By Sherine Jayawickrama After a complex, year-long, inter-agency process, President Obama announced yesterday the adoption of the first ever U.S. global development policy.   If you have not been following the ins and outs of this process, you may be surprised to hear that the United States has never before had a global development policy!  But, yes, [...]

By Sherine Jayawickrama On April 21, a panel on Seizing Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Aid Effectiveness brought NGO and U.S. government perspectives together in a lively exchange (video below and blog post follows).  Professor Nicholas Burns, from the Harvard Kennedy School, moderated the panel.  Panelists were: Steve Feldstein, Professional Staff Member, Senate Foreign Relations Committee, U.S. [...]

The Humanitarian & Development NGOs domain of practice at the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations is pleased to host a panel on Seizing Opportunities to Enhance U.S. Aid Effectiveness: The State of Play and Ways Forward. Wednesday, April 21, 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm Weil Town Hall (Belfer L-1), Harvard Kennedy School, 79 John F. [...]

By Jonathan Scanlon I enjoyed reading Sherine Jayawickrama’s post on NGO advocacy at the G-20 a couple of weeks ago.  Her comments point to something that Oxfam America calls “smart development,” which is a key part of our current advocacy work on U.S. government development policy.  We believe that effective foreign aid can make a [...]

On October 14 at 4 pm, the Humanitarian & Development NGOs Domain of the Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations will host a panel on The Obama Administration’s Global Development Policy: Enhancing Coherence and Effectiveness.  The event is open to the public and will be held at Weil Town Hall in the Belfer Building at the [...]