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Video of the Week: Clean Kumasi: Digital Tools to Transform Urban Waste Management

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 21st 2013     
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This video shows the IDEO.org and WSUP teams in action, and the lessons learned from rural community-led total sanitation efforts. Read more >>

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A New Era: Reflections on USAID’s First Public Consultation of a Draft Policy

Posted by  on Thursday, April 11th 2013     
Taken during a United Nations flight, the photo shows one of the many campsites that have sprouted throughout Port-au-Prince, Haiti, since more than 1 million people were left homeless after the Jan. 12, 2010, earthquake. Photo credit: Andrea Sternberg, USAID

Last month USAID distributed for public comment a new policy to help communities provide pro-poor services in the midst of unprecedented urban growth, and received 100 comments. Read more >>

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This Week at USAID – October 4, 2010

Posted by  on Monday, October 4th 2010     

USAID joins the global community in recognition of World Habitat Day. The United Nations has designated the first Monday in October as annual World Habitat Day to raise awareness of the need for improved shelter and highlight the connection between human health and housing.  This year’s Habitat theme is “Better City, Better Life.” Administrator Shah travels [...]

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