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FrontLines: The End of Extreme Poverty

Posted by Angela Rucker, FrontLines on Wednesday, April 2nd 2014

FrontLines March/April 2014: The End of Extreme Poverty

Read the latest edition of USAID’s FrontLines to learn about the Agency’s plans for eliminating extreme poverty within the next two decades.

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Registering for Democracy in Yemen

Posted by Elisabeth Kvitashvili, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Middle East on Thursday, March 20th 2014

During her recent visit, USAID DAA Elisabeth Kvitashvili practices registering with Yemen's new biometric voter registration system. Photo credit: USAID

Yemen is poised to launch a high-tech Biometric Voter Registry (BVR) system representing a significant step forward in the development of a credible voter registry in that country.

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Maintaining Women’s Potential in Yemen

Posted by Elisabeth Kvitashvili, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Middle East on Tuesday, March 18th 2014

Deputy Assistant Administrator Elisabeth Kvitashvili in Yemen

“The women of Yemen should never again be relegated as second class citizens.”-Attendee of the New Voices of Yemen Dinner, March 3, 2014 This was the heart of the messaging from the New Voices of Yemen: Women Leaders Dinner I attended on my second evening in the country’s capital, Sana’a. These women, a far larger […]

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Cooking With Green Charcoal Helps to Reduce Deforestation in Haiti

Posted by Anna-Maija Mattila Litvak on Thursday, March 13th 2014

An organization in northern Haiti is promoting a cooking fuel made from agricultural waste that can save trees, help farmers increase their yields and generate additional income.

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Bringing Hope to Women in Sri Lanka’s Former Conflict Zones

Posted by Passanna Gunasekera, USAID/Sri Lanka on Wednesday, March 12th 2014

Like most places that have experienced conflict throughout the world, women were deeply affected by Sri Lanka’s 26-year conflict. Several USAID initiatives continue to support these women by integrating them into society and bringing normalcy back into their lives.

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The Power of Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys (HCES) to Inform Evidence-Based Nutrition Interventions and Policies

Posted by Celeste Sununtnasuk, SPRING Senior Research Assistant, International Food Policy Research Institute Jack Fiedler, SPRING Nutrition Economist, International Food Policy Research Institute on Wednesday, March 5th 2014

Conducting Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys (HCES)

Understanding food consumption patterns and nutrient intakes is essential for informing evidence-based food and nutrition policies. The international food and nutrition community, however, faces a lack of accurate and reliable data.

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Human-Centered Design and the Last Mile

Posted by Robert Fabricant, David Milestone, and Claire Qureshi on Wednesday, March 5th 2014

Community health worker (CHW) programs throughout the world struggle from limited resources and sub-optimal design, often devolving from a national strategy into a patchwork of nonprofit programs and activity. Why is this?

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No Birth Should Be Left Up To Chance

Posted by Carolyn Miles, President and CEO, Save the Children on Tuesday, February 25th 2014

As new research released today by Save the Children reveals, 40 million women give birth without any trained help whatsoever. What’s more, two million women give birth entirely alone.

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Haiti’s Recovery Won’t Happen Overnight

Posted by John Groarke, USAID/Haiti Mission Director on Friday, January 10th 2014

A row of damaged houses and buildings in the Cité Soleil neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Four years after the disaster, almost 75 percent of earthquake rubble has been removed and 89 percent of the 1.5 million displaced population have left camps for alternative housing options.

As Haiti leaves behind the era of post-earthquake relief and focuses now on longer-term development, USAID is striving to build the capacity of local organizations to lead and manage development initiatives.

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