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United States Agency For International Development

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Type: Organization

Name: United States Agency For International Development

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 2 reports

Rajiv Shah

U.S. making progress on fighting global hunger

Even as a growing number of global efforts and partnerships to curb hunger around the world show signs of working, the U.S. government and agri-business giants on Tuesday pushed for even more changes and collaborations to speed up the progress being ... [Published Des Moines Register - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Rajiv Shah, United States, DuPont (Washington, United States), Chicago Council on Global Affairs

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 2 reports

QUALCOMM Inc

USAID and Qualcomm Announce Collaboration to Combat Development Challenges

For Immediate ReleaseWASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and Qualcomm, Inc. today announced a global commitment to expand their collaboration to improve access to technology to further economic and social development ... [Published US Aid - 7 hours ago]

Entities: United States Agency For International Development, QUALCOMM Inc, collaboration, Nathan Fletcher, Wireless Access

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

United States Agency For International Development

U.S. Strategy on Water, Development a “Major Advance”

Aid, Development & Aid, Environment, Food & Agriculture, Headlines, Health, North America, Poverty & MDGs, Water & Sanitation, WorldWASHINGTON, May 22 2013 (IPS) - U.S. officials Tuesday formally unveiled the government’s first comprehensive strategy ... [Published Inter Press Service - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Sanitation, United States Agency For International Development, United States

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated 12 hours ago - 3 reports

Ambassador Sapiro Speaks at Launch of New U.S.-Tunisian Small Business Program

By Christina Sevilla, Deputy Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Small Business, Market Access and Industrial CompetitivenessOn Monday, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro delivered remarks at the official launch of a U.S.-Tunisia Small ... [Published USTR - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Tunisia, Small & Medium Enterprises, United States, United States Agency For International Development, Alina Romanowski

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Mercy Corps

USAID and Skoll Foundation announce joint investment in Imazon April 12, 2013

Initiative will expand successful monitoring and management system to combat deforestation in the Brazilian AmazonWashington, D.C. - The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) announced today the first breakthrough social enterprise to be supported ... [Published Mercy Corps - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Skoll Foundation, United States Agency For International Development, Deforestation, Mercy Corps, Invention

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Ministry of Oil to Get Support from USAID

For improving implementations of the investment projects, US Agency for International Development declared providing the support for the Ministry of Oil in investment projects. ... [Published Iraq Updates - Latest News - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Ministry of Oil, United States Agency For International Development, Agency for International Development

First reported 16 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

USAID Video: Water Matters

Nearly 800 million people lack dependable access to clean water and 2.5 billion lack access to improved sanitation, putting billions at risk of disease. Across the globe, USAID is thinking creatively, empowering women, supporting community-led innovations, ... [Published Zunia.org RSS - 16 hours ago]

Entities: United States Agency For International Development, Sanitation, Invention

First reported 21 hours ago - Updated 21 hours ago - 1 reports

USAID changing its role by going strategic: Powell

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is changing its role and is planning to start funding projects in a strategic way, US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell said today. ... [Published Business Standard India - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Nancy Powell, United States Agency For International Development, India

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Report: U.S. Talks Peace, But Aids Incitement

NGO Monitor tells U.S. Congress that while leaders talk peace, American money is being used to fund hate.First Publish: 5/21/2013, 9:06 AMposters calling to boycott IsraelFlash 90American leaders speak of the importance of negotiations between Israel ... [Published Israel National News - May 21 2013]

Entities: United States Government, United States Agency For International Development, HIV/AIDS, US Congress

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Obama pushes $50 million more for Kenya

Strengthening Kenya’s county governments, at cost to U.S. taxpayers of millions of dollars, could spark the redistribution of political power across the African republic, whose national government is viewed as one of the most notoriously corrupt in the ... [Published WorldNetDaily - May 21 2013]

Entities: United States Agency For International Development, Kenya, Statement of Work, Obama Administration, Corruption

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Bolivia and US Discuss Procedure for Exit of USAID

20 de mayo de 2013, 15:11La Paz, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The government of Bolivia and the US Embassy in this South American country will define the procedure for the exit of the US Agency for International Development (Usaid)from Bolivia.That agency was ... [Published Prensa Latina - May 20 2013]

Entities: United States Agency For International Development, Bolivia, Evo Morales (Bolivia), Conspiracy, Philip Goldberg

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 2 reports

Obama Seeks More Funds for Asia-Pacific

Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:10 am Article: US State Department Obama Seeks More Funds for Asia-Pacific By Kathryn McConnell |Staff Writer|17 May 2013 Washington — President Obama has asked Congress to approve $1.2 billion to support diplomatic and ... [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 20 2013]

Entities: Barack Obama, United States, Philippines

Quotes

Go To Market Manager for Tigo Mobile Financial Services, Kwasi Donkor said: "We strongly believe that women are crucial components of our retail agents channel and so we recognize the importance of encouraging them to become part of our business. We are really pleased to be able to offer women nationwide this revenue-generating opportunity and the access to capital and skills training that can make their business fly; it's a great chance for us to give back to the community as our business grows"

Tigo Cash to empower women in business [Published Myjoyonline.com - 46 mins ago]

"For a decade, we have been working with countries in Central and South America that have had similar goals. We expect this partnership to be similarly beneficial for Tunisia as it pursues democratic reform and a strengthened economy" Paredes added

UTSA International Trade Center conducts small-business training in Tunisia [Published University of Texas at San Antonio - 11 hours ago]

(One Afghan, perhaps humorously, commented "I would like the CIA. to know they can start delivering money to the carpet shop my family owns any day this week. But, please, no plastic bags. Kabul is choked with them. The goats eat as many as they can, but still the Kabul River is filled with them, waiting to be washed down to Pakistan, where they have enough problems of their own." )

Peter Van Buren: Review: Doing Bad by Doing Good: Why Humanitarian Action Fails [Published Huffington Post - 12 hours ago]

...As reported by the LasLas Vegas Sun, in making a strong argument for investments in foreign aid, Ridge observed: "Good times or bad there will always be some political resistance to foreign aid: 'Oh my God, we have all these problems here, how can we spend that money overseas?'"

David Weiss: Reducing the Deficit Through Foreign Aid [Published Huffington Post - 13 hours ago]

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Scientific pond management practices to produce... [Published Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha - 22 mins ago]
Tigo Cash to empower women in business [Published Myjoyonline.com - 46 mins ago]
US envoy Storella supports removal of subsidies [Published Zambian Watchdog - 49 mins ago]
Conference in Indonesia highlights how biodiver... [Published Virginia Tech - 1 hour ago]
Abasyn University striving for affordable educa... [Published The News International - 4 hours ago]
Helping disseminate the message of conservation [Published MyRepublica.com - 5 hours ago]
Suhum artisans attend workshop [Published Ghana News Agency - 5 hours ago]
OBITUARIES 5-22-13 [Published Herald News - 6 hours ago]
USAID and Qualcomm Announce Collaboration to Co... [Published US Aid - 7 hours ago]
Afghanistan: Protecting The Children Of Zabul [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 7 hours ago]
El Salvador: USAID/OFDA y Ministerio de Goberna... [Published ReliefWeb - Latest Updates - 8 hours ago]
U.S. Strategy on Water, Development a “Major Ad... [Published Inter Press Service - 8 hours ago]
Landrieu holds child adversity hearing in Congress [Published The Advocate - 8 hours ago]
Qualcomm and USAID expand collaboration [Published U-T San Diego - 10 hours ago]
Obama in Africa: More pageantry? [Published This is Africa - 10 hours ago]
UTSA International Trade Center conducts small-... [Published University of Texas at San Antonio - 11 hours ago]
Peter Van Buren: Review: Doing Bad by Doing Goo... [Published Huffington Post - 12 hours ago]
U.S. making progress on fighting global hunger [Published Des Moines Register - 12 hours ago]
Nairobi university hit by hostels crisis [Published Business Daily Africa - 12 hours ago]
Ties forged run from Myanmar's battlefields to ... [Published Stars and Stripes - 12 hours ago]
Ambassador Sapiro Speaks at Launch of New U.S.-... [Published USTR - 12 hours ago]
Just 10 baht a day can save lives and boost eco... [Published Bangkok Post - 12 hours ago]
Ag committees reject presidents proposal on for... [Published Food Business News - 13 hours ago]
David Weiss: Reducing the Deficit Through Forei... [Published Huffington Post - 13 hours ago]
USAID and Skoll Foundation announce joint inves... [Published Mercy Corps - 14 hours ago]
New building for agricultural and science educa... [Published Tuskegee University - 14 hours ago]
P.V. Obeng calls for spatial planning for coast... [Published Ghana Business News - 14 hours ago]
Ministry of Oil to Get Support from USAID [Published Iraq Updates - Latest News - 14 hours ago]
Uzbek team visits LTCs Ammonia Refrigeration Tr... [Published Access North GA - 15 hours ago]
The G-8 and Africa in Partnership for Global Fo... [Published Ghana News Agency - 15 hours ago]

Blogs

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USAID Video: Water Matters [Published Zunia.org RSS - 16 hours ago] Nearly 800 million people lack dependable access to clean water and 2.5 billion lack access to improved sanitation, putting billions at risk of disease. Across the globe, USAID is thinking creatively, empowering women, supporting community-led innovations, ...
Why Open Data Matters: G-8 and African Nations ... [Published Zunia.org RSS - 23 hours ago] Jimmy Wambua, a social justice worker and young entrepreneur in Nairobi, Kenya, saw a problem. In a country where smallholder farmers grow the food that feeds the Kenyan people, crop yields were not reaching their full potential and growers were not ...
Obama Seeks More Funds for Asia-Pacific [Published MaritimeSecurity.Asia - May 20 2013] Monday, 20 May 2013, 11:10 am Article: US State Department Obama Seeks More Funds for Asia-Pacific By Kathryn McConnell \|Staff Writer\|17 May 2013 Washington — President Obama has asked Congress to approve $1.2 billion to support diplomatic and ...
DoD and Global Health: Time for a Dose of Devel... [Published Global Health Policy - May 20 2013] I recently had the opportunity to participate on a panel hosted by the Kaiser Family Foundation on DoD’s role in global health—check out the webcast and their excellent report , which identifies three major categories of DOD’s work in global health: ...
How burning sticks can boil water, recharge you... [Published Venturebeat - May 20 2013] SAN MATEO, Calif. — Biolite founders Alec Drummond and Jonathan Cedar were working at a design firm in New York when they had the idea to combine a thermoelectric generator with a wood-burning stove.The result: The CampStove , a portable, $130 stove that ...

Audio/Video

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USAID Chief Innovation Officer O'Neill Previews... [Published US Department of State - YouTube Channel - May 06 2013]
Rep. Henry Cuellar & USAID Administrator Rajiv ... [Published Rep. Henry Cuellar - YouTube Channel - Apr 29 2013]
Administrator Shah Testifies on the USAID Budget [Published US Department of State - YouTube Channel - Apr 25 2013]
04.25.13 Sherman Questions USAID Administrator ... [Published Rep. Brad Sherman - YouTube Channel - Apr 25 2013]
Africa's Progress in Growing Healthier Mothers ... [Published ABN Digital - Video - Apr 18 2013]

Press Releases

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Global Health, Development and Business Leaders... [Published Business Wire Corporate Social Responsibility News - May 17 2013]
Global Health, Development and Business Leaders... [Published Business Wire Health News - May 17 2013]
Leaders seek ways to engage Afghan diaspora as ... [Published PR Newswire: Policy & Public Interest - May 15 2013]
USAID Deputy Administrator Steinberg to Lead Wo... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - May 13 2013]
Engility Wins $400 Million Clean Energy IDIQ Co... [Published Business Wire - May 08 2013]