Stories from the Field
The following stories show how U.S. foreign assistance works—and how it could work even more effectively.
Each story highlights a key principle for reforming U.S. foreign assistance.
Your Offering of Letters can help make these principles a part of U.S. foreign policy.
Recent News on U.S. Foreign Assistance
Jan 28 Secretary of State Hilary Clinton addressed high-level officials from 126 countries at the Madrid Conference this week. Clinton stressed the need "to better coordinate policies to achieve the Millennium Development Goals agreed to in 2000."
"Alleviating hunger worldwide is a top priority of this Administration.... Food insecurity and high food prices pose a threat to the prosperity and security in many developing countries.
Millions may be pushed into poverty, jeopardizing the achievement of the Millennium Development Goal to cut hunger and poverty in half by 2015. Full story text | Clinton »
Analysis by Bread for the World Institute
Hunger 2009 | Global Development: Charting a New Course analyzes the inefficiencies in the current structure of U.S. foreign assistance. The report, published by Bread for the World Institute, maps out a series of reforms to elevate development as a foreign policy priority.
Hunger and poverty, climate change and environmental degradation, peace and security, sustainable energy: these are interconnected global challenges that require comprehensive global solutions. Elevating development as a foreign policy priority would be a vital step forward for the U.S. in responding more effectively to global poverty.
The Institute provides policy analysis on hunger and strategies to end it.
Bread for the World | Have Faith. End Hunger.
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