By: Mori Taheripour is Senior Advisor, Sport for Development at USAID For diaspora communities across the globe, sport continues to be an integral connection to their native countries. Sport is tightly woven into the lives and cultures of people globally and has an inherent and unique ability to connect people and provides the ability to [...]
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Working with Diaspora Communities to Deliver Meaningful Results
On Tuesday, I spoke at the Global Diaspora Forum, a gathering at the State Department that brought together representatives from diaspora communities around the world, from Haiti to Tanzania. I had the opportunity to talk about ways USAID is rebuilding our engagement with diaspora—in areas like philanthropy, entrepreneurship, and volunteerism—under the framework of the Diaspora [...]
Partnering with Diaspora Groups for Asia’s Development
Nisha Desai Biswal is Assistant Administrator for the Asia Bureau Asia is a dynamic region experiencing impressive but uneven growth while still grappling with the challenges of improved governance and sustainability. It is a region of opportunity and innovation where governments, civil society, and the private sector are increasingly partnering with international donors to tackle [...]
Learn about the Upcoming Global Diaspora Forum
Kris M. Balderston, Special Representative for Global Partnerships at the Global Partnership Initiative within the Office of the Secretary of State, discusses the upcoming Global Diaspora Forum, whose goal is to recognize and celebrate the contribution of Diaspora communities to America’s relationship with their countries of origin or ancestry; foster Diaspora-centric partnership models; and encourage [...]
Across Asia, Reaching out a Hand in Support of Development
Crossposted from the White House Blog In 1954, South Korea was still reeling from the devastation of the Korean War. Its economy was poorer than 2/3 of the countries in sub-Saharan Africa and its people had an average life expectancy of 54 years. In that same year, the International Cooperation Association—USAID’s precursor—developed a partnership between [...]
State Department to Host India Diaspora Conference
U.S.-India People to People Conference: Building the Foundation for a Strong Partnership
As featured in Dipnote By Mitul Desai, Senior Advisor for Outreach for South and Central Asian Affairs. Tomorrow, the Department of State will host the U.S.-India People to People (P2P) Conference. Ahead of President Obama’s visit to India, this event will highlight the crucial role of Indian-Americans in the U.S.-India relationship. Secretary Clinton has been [...]
From the Field
In Ghana, media will cover Phase One of the Integrated Coastal and Fisheries Governance (ICFG) program. The ICFG Program is a four-year program seeking to pilot strategies and actions to sustainably manage resources in the fishing sector, in relation to food security and the Feed the Future initiative in six coastal districts of the Western [...]
4 People Who Can Change Ghana
submitted by Amanda Parsons Henry Adobor Aceritas will start raising Boer goats for the local market. Tenu Awoonor is going to build Student Card Limited, a company designed to provide cashless payments for school fees and student lunches with the use of a multifunctional identification card. Paul Ansah’s ANSA Systems Limited will work to provide [...]
