future of U.S. Aid Reform: Rhetoric, Reality, and Recommendations</a> <span class="item-date"> - Sep 19, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> This report takes a look at the Obama administration's FY2012 budget request and congressional reaction to gauge the potential for implementing foreign aid reforms as spelled out in the administration's policy documents. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425335_image_Ben_Leo_Testimony_7.27.11.JPG&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425335/">Multilateral Development Banks: Concrete Benefits to the U.S. Economy and American Jobs</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jul 28, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Ben Leo testified before the House Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade on July 27, 2011 about the importance of multilateral development banks to the United States and the greater world. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425322_image_Dunning_et_al.gif&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425322/">Fine-Tuning the MCC Selection Process and Indicators</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jul 21, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> To inform the Millennium Challenge Corporation’s review of its country selection process, the MCA Monitor has conducted a parallel review and offers five key recommendations. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425052_image_Norris_Veillette_Five_Steps.gif&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425052/">Five Steps to Make Our Aid More Effective and Save More Than $2 Billion</a> <span class="item-date"> - May 5, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> This brief details how the new Congress could save more than $500 million annually by eliminating unnecessary regulations currently in place that are incredibly wasteful, anticompetitive, and make it harder to carry out effective development programs abroad. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1425025_image_USAID_Monitor_FY2011.gif&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1425025/">The FY2011 Budget Agreement for Foreign Operations Sets the Stage for Future Funding</a> <span class="item-date"> - Apr 22, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> This USAID Monitor Analysis focuses on the effects of the FY2011 budget agreement on the foreign assistance accounts portion of the function 150 budget. While the cuts are not as deep as many expected, they are still significant and will prove challenging for the State Department and USAID. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424877_image_Aid_for_a_Purpose_February_17_FINAL.pdf&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1424877/">Aid for a Purpose: Show Me the Goal, Then Show Me the Money</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 2, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> In this paper, Connie Veillette presents the problems that beset the existing process for budgeting and resource allocation, and argue that the process is backwards. Instead of using baseline budgets and existing resources to dictate objectives, policymakers should clearly define and articulate the... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1421594/">Dambisa Moyo's (Serious) Challenge to the Development Business</a> <span class="item-date"> - Apr 21, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Senior fellow Todd Moss considers the future of foreign aid in light of Dambiso Moyo’s book, Dead Aid, which argues that Western aid to Africa has brought more harm than help. The relevant question today, he argues, is not whether aid is good or bad, but rather how aid can be made to work better... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1423417/">U.S. Assistance to Africa: A Call for Foreign Aid Reform--Testimony for the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health</a> <span class="item-date"> - Apr 20, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Senior fellow Steve Radelet testifies before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa and Global Health about the challenges and opportunities to reform U.S. foreign assistance to Africa. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1423418/">USAID in the 21st Century: What Do We Need for the Tasks at Hand?</a> <span class="item-date"> - Apr 6, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> CGD visiting fellow Carol Lancaster testifies in frot of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development on April 1, 2009. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1423419/">USAID in the 21st Century: What Do We Need for the Tasks at Hand? Testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development, Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 31, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Senior fellow Steve Radelet testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development, Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection. </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1421568/">Amendment to Presidential Policy Directive 1 (PPD-1): Add the USAID Administrator to the National Security Council</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 27, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Senior policy analyst Sheila Herrling calls on the National Security Officer to elevate global development and enhance the impact of U.S. foreign assistance. One step: add the USAID Administrator to the National Security Council </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1421419/">The End of ODA: Death and Rebirth of a Global Public Policy - Working Paper 167</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 25, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> In this paper, part of the Innovations in Aid series, Jean-Michel Severino and Olivier Ray describe shifts in the objectives of overseas development assistance (ODA) over time and conclude that it is time to put the concept itself to bed—in favor of what they propose should be called “Global... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1416837/">What's Behind the Recent Declines in U.S. Foreign Assistance?</a> <span class="item-date"> - Dec 8, 2008</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Total U.S. development assistance has fallen 22 percent since 2005 from $27.9 billion to $21.8 billion in 2007. In real terms, this was the smallest amount since 2002, excluding assistance to Iraq, Afghanistan, and HIV/AIDS programs. Senior fellow Steve Radelet and his coauthors examine the... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/16559/">U.S. Foreign Assistance for the Twenty-first Century (White House and the World Policy Brief)</a> <span class="item-date"> - Aug 22, 2008</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Meeting today’s foreign policy challenges requires a new vision of American global leadership based on the strength of our core values, ideas, and ingenuity. It calls for an integrated foreign policy that promotes our ideals, enhances our security, helps create economic and political... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/16210_image_new_day_new_way_thumbnail.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/16210/">New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 10, 2008</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century calls on the next American president, Congress, policymakers and the American people to overhaul how the U.S. helps poor people in developing countries. Among the recommended steps: a new national foreign assistance strategy and a new... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1423451/">Building on International Debt Relief Initiatives: Testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee</a> <span class="item-date"> - Apr 24, 2008</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1423452/">Seizing the Moment for Modernizing U.S. Foreign Assistance: Testimony for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs</a> <span class="item-date"> - Apr 23, 2008</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Testimony for the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, Steven Radelet </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/15561/">Modernizing Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century: An Agenda for the Next U.S. President</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 17, 2008</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA), the new chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, has vowed a major overhaul of U.S. foreign assistance. He joins a growing list of members of Congress and the defense, diplomacy and development community who recognize that U.S. foreign assistance programs are... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/15423/">U.S. Assistance to Africa and the World: What Do the Numbers Say?</a> <span class="item-date"> - Feb 19, 2008</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> With President Bush's trip to Africa making headlines this week, CGD senior fellow Steve Radelet and research assistant Sami Bazzi offer a close look at the latest U.S. foreign assistance numbers. Bottom line: although America's aid has more than doubled since 2000, the new money went mostly to... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14815/">The Pentagon and Global Development: Making Sense of the DoD's Expanding Role - Working Paper 131</a> <span class="item-date"> - Nov 12, 2007</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> The recent creation of AFRICOM, a U.S. military command for Africa, is but one manifestation of the Pentagon's growing role in development. One-in-five dollars that the U.S. spends on development assistance is now handled by the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Pentagon share of U.S. development... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14814/">PEPFAR Reauthorization: Improving Transparency in U.S. Funding for HIV/AIDS</a> <span class="item-date"> - Nov 12, 2007</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> The President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) provides more than $5 billion per year to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS. Exactly how is that money spent? Donors, recipients, and even PEPFAR staff are often left guessing, because much of the extensive data the U.S. government collects on the... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/1423454/">Foreign Assistance Reforms: Successes, Failures, and Next Steps - Testimony for the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development, Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 13, 2007</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> On Tuesday, June 12, 2007, Steve Radelet testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development, Foreign Assistance, Economic Affairs, and International Environmental Protection on "Foreign Aid Reform: Successes, Failures, and Next Steps." </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/13232/">Billions for War, Pennies for the Poor: Moving the President's FY2008 Budget from Hard Power to Smart Power</a> <span class="item-date"> - Mar 16, 2007</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> President Bush's FY2008 budget request provides a first glimpse into how the administration's new foreign assistance framework and transformational diplomacy agenda translate into who gets how much for what. In this CGD essay, authors Samuel Bazzi, Sheila Herrling and Stewart Patrick, show that the... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/10497/">U.S. Foreign Aid Reform: Will It Fix What Is Broken?</a> <span class="item-date"> - Sep 29, 2006</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> In U.S. Foreign Aid Reform: Will It Fix What Is Broken? CGD research fellow Stewart Patrick says the U.S. foreign aid regime is broken, and it is not clear that the Bush administration's reform plan will fix it. Patrick proposes a total overhaul of the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act and the creation... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/9373/">Fragile States and U.S. Foreign Assistance: Show Me the Money - Working Paper 96</a> <span class="item-date"> - Aug 14, 2006</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Analysis of the U.S. budget reveals a chasm between Washington rhetoric about the potentially large threats arising from weak and failing states and the paucity of resources devoted to engaging with these troubled countries. The authors argue that the U.S. should think creatively about how and when... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/8846/">A Primer on Foreign Aid - Working Paper 92</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jul 24, 2006</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Controversies about aid effectiveness go back decades. This new working paper by CGD senior fellow Steven Radelet provides an introduction and overview of the basic concepts, data and key debates about foreign aid. It explores the range of views on the relationship between foreign aid and economic... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2852/">U.S. Assistance for Global Development</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 15, 2006</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> U.S. "development assistance" refers to the transfer of resources from the United States to developing countries and to some strategic allies. It is delivered in the form of money (via loans or grants), contributions of goods (such as food aid), and technical assistance. Learn more about Rich... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2850/">Why Global Development Matters for the U.S.</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 15, 2006</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> Development refers to improvements in the conditions of people’s lives, such as health, education, and income. It occurs at different rates in different countries. The U.S. underwent its own version of development since the time it became an independent nation in 1776. Learn more about Rich... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/6237/">Reforming U.S. Development Policy</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jan 12, 2006</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> As the Bush Administration prepares to announce the reorganization of U.S. foreign assistance, Nancy Birdsall, Stewart Patrick and Milan Vaishnav argue in a new essay that making a dent in global poverty will require that the U.S. address four flaws: low volume and poor quality of aid; incoherence... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14140/">Whither Development Assistance? An Analysis of the President's 2005 Budget Request</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jul 30, 2004</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> This note reviews the President’s 2005 international affairs budget request and offers insight into the potential MCA allocations in the context of the broader development assistance budget. The authors note that requested funding for the MCA is lower than promised and may be indirectly coming... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/2879_image_onthebrink.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2879/">On the Brink, Weak States and US National Security</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 8, 2004</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> A Report of the Commission for Weak States and US National Security Terrorists training at bases in Afghanistan and Somalia. Transnational crime networks putting down roots in Myanmar/Burma and Central Asia. 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Second, the end of the Cold War was widely thought... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/2914_image_otherwarDS.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2914/">The Other War: Global Poverty and the Millennium Challenge Account</a> <span class="item-date"> - Jun 1, 2003</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> This book tackles head on the tension between foreign policy and development goals that chronically afflicts U.S. foreign assistance; the danger of being dismissed as one more instance of the United States going it alone instead of buttressing international cooperation; and the risk of exacerbating... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/2920_image_challengingcover.gif&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/2920/">Challenging Foreign Aid: A Policymaker's Guide to the Millennium Challenge Account</a> <span class="item-date"> - May 1, 2003</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> In this study, Steven Radelet examines the MCA's potential promise and possible pitfalls. He offers a rigorous analysis of the MCA’s central challenge: making foreign aid more effective in supporting economic growth and poverty reduction in the poor countries. He systematically explores what... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/publications/detail/14157/">Beyond the Indicators: Delivering Effective Foreign Assistance through the Millennium Challenge Account</a> <span class="item-date"> - Sep 10, 2002</span> <div class="item-description"> <p> The launch of the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) holds the promise of being a watershed event in the history of U.S. foreign assistance. This paper discusses how should aid be delivered, once eligibility is determined, to ensure it is as effective as possible in supporting growth and... </p> </div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tab-box events"> <ul> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/1421446/">Congressional Hearing: USAID in the 21st Century</a> <span class="item-date">- Apr 1, 2009</span> <div><p>USAID IN THE 21ST CENTURY HEARING before the COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION Wednesday, April 1, 2009 Time: 9:30 A.M. Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Building</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/16180/">New Day, New Way: U.S. Foreign Assistance for the 21st Century</a> <span class="item-date">- Jun 10, 2008</span> <div><p>U.S. engagement with the world has been affected by new foreign policy, national security, and economic challenges. These global challenges have stretched the bounds of both civilian and military involvement in development. The current system of foreign assistance has proven to be inflexible and...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/15498/">Strengthening U.S. Foreign Assistance: Proposals for a More Effective Strategy</a> <span class="item-date">- Mar 3, 2008</span> <div><p>The SAIS International Development Program and the SAIS Center for International Business and Public Policy will host a discussion by two leading critics of the HELP Commission Report on U.S. foreign assistance that was submitted to the President and Congress in December 2007. Leo Hindery, Vice...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/15224/">U.S. Foreign Assistance in Our National Interest</a> <span class="item-date">- Feb 1, 2008</span> <div><p>In her first major speech since being confirmed by Congress, USAID Administrator and Director of Foreign Assistance Henrietta Holsman Fore will deliver a keynote speech on the importance of elevating global development and reforming U.S. foreign assistance to meet our foreign policy and national...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/11370/">Foreign Aid: Diplomacy, Development, Domestic Politics</a> <span class="item-date">- Dec 5, 2006</span> <div><p>Why do governments give foreign aid? How have those purposes changed over the past half century? Why do they differ from donor government to donor government? 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A Debate</a> <span class="item-date">- Mar 17, 2006</span> <div><p>CGD Senior Fellow Steve Radelet moderated a debate between Andrew Natsios, until recently Administrator of USAID in the Bush Administration, and Carol Lancaster, former Deputy Administrator of USAID in the Clinton Administration, about the recently announced reorganization of U.S. foreign aid.</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/calendar/detail/2934/">Foreign Assistance for Foreign Policy: An Overarching Strategy</a> <span class="item-date">- Mar 30, 2004</span> <div><p>The past two years have seen the creation of two major foreign assistance programs, the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) and the Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS, as well as a proliferation of small Presidential aid initiatives. But does the U.S. have an overarching strategy that guides these...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="tab-box multimedia"> <ul> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424768_image_Connie_170.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424768/"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/global_prosperity_wonkcast/2011/01/24/usaid-modernization-efforts-amid-budget-cut-fever-connie-veillette/">USAID Modernization Efforts Amid Budget Cut Fever: Connie Veillette</a></a> <span class="item-date">- Jan 24, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"><p>It’s been a busy time for Connie Veillette, director of the Rethinking US Foreign Assistance Initiative here at the Center for Global Development. Last week we hosted a major address by USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah describing the achievements of his first year in office and his ambitious plans...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424755/">Rajiv Shah: The Modern Development Enterprise (Event Video)</a> <span class="item-date">- Jan 20, 2011</span> <div class="item-description"><p>Since being sworn in as the 16th administrator of USAID on January 7th, Dr. Rajiv Shah has taken a number of steps to position U.S. development efforts as a critical and dynamic component of U.S. foreign policy. From taking the lead on the Feed the Future initiative to internal reforms within...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424609_image_SJ_Staats_170.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424609/"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/global_prosperity_wonkcast/2010/11/16/u-s-development-policy-in-the-next-congress-sarah-jane-staats/">U.S. Development Policy in the Next Congress: Sarah Jane Staats</a></a> <span class="item-date">- Nov 16, 2010</span> <div class="item-description"><p>What does the new makeup of Congress mean for global development looking forward? My guest this week is Sarah Jane Staats, director of policy outreach here at the Center for Global Development. Sarah Jane is responsible for engaging the development policy community—especially senior staff in the...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/1424462_image_Connie_170.jpg&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1424462/"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://blogs.cgdev.org/global_prosperity_wonkcast/2010/09/27/tempered-optimism-on-new-u-s-development-policy-connie-veillette/">Tempered Optimism on New U.S. Development Policy: Connie Veillette</a></a> <span class="item-date">- Sep 27, 2010</span> <div class="item-description"><p>After months of study, work, negotiation and anticipation, the Obama administration has announced its development policy. What’s new here and what are the chances of implementation? To find out, I chatted with Connie Veillette, who has recently joined the Center for Global Development as director...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1423689/"><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/article/detail/1423520/">CGD Hosts Secretary Clinton Address: "Development in the 21st Century"</a></a> <span class="item-date">- Jan 6, 2010</span> <div class="item-description"><p>In a major policy speech hosted by CGD, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton declared international development a central pillar of U.S. foreign policy, together with diplomacy and defense. She hailed Raj Shah, recently confirmed as administrator of the U.S. Agency for International...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style="float:left; width:60px"> <img src="/web/20111017170657im_/http://www.cgdev.org/layout/timthumb.php?src=/files/37.gif&w=50&h=50" alt=""/> </div> <div style="margin-left:70px"> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1421161/">What Would the Poor Say: Debates in Aid Evaluation (Presentation)</a> <span class="item-date">- Feb 13, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"><p>In a presentation delivered at NYU's Aid Watch Conference, CGD president Nancy Birdsall, in a session on accountabilty, spoke about Cash on Delivery Aid, a way for donors to transfer money that could make aid-dependent governments accountable for outcomes to their citizens -- instead of for inputs...</p></div> </div> <div class="clear"></div> </li> <li> <div style=""> <a href="/web/20111017170657/http://www.cgdev.org/content/multimedia/detail/1420910/">CGD Special Discussion with David Gergen on Obama's Global Development Policy (Event Video)</a> <span class="item-date">- Jan 17, 2009</span> <div class="item-description"><p>Director of the Center for Public Leadership at the John F. 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