The Three Ds of Hillary Clinton
Photo: state.gov On January 6, 2010, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton delivered an illuminating speech at the Center for Global Development (CGD) that spelled out her main policy prescriptions for...
View ArticleClinton’s Philanthropic Summit for Global Prosperity
In addition to rounding up cash for investment ($57 billion of it to development projects over the last five years), the Clinton Global Initiative can also round up people (more than 1,300 of them) to...
View ArticleUSAID’s Response to Egypt
Photograph from New York Times After Hillary Clinton’s round of interviews on Sunday answering media questions on the sociopolitical unrest arising in Egypt, many rebuttals erupted in the blogosphere...
View ArticleGlobalization: the Bad and the Good
Land grabbing in Ethiopia Last week during her visit to Lusaka, Zambia, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton warned of a lurking “new colonialism” from foreign investors and governments who are...
View ArticleBinding up old Wounds in Laos
Hillary Clinton’s visit to Laos last week was a historic event: for the first time in over five decades, a Secretary of State visited the communist nation in Southeast Asia. While in the country,...
View ArticleCould It Be that Both Parties Agree on Foreign Aid?
At the 2012 Clinton Global Initiative held in New York City, Secretary Hillary Clinton pointed out the changes in the developing world and the rise of private financial flows. Similarly, the next day...
View ArticleGrowing Generosity: What Governments Can Do
In last week’s blog, I quoted both Governor Romney and Secretary Clinton on their visions for foreign aid. Both are recognizing how private financial flows – philanthropy, investment and remittances –...
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