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Change and Transformation @USAID: Modernizing Development Assistance

Posted by  on Friday, September 25th 2015     

This is the perfect year for a transformation in the foreign aid business. As world leaders nail down the Global Goals, it is a key moment to underline strategies for progress to ensure the international community permanently modernizes its approach to development.

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A Partnership Connecting Space to Village

Posted by  on Thursday, September 17th 2015     
SERVIR in the field

NASA and USAID have accomplished a lot together. Learn more about how the SERVIR partnership uses satellite images to help people solve local challenges.

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NASA Earth Data Jumpstarts World’s Aspiring Researchers

Posted by  on Tuesday, April 22nd 2014     
Burma’s Inle Lake attracts thousand of tourists each year but its fragile ecosystem is in danger. / Kelly Ramundo, USAID

Question: What do you get when you mix NASA data, USAID’s development expertise, and some of the best young scientific minds the world can offer?

Answer: Some of the most promising ideas to help solve the world’s biggest challenges

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10 Ways the U.S. Government is Fighting Global Climate Change (that you’ve never heard about)

Posted by  on Tuesday, April 22nd 2014     
Photo Credit: Daniel Byers, SkyShip Films 2011

Fighting lake burst in Nepal, using Nasa data to monitor forest cover, building climate smart cities in coastal Asia. Read about these and other ways the U.S. Government is hard at work helping protect our planet and the billions of people who share it.

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