NEWS & ANALYSIS FROM THE ONE BLOG
Sub-Saharan Africa still faces corruption
On Tuesday, Transparency International (TI) released their 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), revealing that many sub-Saharan African countries remain among the most corrupt world-wide.The annually-released index ranks how corrupt governments are perceived to be, according to international institutions such as the World Economic Forum, the World Bank and the ... More
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World Food Summit Wraps
Wednesday wrapped up the World Summit on Food Security in Rome. Just to recap in case you missed the last post, the Summit was intended to bring together heads of state and food security institutions, like the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Food Program (WFP), to ... More
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Reactions in the News to the World Food Summit
As you know, the FAO World Food Summit ended yesterday in Rome. Check out the articles below to see a variety of reactions to the Summit: World leaders’ low turnout hits UN food summit (Reuters Africa) The absence of world leaders at this week’s World Food Summit presented a ... More
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Climate change: a global fight
On Tuesday, Senators Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), members of the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources held a hearing on the International Aspects of Climate Change.The hearing included testimony from Dr. Michael Levi from the Council on Foreign Relations, Nigel Purvis from Climate Advisors, Karen ... More
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To the Floor for MCC
In more news from Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee unanimously approved the nomination of Daniel Yohannes to be chief executive officer of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). As we mentioned earlier on our blog, Yohannes, a West Coast entrepreneur, banker and philanthropist emigrated to the U ... More
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Upgrade Aid Passes Committee
Great news! Yesterday, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed the Foreign Assistance Revitalization and Accountability Act (S. 1524) in a 15-3 vote. This bill will give USAID (the agency handling most of our U.S. foreign aid) the tools and people it needs to better fight poverty around the world ... More
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Kenyan Slum Youth Group Wins 2009 ONE Africa Award
A community organization founded by young people in Nairobi's slums has won the ONE Africa Award, an annual prize given by the global anti-poverty group to honor ground-breaking work by African non-governmental organizations. MORE
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ONE Welcomes USAID Administrator Nominee Rajiv Shah
Today, President Obama announced Rajiv Shah as his nominee for Administrator of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). After the announcement, David Lane, President and CEO of ONE made the following statement: MORE
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ONE reaction to G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews
Warm words alone won't fight poverty or climate change. While the hosts can be commended for trying, the G20 collectively have failed to ensure that the resources to help the poorest countries adapt to climate change would be additional to existing development assistance. MORE