August 7, 2015
Irungu is an old mate and a redoubtable activist (this post came in late because he ‘Was off school protecting’ – how cool is that?). He was also two seats away from The Man during Obama’s visit to Kenya last week. Here are some thoughts. The excitement began at least three months before Airforce 1 landed on a spruced up
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The Obama Doctrine – where is the US going on development and diplomacy?
January 25, 2011
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The US gets serious on the Millennium Development Goals
August 2, 2010
Climate change legislation may have been blown out of the water in Congress, but Barack Obama is still moving forward on reforming the chaotic US aid system (see previous posts here). On Friday the Administration released the US plan for achieving the Millennium Development Goals, ahead of the UN’s September ‘high level event’ on the MDGs. Two paras caught my eye:
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What to make of the leaked US development strategy?
May 17, 2010
First the plug: I’m in the US at the moment (for quite a long time, if the ash cloud has anything to do it) and will be speaking at Oxfam America in Washington DC on Tuesday at 12 noon (1100 15th St NW, 6th floor). Subject: the UK elections and development policy. Co-speaker Jim Kolbe from the German Marshall Fund.
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What might Obama do on US Aid Policy?
December 27, 2008
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US elections: killer facts, what happens now? And Palin the poet
December 26, 2008
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How did the book go down in Obamerica?
December 25, 2008
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What has Obama said about aid, development and climate change?
December 10, 2008
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