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Administrator Shah Delivers a TED Talk on Leveraging Science and Technology in Development
By: Dan Shine, Senior Advisor for Science and Technology at USAID In the world of science and technology, we crave for the new and the different. Innovation is described as applied invention sometimes, but true innovation creates an emotion when you’re exposed to it. It’s a combination of fascination and an urgent instinct to share [...]
Meet Amit Mistry, AAAS Science and Technology Fellow at USAID
Amit is an AAAS Science and Technology Fellow at USAID. He was recently interviewed by his former colleagues at Research!America for their blog New Voice for Research. New Voices (NV): What do you do, and why is it important? Amit: I am a AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the United States Agency for [...]
Addressing the World’s Greatest Development Challenges
By: Susan Reichle, Assistant to the Administrator for the Bureau of Policy, Planning and Learning (PPL) As a career Foreign Service Officer, I’ve seen many international frameworks that try to address some of the world’s greatest development challenges. It’s a tricky balance to strike—ensuring the inclusion of viewpoints from the international partners we depend on, [...]
Moving Forward: Development in Conflict-Affected Mindanao
By Gregory Beck, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID/Asia Bureau I recently returned from a 10-day trip to the Philippines where I had the opportunity to visit a number of USAID-assisted projects in Mindanao. The second largest island in the Philippines, Mindanao is graced with stunning natural beauty—towering mountains and verdant plateaus—but is also the location of [...]
Using Science to Accelerate Progress on Global Health
By Hillary Chen and Bobby Rosen Originally posted on the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Blog Speaking at the National Institutes of Health yesterday, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Raj Shah delivered a compelling vision of global development: that we can accelerate progress on global health by harnessing science, technology, [...]
Staff Exchange Program Deepens Relationship Between Brazil and U.S.
By Mark Lopes, Deputy Assistant Administrator, USAID/ Latin America and Caribbean Bureau The US and Brazil took another step yesterday toward deepening our joint efforts in developing countries, with the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding to formalize a staff exchange program between USAID and the Brazilian Cooperation Agency (ABC). Starting in April 2011, USAID [...]
Keeping America Safe: Development’s Role in National Security
By: Louisa Bargeron It was just a few weeks ago that Administrator Rajiv Shah described USAID’s plan for modernizing foreign assistance through a series of reforms to promote sustainable development and highlight the role of development in national security. In Afghanistan, USAID’s efforts promotes security here and in the U.S. through coordinated civil-military projects like [...]
Providing Safe Water to Cities in India
By: USAID/India For many Indian cities and towns facing the challenges of growing populations and urban expansion, providing direct access to clean, affordable, and reliable drinking water is a significant challenge. Currently, only a fraction of the urban population has direct access to clean piped water, often because of inadequate and inefficient supply systems. The [...]
