International Women’s Day 2015

March 8, 2015

When Charito Kruvant and three other women founded Creative in 1977, they knew women could be part of positive change no matter what country they lived in. On International Women’s Day 2015, Charito talks about how Creative has never given up on its quest to empower women as active participants in their schools, communities and economies. ...
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How Not to Measure Fragility

February 24, 2015

It must have once seemed self-evident: that a poor state could not be strong and stable, and conversely, that middle-income states were less likely to crumble. Using this reasoning, the World Bank pegged its classification of fragile states in part to income, and let its assistance approaches for these troubled areas follow suit....
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U.S. Senators visit Outreach Center that United a Community

February 19, 2015

Senators John Cornyn, R-TX, and Tim Kaine, D-VA, joined U.S. Ambassador to Honduras James Nealon and the USAID Mission Director James Watson on a visit to the Suyapa, Chamelecón Outreach Center in San Pedro Sula—a place that has emerged from violence to unite a community. ...
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