Thoughts About K4D (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
U.S. aid to Africa is becoming increasingly militarized, resulting in skewed priorities and less attention to longer-term development projects that could lead to greater stability across the continent, according to released Thursday by the advocacy group .The article also notes:Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned this week against the risk of a "creeping militarization" of U.S. foreign...
The Two Malcontents (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
By Philip Klein "Leaders like Truman and Acheson, Kennan and Marshall, knew that there was no single decisive blow that could be struck for freedom," Barack Obama declared on Tuesday at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C. "We needed a new overarching strategy to meet the challenges of a new and dangerous world." In what his campaign billed as a "major" foreign...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | yesterday
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura pressed Myanmar Foreign Minister Nyan Win on Tuesday for a thorough investigation into the September slaying of a Japanese journalist in Yangon and a...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
... candidates. "Investments in the development of our world's poorest nations must be a pillar of our foreign policy going forward, no matter who is leading the next administration," continued Daschle, who is a national co-chair of Senator Barack Obama's presidential campaign. The ONE delegation to Rwanda has visited patients infected with HIV, malaria, tuberculosis and other life-threatening...
Myanmar (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
democratization+ (AP) - SINGAPORE, July 22 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING WITH KOMURA-YEO TALKS IN 4TH GRAF FROM BOTTOM) Japan pledged Tuesday to give an additional $21 million in reconstruction aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar, but Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura also urged in talks with his counterpart Nyan Win that the junta move forward with democratization, a Japanese Foreign Ministry...
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 21/07/2008
A House subcommittee and the full Senate Appropriations Committee this week approved fiscal year 2009 foreign assistance bills that "irked" some conservatives because they include more money for family planning programs and loosen restrictions on how the money can be spent, CQ Today reports.
Global Development: Views from the Center (Free subscription) | 22/07/2008
... Refugees International recently released a report warning that the Pentagon’s increased role in foreign assistance may harm development efforts in Africa. The Department of Defense now controls 22 percent of U.S. aid to Africa, up from 3 percent a decade ago. The report argues that this large chunk of aid focuses more on the U.S. military interest than the overall goal of development....
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 20/07/2008
Baghdad - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki opened on Sunday an international airport in the southern city of Najaf, which is expected to boost the number of visitors to Iraq's Shiite shrines in the holy city. The new airport had originally been a military helipad in the era of the Saddam Hussein regime. It was renovated by Iraqi authorities without foreign assistance. Speaking at the...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
... in a coherent, long-term and effective way."According to the report, as well as short-changing foreign aid, the US government has allowed chronic weaknesses to build up in civilian capacity to construct and carry out effective, long-term policies to rebuild failed and post-conflict states, while the military is playing an increasingly active and well-funded role in promoting development...
Firedoglake (Free subscription) | 18/07/2008
... clarifying Old Lord McCain's statements on gay adoption, sending more troops to Afghanistan, and foreign assistance for Czechoslovakia, no doubt.
Owen's musings (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
Obama promises to double US aid I know development assistance is not the most popular program, but as President, I will make the case to the American people that it can be our best investment in increasing the common security of the entire world. That was true with the Marshall Plan, and that must be true [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
... in crisis or emerging from conflict, in order to provide reconstruction and stabilization assistance. They are diplomats, development specialists, public health officials, law enforcement and corrections officers, engineers, economists, lawyers, public administrators, agronomists and others - offering the full range of skills needed to help fragile states restore stability and the rule of...
SWJ Blog (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
... to countries in crisis or emerging from conflict, to provide reconstruction and stabilization assistance. They are diplomats, development specialists, public health officials, law enforcement and corrections officers, engineers, economists, lawyers, public administrators, agronomists and others – offering the full range of skills needed to help fragile states restore stability and the rule...
Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
... McCollum said. The launch of the caucus comes as US policymakers are discussing ways to overhaul foreign assistance under the next administration. Congressional hearings have long focused on the effectiveness of the World Bank in reducing global poverty and delved into how much of the bank's money is wasted on corruption. Recently, several legislators sought assurances from the World...
Alertnet (Free subscription) | 17/07/2008
... McCollum said.The launch of the caucus comes as U.S. policymakers are discussing ways to overhaul foreign assistance under the next administration.Congressional hearings have long focused on the effectiveness of the World Bank in reducing global poverty and delved into how much of the bank's money is wasted on corruption.Recently, several legislators sought assurances from the World...
