Topic: U.S. Agency for International Development
Top galleries, list articles, quizzes
-
4 ways to prevent natural disasters from becoming human tragedies
The catastrophic impact of climate change – especially on the developing world – is not inevitable. Here are four cutting-edge tools to anticipate and minimize the damage from natural disasters.
-
US aid in Pakistan: Where's the money going?
-
In Pictures: Obama in Latin America
-
Japan earthquake: 5 ways the international community is helping
-
Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 03/03
All Content
-
Bolivia's Evo Morales says 'adiós' to USAID
Morales has made other important policy announcements on May Day in the past, like nationalizing Bolivia's oil and gas industry. This is not the first time tensions have run high with the US.
-
Difference Maker
Paul Giniès turned a failing African university into a world-class problem-solverToday 2iE is recognized as a 'center of excellence' producing top-notch home-grown African engineers ready to address the continent's problems.
-
Backchannels With aid to Afghanistan, past performance is a predictor of future returns
A lot of aid to Afghanistan has been squandered. The latest project indicates that the US still doesn't seem to understand the country's basic needs.
-
With Chávez gone, what do his young opponents want now? (+video)
A vibrant youth movement played a major role in Venezuela's beleaguered opposition during the rule of Hugo Chávez.
-
Opinion: Advice for Secretary Kerry on International Women's Day
As he marks his first International Women's Day as America's secretary of State, here are three areas where John Kerry can advance Hillary Rodham Clinton's work over the past four years on behalf of women and girls.
-
USAID to put $300 million into women's rights in Afghanistan
Can aid agencies and other foreign actors, even with $300 million, truly influence attitudes in a society that has so long treated women as second-class citizens?
-
Global News Blog Attack highlights how a corner of Afghanistan is falling apart
The ambush and killing of 16 Afghan soldiers last weekend is one of the worst setbacks for the country's military in years.
-
Ethiopia makes help difficult for world donors advocating civil society, rights
A well-known German foundation decamps from Ethiopia. Other long-time donors find new official agency and law restrictive and confusing.
-
Syrians are receiving US aid - they just don't know it
The widespread perception among Syrians that the US has abandoned them is untrue, but US aid is rarely branded as such and it is still far short of what is needed.
-
A Cuba beyond the Castros? (+video)
News from Cuba this week that Raul Castro will step down in 2018 is offering fodder for critics of US policy towards Cuba who say Washington is stuck in the Cold War.
-
Anti-drug pact latest casualty of souring US-Russia relations
Russian experts say the downturn is a result of Putin's determination to do away with international pacts that he sees as demeaning or forcing Russia into a 'junior partner' role.
-
Opinion: Lessons from Rwanda: Talking about genocide in church
From my time in Rwanda, I saw that people don't like to talk about the genocide in their recent past. Then I heard a church sermon there whose universal message of 'life after mass death' seemed perfectly fitted for a country full of one-time perpetrators and families of the murdered.
-
France gets deeper in Mali war: Are they ready? (+video)
The recent rebel capture of the village of Diabaly renewed concerns that French air power in tandem with Malian ground forces would not be enough. Now French troops are headed north.
-
Opinion: Obama must remind Vladimir Putin of human rights, religious freedom concerns
Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has passed a succession of anti-human rights laws curtailing freedom of expression, association, and assembly. Parliament might even pass a proposed blasphemy law that clearly would violate religious freedom. President Obama must speak out.
-
Latin America Monitor Would the US free the 'Cuban Five' in exchange for Alan Gross?
Three years ago, Alan Gross was arrested and found guilty of crimes against the 'sovereignty and territorial integrity' of Cuba. Now, he wants the US and Cuba to sit down together and negotiate his release.
-
What has the US already tried in Mali?
The US and the international community are debating how to intervene in war-torn Mali. But over the past decade, the US has already been heavily involved.
-
Obama's visit to Myanmar marks 'new chapter' in US-Myanmar relations
As Myanmar tiptoes toward democracy, Obama - the first US president to visit the former pariah state - denied he was endorsing the government amid criticism that his visit came too soon.
-
Focus
How water could bring Israelis, Palestinians togetherA sole joint committee between Israelis and Palestinians survives 17 years after the Oslo Accords: the one on water.
-
In Election Day Olympics, US gets an F from the Russian judge
In what may be tit-for-tat recriminations for US expressions of concern regarding Russian democracy, the Russian elections chief ranks the US election system 'the worst in the world.'
-
Progress Watch
Neither heat nor gloom ... Afghan post office deliversAs the Afghan government struggles to develop, the post office has quietly managed to become one of the nation's most efficient institutions - and with extremely limited international assistance.
-
US outspends Islamabad on flood relief in Pakistan
But instead of helping repair US-Pakistan relations, the flood aid looks as if it is feeding into old patterns of distrust between the two countries.
-
Change Agent Search for Common Ground uses TV soaps to promote peace
Now in its 30th year Search for Common Ground uses a variety of methods, including TV soap operas, to build peace and avoid conflict in 30 countries around the world.
-
Kremlin to pull out of Russia-US nuke lockdown program
Russia's plan to end the Nunn-Lugar program, in which the US aided Russia in handling post-Soviet weaponry, is just part of Russia's shifting policy regarding international cooperation.
-
Focus
Vladimir Putin 2.0: A harder, eastward-looking presidencyVladimir Putin, once again in the Kremlin's top post, faces a far more divided Russia than he did during his first stint, and he's taking a more authoritarian line to match.
-
For Libyans, Amb. Stevens was simply 'Chris'
US Ambassador to Libya Christopher Stevens, who was killed last month, made a rare and powerful difference as a US diplomat through his accessibility to Libyans.
Become part of the Monitor community