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document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/09/07/igd-leaders-spell-out-the-business-of-effective-development/" title="IGD Leaders Spell Out the ‘Business of Effective Development’"><strong>IGD Leaders Spell Out the ‘Business of Effective Development’</strong><br />');
document.write('\"By moving forward with these three core reforms, the Obama administration has an opportunity to build a global development strategy, based on more strategic engagement with the private sector, that expands economic opportunity abroad, raises standards of living, and brings new hope to the world’s poorest people.\"<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">White House</span> &bull; September 7 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/09/02/celebrating-and-building-on-the-private-generosity-of-americans/" title="Celebrating and Building on the Private Generosity of Americans"><strong>Celebrating and Building on the Private Generosity of Americans</strong><br />');
document.write('In his latest blog post, former Ambassador and Congressman Mark Green talks about why Conservatives need to ensure that our foreign assistance system recognizes, protects and builds on the enormous contributions to development being made by other-than-government sources – especially faith-based institutions.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; September 2 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/31/nation-building-works/" title="Nation Building Works"><strong>Nation Building Works</strong><br />');
document.write('\"The U.S. venture into Iraq was a war, but it was also a nation-building exercise. America has spent $53 billion trying to reconstruct Iraq, the largest development effort since the Marshall Plan. So how’s it working out?\"<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; August 31 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/27/shah-visits-floods-in-pakistan/" title="Shah Visits Floods in Pakistan"><strong>Shah Visits Floods in Pakistan</strong><br />');
document.write('On Wednesday, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah visited Pakistan to witness the damage caused by severe flooding.  On USAID’s Impact Blog, Shah described his view from the helicopter: “As far as the eye could see, foundations and buttresses supported nonexistent houses and bridges, power lines lay hopelessly tangled on the ground, and roads destroyed and washed [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">State Department</span> &bull; August 27 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/26/guest-post-mapping-for-results-initiative/" title="Guest Post:  Mapping for Results Initiative"><strong>Guest Post:  Mapping for Results Initiative</strong><br />');
document.write('The following is a guest post from AidData researchers Alena Stern and Josh Powell.  This post, which first appears on AidData’s First Tranche blog, looks at the Mapping for Results Initiative – a partnership between AidData and the World Bank that explores coordination between donors and recipients of aid.  The post specifically analyzes data from Kenya and Mozambique<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; August 26 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/24/rieff-clintons-muddled-approach-to-development/" title="Rieff:  Clinton’s “Muddled” Approach to Development"><strong>Rieff:  Clinton’s “Muddled” Approach to Development</strong><br />');
document.write('\"No, money may not be everything, but \'follow the money\' remains the best advice for understanding what the priorities of the American government really are.”<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">Pressroom, State Department, White House</span> &bull; August 24 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/24/usaid-administrator-rajiv-shah-speaks-at-a-global-washington-event/" title="USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah Speaks at a Global Washington Event"><strong>USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah Speaks at a Global Washington Event</strong><br />');
document.write('On August 13th, nearly 500 people gathered at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle, WA to hear USAID Administrator Shah discuss the role of technology and innovation in development with a panel of leaders from the local development community.   In Administrator Shah’s opening remarks he emphasized USAID’s commitment to evidence-based development strategies and the need for [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; August 24 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/20/noteworthy-news-pakistan-floods/" title="Noteworthy News – Pakistan Floods"><strong>Noteworthy News – Pakistan Floods</strong><br />');
document.write('See below for a sampling of opinion pieces and news articles discussing the floods in Pakistan and the disaster&#8217;s implications for security and development: Pakistan&#8217;s tragic flooding demands an international response (The Washington Post editorial, August 17) There is a strategic case for aiding Pakistan in this time of crisis. Timely, generous assistance could improve America&#8217;s image [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">Pressroom, State Department</span> &bull; August 20 2010</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizingforeignassistance.org/blog/2010/08/19/trade-and-aid-for-effective-foreign-assistance/" title="Trade and Aid for Effective Foreign Assistance"><strong>Trade and Aid for Effective Foreign Assistance</strong><br />');
document.write('While Americans sometimes complain that foreign assistance is merely a “giveaway” (a view to which I do NOT subscribe), robust trade is mutually beneficial – it boosts OUR job creators and entrepreneurs as well as allowing them to compete in an increasingly challenging commercial world.  This potential benefit has never been more important: developing countries are the fastest growing markets for American goods and services. They already account for 40% of our export markets.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; August 19 2010</a></li>');
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