Program Related Publication Feeds

Bringing Realism to Paris in Busan

jdunton — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0500

Between November 29 and December 1, 2011, the major donors and most recipients of foreign assistance, together with various multilateral organizations, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), consultants, and others will gather in Busan, South Korea, for the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness.

The First Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review

jdunton — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400

With the promulgation of four documents—President Barack Obama’s National Security Strategy of 2010; his September 2010 speech on the UN Millennium Development Goals; his simultaneous Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development (PPD); and the December 2010 State/USAID Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR)—the Obama administration has put its stamp on deve

After bin Laden: A Chance to Review the U.S.-Pakistan Relationship—without Distractions

rsickles — Wed, 11 May 2011 00:00:00 -0400

The temptation by the United States is to visit immediate consequences on Pakistan for the alliance breaches related to Osama bin Laden. As former Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf concluded on National Public Radio’s Morning Edition last Friday, the entire episode exposes either complicity or incompetence by Pakistan’s military, especially its security forces.

QDDR: Similar Focus, New Approaches

mentman — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:00 -0500

More noteworthy than the “sweeping reform” language in the U.S. Department of State’s Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review (QDDR) are its continuities with the past several administrations.

Foreign Policy and Development

jdunton — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Most bilateral government donors, including the United States, are rethinking the relation between their foreign policy and their development policy. Implicit in that rethinking are the organizational forms they take and the relations between them. How independent should development be from foreign policy? Should they have separate organizations?

Rebuilding Haiti: Country Ownership vs. Transparency and Accountability

sherry — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0400

Last week at the United Nations, more than 50 countries pledged just under $10 billion over three years for rebuilding—or as Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive asserted—reinventing and remaking Haiti. Some appreciably smaller amount will probably be delivered, but it will still be substantial, to say the least.

Governance of Financial Institutions

ian — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0400

On November 4, 2009, fifty-one prominent men and women from international financial institutions, major accounting and law firms, academia, media, and research and policy institutions, gathered at The University Club in New York City for a colloquium entitled “Governance of Financial Institutions.” The participants included twenty-one current or former regulatory officials, seventeen of whom have chaired or now chair government agencies that regulate financial institutions.

Measuring Corruption and increasing Corruption Awareness in China

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Most indices for measuring corruption rely surveys of perception of people. The corruption index devised by the Hills Governance Center at Tsinghua University takes an objective, quantifiable approach to the measurement of corruption.

International Trade after G20

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Corporate Governance After the G20

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Strengthening Institutional Integrity and Transparency in Russia

Thu, 16 Jul 2009 00:00:00 -0400

The Russia-US Joint Working Group on Investment and Institutional Integrity – 12 concerned Russian and US business leaders, civil society representatives, and academics – has formulated a set of concrete and actionable recommendations for collaborative public and private sector initiatives to strengthen institutions of integrity, governance, and transparency in Russia.

A Cabinet-level Development Agency

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Several groups have called for a separate cabinet-level department of global development, locating U.S. foreign assistance in one place removed from the Department of State.

Critical Questions: Democracy Promotion in the Next Administration

Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0500

Q1: Will the next administration abandon or at least diminish the role of democracy and democracy promotion in U.S. foreign policy?

Abetting Poverty, Drugs, and Terrorism

Mon, 09 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Most of the discussion on development, especially for Africa, assumes that there are rich countries and poor countries and that development requires that the rich countries provide more funding and

Research on Corruption and Its Control

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Corruption occurs in all parts of the world.