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Obama: The Goal is Development, Not Aid
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"The U.S. is changing the way we do business." With those words, President Obama, who arrived in New York Wednesday and took center stage late afternoon on Day 3 of the massive United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit, announced an ambitious, even radical, overhaul of American foreign policy, investment, and practice: the U.S. Global Development Policy. The project marks the first time development has been given such a high priority in an administration, calling for development to be seen as a "core pillar" in American power. ...
Obama's Radical Foreign Policy Plan: The Goal is Development, Not Aid
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyNEW YORK -- "The U.S. is changing the way we do business." With those words, President Obama, who arrived here Wednesday and took center stage late afternoon on Day 3 of the massive United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit, announced an ambitious, even radical, overhaul of American foreign policy, investment, and practice: the U.S. Global Development Policy. The project marks the first time development has been given such a high priority in an administration, calling for development to be seen as a "core pillar" in American power. Acknowledging that while great progress had been ...
Shakira! Clinton! Bono! Gearing Up to Fight Global Poverty and Disease
By Sarah Wildman - Politics DailyWhat do Shakira, Annie Lennox, Bono, Sir Bob Geldof and Antonio Banderas have in common? They are all goodwill ambassadors, or, really, foot soldiers in a battle that most Americans aren't aware has been fought since the turn of this century. Starting Monday, those celebs -- along with almost 150 heads of state, former heads of state and a cross section of the globe's most impressive leaders -- hope to change that, focusing attention on a campaign that parts of the world are relying on to shape their future. These luminaries will attend (or, in the case of Bono and Lennox, both ultra-involved ...
Sanitation Efforts Target Sea of Sewage in Haiti
By Emily Troutman - AOL NewsPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Aug. 24) -- Amy Ross navigates the filthy, feces-strewn backstreets here in flip-flops and a miniskirt, bobbing along quite happily, giving the distinct impression that she's either been in this city too long or not long enough. Ross is a program manager for Sustainable Organic Integrated Livelihoods, or SOIL, a Haiti-based organization that specializes in toilets, or what the humanitarian community euphemistically refers to as "sanitation." Ross' good humor makes her an ideal candidate for this job, in which she is routinely talking about, or surrounded by ... ...
Poverty Rx: Cash Payments Are Best Way to Help Poor, Study Finds
By Delia Lloyd - Politics DailyHow do we end world poverty? Boy, that's a head-scratcher. It's right up there with "Does God exist?" and "What's the meaning of life?" And here's a radical answer: Give the poor some money. And don't tell them what to do with it. Sounds crazy, right? Not according to three scholars in the United Kingdom. In a new study titled "Just Give Money to the Poor," Joseph Hanlon, Armando Barrientos and David Hulme argue that giving small amounts of cash on a regular basis to poor people may actually be the most effective way to lift developing countries out of poverty. The scholars ground their ...
Hunger Is Afghanistan's Biggest Killer
By Samuel Loewenberg - AOL News(Nov. 6) -- Death by violence has become tragically commonplace in Afghanistan -- for Afghans, foreign troops and aid organizations alike. But a far more efficient killer stalks the Afghan people: hunger. An estimated 25 times as many Afghan citizens die every year as a result of hunger and poverty than from violence, according to a United Nations Security Council report. And as winter descends on the country, experts say, the death rate is bound to shoot up even further. The issue of Afghanistan's hunger crisis rarely comes up amid the debate about escalating the military presence of the ...
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