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Moving Beyond Band Aid

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date September 3, 2010

“Our time to change is now, and our time to change is short,” was the message that the new USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah delivered to a Town Hall meeting of the US Global Leadership coalition on May 5th this year. To sustain the commitment to spend billions of federal dollars on aid, he was warning, […]

Tags Andrew Mitchell, Bill Easterly, Bob Geldof, DFID, Live Aid, Raj Shah, Social Investment Task Force, USAID

Raj Shah’s Opportunity

Post author By Philanthrocapitalism
Post date November 11, 2009

So the long wait for Barack Obama to nominate America’s international development czar is over. Congratulations to Raj Shah, who should breeze through the confirmation process to become head of US AID, having already been approved for his current post in the Department of Agriculture. Shah, who is just 36, takes on this crucial job […]

Tags 3ie, ANDE, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bill Easterly, Dambisa Moyo, GIIN, globalgiving, Hewlett Foundation, Kiva, Owen Barder, Raj Shah, US AID