by Tony Pipa
Over 2,000 pages, 500 contributors, and 20 reports: The Center for U.S. Global Engagement recently released a “report of reports” summarizing the various calls to elevate global development in U.S. foreign policy and …

I’ve been silent on the blog for a few weeks due to paternity leave.
In my absence, events continued to raise questions about the capability of the U.S. disaster response system. There were criticisms of the …

As Hurricane Gustav approached this weekend, the president and both would-be presidents engaged in a bit of fund raising, mostly for the American Red Cross (ARC).  Barack Obama directly asked all those in his fund …

While working through a backlog of reading I came across this post by Lucy Bernholz* on Philanthropy 2173, in which she characterizes “foreign aid” as “international philanthropy” while referencing Reinventing Foreign Aid, a new volume …

One thing about taking in more money and becoming responsible for a larger share of international development assistance: you get noticed.
Foreign policy experts have begun to include NGOs in their analysis.  First comes a mention …

Recently the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, in partnership with the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, hosted a seminar exploring the extent to which international NGOs are influencing world politics.  
As part of the panel, …