Changing Poverty, Changing Policies (Institute for Research on Poverty Series on Poverty and Public Policy)
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Earlier this month, I attended the First Annual No Limits Public Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. No Limits, a non-profit issues-based, education foundation uses new technology and social networking to encourage an exchange of ideas on a range of domestic and international policy challenges. Secretary Hillary Clinton gave the keynote address and spoke passionately about [...]
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UNICEF USA’s Fieldnotes Blog has a great report from a rural health clinic in Zambia– specifically post-natal and prevention of mother-to-child treatment (PMTCT) care. The whole piece is worth a read. Excerpts below: Rolina is HIV positive and is enrolled in the clinic’s PMTCT program. She and her husband Terrance married in 2002 and they have [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Momentarily Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) will receive the 2009 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award from President Obama. WOZA serves to provide women in Zimbabwe an opportunity and forum to stand up for their rights and freedoms. Back in April, I and some other ONE staffers got a [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Washington Post has an interesting profile of the planned construction of an enormous wind farm in Kenya’s Chalbi Desert. The hope is that the project will help boost energy supplies in the region. Excerpts below, full piece here Kenya is one of the continent’s greenest countries, with nearly three-quarters of its power coming from hydroelectric [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
We’ve written before on the ONE Blog about TOMS Shoes, so I thought readers might be interested in this great editorial that founder Blake Mycoskie has in the Huffington Post. He talks at length about the mission behind TOMS Shoes, and how he ended up where he is today. Excerpts below, full piece here The first [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
As part of the Living Proof Project, the Gates Foundation recently cut this great video highlighting some of the great successes in global health over the years. Check it out, and pass it on:
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Mercy Corps recently commemorated their 30th anniversary and founder Dan O’Neill has a great piece on the circumstances that led to the organization’s inception. Excerpt below, full post here A friend recently shook my hand vigorously saying, “Congratulations on celebrating Mercy Corps’ 30th anniversary!” I thanked him and went on to say that I would phrase his [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
On November 11, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria wrapped up its 20th Board meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Dr. Michel Kazatchkine, Executive Director of the Global Fund, reviewed the progress of the Global Fund, noting that it has disbursed $8.8 billion to more than 620 grants in 138 countries. [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
AllAfrica.com: Experts Seek Inclusion of Agriculture in Climate Talks More than 60 prominent agricultural scientists and leaders have decried the almost total absence of agriculture in the climate talks, warning that the climate deal to be reached next month could lead to widespread famine and food shortages in the years ahead. Signatories of a statement issued [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | yesterday
Last Thursday, Congressman Jim McDermott (D-WA) introduced the New Partnership for Trade Development Act (H.R.4101), which extends duty-free access to the US market to all least developing countries (LDCs). Sub-Saharan African countries have been expressing concerns that they would be disadvantaged if preferences are extended to other LDCs – they have argued their apparel sectors [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
Over 400 representatives from ministries of health, donor countries, civil society and the global vaccine industry gathered in Hanoi, Vietnam this week for the GAVI Alliance’s Partnership Forum. GAVI (formerly the Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunizations) will celebrate its 10th Anniversary in 2010, making this month a good time to take stock of progress [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Investing in infrastructure is essential for the development and growth of a society. For example, by connecting farmers with local and regional markets, and providing access to school and health care facilities, infrastructure enables communities to prosper. However, a recent World Bank report, Africa’s Infrastructure: a Time for Transformation revealed that although Africa has made [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
Yesterday the US Senate confirmed Daniel W. Yohannes to be the new CEO of the Millennium Challenge Corporation. During his confirmation, Yohannes stated his confidence that “MCC’s anti-poverty partnerships worldwide will generate sustainable economic growth and opportunity.” You can read the MCC’s statement here.
ONE (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
We’ve just wrapped up ONE’s Next Top T-shirt Challenge and are very excited about the winning design submitted by ONE member Valerie Strecker. We hope these T-shirts can play a part in spreading the word about ONE and the great work ONE members are doing to fight poverty and disease. A few of you have asked [...]
ONE (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
The US Ambassador to Cape Verde, Marianne M. Myles, has a piece in the Providence Journal reporting on the many positives coming out of the country. She attributes this to country’s willingness to “put policies and programs in place that deliver for its people and their prosperity” and practicing “good governance with a stable [...]
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