USAID Just Released Its “Journey to Self Reliance” Indicators. What Comes Next?
Last week, CGD hosted the US Agency for International Development (USAID) for the first public presentation of the agency’s new “Journey to Self-Reliance” metrics. Launched by USAID Administrator Mark...
View ArticleAnother Step Closer to a New and Improved US Development Finance Institution
The United States needs a bigger and better development finance institution. The Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) is an overperforming federal agency, but is currently far too small and...
View ArticleAs USAID Thinks about Procurement and Program Design, It Should Keep Evidence...
In April, USAID/Ukraine released an RFP requesting bids to implement a community-driven development (CDD) project with the goals of creating greater acceptance of shared culture and increasing...
View ArticleThe BUILD Act is #EnergyGoals
The bill, which would create a modernized US development finance institution, just passed the House. Todd Moss explains how the new agency could help the US step up energy investments.Blog: US...
View ArticlePEPFAR’s New Targets for Local Implementation: Commendable in Theory,...
In July, United States Global AIDS Coordinator Deborah Birx made a striking commitment: under her leadership, the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) would direct at least 40 percent of...
View ArticleFearing Marxism in Chinese Financing
The Trump administration is worried about the role of Chinese finance in spreading Marxism around the developing world. But it’s Chico Marx, not Karl, that they should be focused on. Blog: US...
View ArticleMore Results for the Money: Cash Benchmarking at USAID
Today, USAID took a big step forward on a new effort that could make a real difference to the agency’s impact and cost-effectiveness.Blog: US Development PolicyAuthor(s): Sarah RoseAmanda Glassman
View ArticleMCC Needs its Own Senate-Confirmed CEO
The White House nominated Sean Cairncross to fill the CEO role in January, and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee gave him the green light in March—but since then his nomination appears to have...
View ArticleBoom: A New US Development Finance Corporation!
In the biggest step forward in US development policy since the creation of the Millennium Challenge Corporation and PEPFAR, Congress approved legislation to establish a new, modernized US development...
View ArticleUSAID’s Country Roadmaps are a Small, Early Step on the Journey to Self-Reliance
Last week, the agency came out with its first major, visible Journey to Self-Reliance product—a series of country “roadmaps” that use 17 indicators to plot low- and middle-income countries’...
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