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		<title>Video of the Week: Our New Partnership for Global Development Innovation Ventures</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/video-of-the-week-our-new-partnership-for-global-development-innovation-ventures/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/video-of-the-week-our-new-partnership-for-global-development-innovation-ventures/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:46:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Impact Blog Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video of the Week]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global development innovation ventures]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[VIDEO: Rajiv Shah discusses our new partnership for Global Development Innovation Ventures with DFID - UK Department for International Development &#038; Omidyar Network.]]></description>
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		<title>It’s The Silent Killer: Undernutrition</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/the-silent-killer-undernutrition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/the-silent-killer-undernutrition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shivani Cotter, member of Mom Bloggers for Social Good</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1000days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feed the Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GH Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lancet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom Bloggers for Social Good]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Government through USAID and the Feed the Future initiative are striving to cut the death toll for children under 5 years old. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21942">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New ACVFA Working Group to Broaden Feed the Future’s Impact</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/acvfa-working-group-to-broaden-feed-the-futures-impact/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/acvfa-working-group-to-broaden-feed-the-futures-impact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sandy Stonesifer, Executive Director, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACVFA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bread for the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civil Society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feed the Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private voluntary organizations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TechnoServe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undernutrition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week Administrator Shah joined the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA) to launch a working group focused on civil society collaboration under the Feed the Future initiative. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21930">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Good Place to Start to Improve Schools</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/good-place-to-start-to-improve-schools/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/good-place-to-start-to-improve-schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jun 2013 12:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Christie Vilsack, Senior Advisor for International Education</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education and Universities]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Capacity building]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Congo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Katanga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OPEQ]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Opportunities for Equitable Access to Basic Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schools]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21900</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A capacity-building program sponsored by USAID is helping local leaders, both men and women, take responsibility for their school. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21900">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Cooperation for Better Development and Security</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/cooperation-for-better-development-and-security/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/cooperation-for-better-development-and-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 18:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Samantha Novick, Communications and Outreach Specialist, Office of Civilian-Military Cooperation</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[American values]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Army]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Civilian Military Cooperation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fletcher School]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foreign Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Institute for Foreign Policy Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[military]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Navy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[special operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USSOCOM]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At a recent national security conference, USAID participated in a discussion on the growing role of special operations forces (SOF) in twenty-first-century security. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21894">Read more >></a> ]]></description>
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		<title>Accounting for Tomorrow: Partnerships for a Better World</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/devex-partnerships-for-a-better-world/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/devex-partnerships-for-a-better-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ricardo Michel, Deputy Director, Office of Innovation and Development Alliances</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Global Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Devex Impact]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Entrepreneurship Congress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Public Private Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social responsibility]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21886</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Devex Impact enables partnership builders to connect with peers across industries and disciplines to build the partnerships of tomorrow. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21886">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>SPRING to Better Nutrition Across the Globe</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/better-nutrition-across-the-globe/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/better-nutrition-across-the-globe/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:39:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Pomeroy, SPRING Project</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Youth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[1000days]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GH Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maternal Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Non-communicable diseases]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Partnerships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undernutrition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21878</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Maternal undernutrition is correlated with the risk of developing nutrition related non-communicable diseases later in life. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21878">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Behind the Scenes: Interview with Dr. Ariel Pablos-Méndez on Global Nutrition</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/behind-the-scenes-interview-on-global-nutrition/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/behind-the-scenes-interview-on-global-nutrition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 20:05:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Impact Blog Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[A Promise Renewed]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child survival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child Survival Call to Action]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feed the Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GH Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lancet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[President Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scaling up nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[undernutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UNICEF]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this edition of our “Behind the Scenes” Interview Blog Series, we chat with Ariel Pablos-Mendez on USAID’s work to improve global nutrition and the progress we’ve made. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21873">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Having the Right Tools at the Right Time to Meet Food Assistance Needs</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/tools-to-meet-food-assistance-needs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/tools-to-meet-food-assistance-needs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 18:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Food for Peace staff</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Humanitarian Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[USAID]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aleppo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[crisis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disaster Response]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emergency Food Security Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Aid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food aid reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food for Peace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horn of Africa]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[humanitarian assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International Disaster Assistance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Syria]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Turkey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[WFP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Food Program]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Using resources available under its Emergency Food Security Program, USAID strives to respond to crises to best meet the needs of vulnerable populations. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21867">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Keeping Global Nutrition on the Table</title>
		<link>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/keeping-global-nutrition-on-the-table/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.usaid.gov/2013/06/keeping-global-nutrition-on-the-table/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer Barbour, Mom Bloggers for Social Good</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Feed the Future]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food insecurity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[GH Matters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hunger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An initiative like the U.S. Government’s Feed the Future, led by USAID, is leading the way by showing how nutrition, poverty and food insecurity are all related. <a href="http://blog.usaid.gov/?p=21857">Read more >></a>]]></description>
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