Kanjeer, Pakistan – Bakhtawar was a good student in the fifth grade at a small school located in a Southern Pakistan village. She enjoyed learning, laughing with her friends, and spending time with her family. But one evening, as she sat nervously in a chair beside her parents at the local meeting hall, she knew […]
Archives for 2010
USAID Wins Again!
submitted by LaToya Butler Dr. Rajiv Shah, our Administrator, has just accepted the Combined Federal Campaign’s Annual Summit Award on behalf of the agency for the second consecutive year. The CFC coordinates fund-raising efforts of various charitable organizations so that federal donors will have the opportunity to make charitable contributions through payroll deduction. This year’s campaign: […]
Stories of economic growth in Africa
Economic growth is critical to reducing poverty and building a better future. The African Growth and Opportunity Act was signed into law 10 years ago to support free markets and growing economies throughout Africa, and USAID has been building on AGOA by supporting entrepreneurs, promoting exports, and creating trade networks. And the results have been […]
U.S.-Russia Cooperation on International Disaster Response
On Friday, May 28th, FEMA Deputy Administrator Timothy Manning and I signed a work plan with the Russian government to expand bilateral cooperation through 2012 on responding to international disasters and humanitarian crises. The signing in Moscow concluded the annual meeting of the U.S.-Russia Joint Committee for Emergency Management and Disaster Response. This committee was […]
USAID – The Week Ahead
June 2: Administrator Shah will be the keynote speaker at the Interaction Forum 2010, which is being held at the Washington Convention Center. Several other USAID officials will speak on topics such as food security and the response to the Haiti earthquake. June 3: Administrator Shah will give brief remarks at the U.S.-India Strategic Dialogue […]
Lancet Series Puts Spotlight on Global Tuberculosis Efforts
On May 19th, ‘The Lancet’ released a special series on tuberculosis, which includes a series of papers and comments highlighting the need for new tools, the threat posed by drug-resistant strains, results of current control efforts and other issues about TB worldwide http://www.thelancet.com/series/tuberculosis. While treatment strategies saved six million lives and 36 million cases of […]
Russians are Committed to Improving Energy Efficiency and Protecting their Environment
by Jonathan Hale Energy and environmental issues have been a key focus of my visit to Russia this week. I had the great opportunity to meet with officials at the Ministry of Energy, which is responsible for improving energy efficiency in Russia, as well as with civic leaders from environmental groups and the Institute for […]
Check out the latest edition of Frontlines
Check out the latest edition of USAID’s premier publication, FrontLines for these stories: Climate change is prompting developing countries to take action and USAID experts are backing several of those efforts An international sting operation that led to the arrest of ivory traffickers selling elephant tusks on the internet is hailed as a major victory […]
A Postcard from Dhaka
USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah’s visit to Bangladesh. USAID Administrator, Dr. Rajiv Shah, visited Bangladesh May 25-26th to participate in the opening of the Bangladesh Food Security Investment Forum, hosted by the Government of Bangladesh and launched by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. During his visit, he met with bilateral and multilateral development partners from the UN, […]
USAID Helps Serbia Go Hollywood
This post was submitted by David Kahrmann, USAID’s Development Outreach Communications officer in Belgrade, Serbia. Film production putting Serbia on the map “For all the right reasons” Serbia is back. After years of being off the beaten path, the rest of the world is waking up to the fact that Serbia is a pretty hip […]
