EARLY GRADE READING: Sticky Situations and Surefire Solutions
November 28, 2012
EARLY GRADE READING: Sticky Situations and Surefire Solutions USAID is working to produce meaningful, measurable improvement in student reading for the largest possible number of children. Many primary school children in low income countries cannot read at grade level, and... Read MoreOpinion: All I want for Christmas is…
By Op-Ed Contributor
November 9, 2012 | 0 comments
Now that the Presidential election has been decided with the reelection of President Obama, and both houses of Congress support foreign assistance—even when they say they do not—the second term offers the opportunity for turning the page on how foreign aid is formulated and delivered effectively. ...Read More
USAID Launches New Youth in Development Policy!
By Magdalena Fulton
November 9, 2012 | 0 comments
Building on USAID's decades of experience working with young people, this policy provides guidance on pursuing smarter, more innovative, and more cost effective approaches to empowering youth to contribute to and benefit from their countries’ development efforts....Read More
Securing the Arab Spring’s Elections
By Patrick W. Quirk
October 10, 2012 | 0 comments
Over the last year in what has been termed the “Arab Spring,” the collapse of long-standing regimes in countries such as Tunisia, Egypt and Libya has created space for political contestation that citizens in these countries had never before experienced...Read More
Libyans Unite Against Breast Cancer
By Elisabeth Bond
October 4, 2012 | 0 comments
For the first time since their 2011 revolution, Libyans took to the streets to celebrate something other than their newly-found political liberty....Read More