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Educate Girls, Develop Nations

Posted by  on Thursday, April 18th 2013     
A young female student in Alma Village, southern Ethiopia. Photo credit: Susan Liebold

Education is a silver bullet for empowering women and girls worldwide. Read more >>

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Global Dialogue on Rights to Land, Resources Advancing Rapidly

Posted by  on Thursday, April 4th 2013     
Two women in the village of Abeye, Ethiopia obtained land certificates through a USAID program. By establishing rights to the land they occupy, they were able to make investments to increase their food production. Photo by Anthony Piaskowy,USAID

Property rights are central and vitally important to global development. Read more >>

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Interagency Panel on Economic Statecraft to Create Competitive Foreign Markets

Posted by  on Thursday, December 20th 2012     
Eric Postel speaks at the Economic Statecraft panel. Photo Credit: Pat Adams, USAID.

Last Monday, December 10, I had the opportunity to speak at an interagency panel on the topic of Economic Statecraft and Developing Partnerships with the Private Sector. Read more >>

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Leading the Way in Enterprise Development

Posted by  on Saturday, November 24th 2012     
Svetkul Akmatova (center, in the traditional blue Kyrgyz jacket) and members of her organization, Altyn Kol Women's Handicraft Cooperative, busily prepare wool for their handmade carpets. Photo Credit: B. Jakypova, American Council for International Education

Small Business Saturday, a day dedicated to supporting U.S. small businesses, is a good opportunity to highlight the importance of women-owned and managed small businesses around the world. Read more >>

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Equal Futures Partnership Advances Global Women’s Opportunities

Posted by  on Monday, September 24th 2012     

I am excited to have just returned from the kick-off of the Equal Futures Partnership to expand women’s opportunities around the world. The event was held in New York City and part of a number of events USAID is participating in during the United Nations General Assembly this week.

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Rising Out of Poverty

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 8th 2012     

Good news for developing countries: In February, the World Bank released its most recent figures on global poverty and showed stunning progress in the number of people living in extreme poverty (less than $1.25 per day) around the world.  Since 1981 the global poverty headcount ratio (the percentage of the world’s population living in extreme [...]

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Let’s Make it Learning for All, Not Just Schooling for All

Posted by  on Tuesday, May 3rd 2011     

Cross-posted from the World Bank. Submitted by Elizabeth King, Director of Education for the World Bank. Elizabeth blogs on Education for Global Development, at blogs.worldbank.org/education. What a thrill I had this past Friday listening to (windows media) our World Bank President Bob Zoellick launch the Bank Group’s new Education Strategy 2020: Learning for All (pdf, [...]

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U.S. and World Bank Strengthen Water Partnership on World Water Day

Posted by  on Thursday, March 24th 2011     

By: Christian Holmes, USAID’s Global Water Coordinator On March 22nd, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and World Bank president Robert Zoellick signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) committing to a stronger partnership on water issues.  The agreement, signed at a World Bank ceremony on World Water Day, will bring the U.S. government and World Bank [...]

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