Little Rock Dr. Rajiv Shah, head of the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID), long the most visible face of “soft” power for the US around the world happened to be speaking at the Clinton School of Public Service, so I stopped by on my route from KABF. He was effusive in his praise …
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Learning Little from Indonesian Reconstruction
Quepos Five years ago the tsunami hit south Asia as bringing a terrible tragedy killing more than 225,000 people in more than a dozen countries. Banda Aceh in Indonesia was at the epicenter with almost 170,000 of the total estimated deaths. I have often spoken about our partner, the Urban Poor Consortium, and the work …
Why Not Paul Farmer at US-AID
New Orleans After endless delays and speculation the Administration announced that Dr. Rajiv Shah, currently an Department of Agriculture official and formerly an executive with the Gates Foundation, would become the head of the United States Agency for International Development (US-AID) last week. From all reports he sounds like a competent administrator and a first …