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document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/02/03/shah-emphasizes-transparency-at-brookings-event/" title="Shah Elaborates on Transparency at Brookings Event"><strong>Shah Elaborates on Transparency at Brookings Event</strong><br />');
document.write('On January 19, Brookings hosted USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah and other leading voices in development for a discussion on transparency in U.S. foreign assistance. Panelists included: MFAN Co-Chair George Ingram; Karin Christiansen, director, Publish What You Fund; and Daniel Kaufmann, senior fellow, Brookings. MFAN Principal Noam Unger, fellow and policy director of the Foreign Assistance Reform Project at Brookings, moderated the discussion.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; February 3 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/02/02/mark-your-calendars-week-of-february-6-2012/" title="Mark Your Calendars — Week of February 6, 2012"><strong>Mark Your Calendars — Week of February 6, 2012</strong><br />');
document.write('Every Thursday, MFAN will post a list of upcoming events for the following week. For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below. If your organization is hosting an event next week and you don’t see yourself on the list, please email info@modernizeaid.net. See below for a list of MFAN Partner [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">MFAN News</span> &bull; February 2 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/01/26/mark-your-calendars-week-of-january-30-2012/" title="Mark Your Calendars – Week of January 30, 2012"><strong>Mark Your Calendars – Week of January 30, 2012</strong><br />');
document.write('Every Thursday, MFAN will post a list of upcoming events for the following week. For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">MFAN News</span> &bull; January 26 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/01/24/mfans-co-chairs-note-progress-look-to-opportunities-ahead/" title="MFAN’s Co-Chairs Note Progress, Look to Opportunities Ahead"><strong>MFAN’s Co-Chairs Note Progress, Look to Opportunities Ahead</strong><br />');
document.write('Before offering our annual year in review on foreign assistance reform and some detail on MFAN’s priorities for 2012, we wanted to thank you, our partners, for your hard work, without which last year’s accomplishments would not have been possible. We ask for your continued and enthusiastic support in driving the foreign assistance reform agenda forward this year.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">MFAN News</span> &bull; January 24 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/01/19/mark-your-calendars-week-of-january-23-2012/" title="Mark Your Calendars – Week of January 23, 2012"><strong>Mark Your Calendars – Week of January 23, 2012</strong><br />');
document.write('Every Thursday, MFAN will post a list of upcoming events for the following week. For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below. If your organization is hosting an event next week and you don’t see yourself on the list, please email info@modernizeaid.net. See below for a list of MFAN Partner [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; January 19 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/01/17/mfan-statement-agency-consolidation-must-be-done-carefully/" title="MFAN Statement: Agency Consolidation Must Be Done Carefully"><strong>MFAN Statement: Agency Consolidation Must Be Done Carefully</strong><br />');
document.write('The Obama Administration’s efforts to consolidate U.S. Government trade agencies into a more streamlined, efficient single entity are commendable. The goal of consolidation should be to increase coherence, effectiveness and accountability, and we have long argued that similar activities could strengthen the U.S. development system.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">MFAN Statement</span> &bull; January 17 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/01/13/at-usaid-its-bye-bye-bureaucracy-hello-local-competition/" title="At USAID, it’s bye bye bureaucracy, hello local competition"><strong>At USAID, it’s bye bye bureaucracy, hello local competition</strong><br />');
document.write('As part of a broader reform effort to make US foreign aid more effective, USAID is peeling away layers of bureaucracy, bit by bit. The latest casualty in this battle against obscure and painful regulations that get in the way of helping people help themselves? A little thing called the Source, Origin, and Nationality regulation, or S/O/N. The S/O/N required USAID to buy all the goods it needed in the field from the US, and submitting to a lengthy waiver process when this was impractical or costly. After a year-long public consultation, reforms to this clunker of a rule went live this week.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; January 13 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/01/12/mark-your-calendars-week-of-january-16-2012/" title="Mark Your Calendars – Week of January 16, 2012"><strong>Mark Your Calendars – Week of January 16, 2012</strong><br />');
document.write('Every Thursday, MFAN will post a list of upcoming events for the following week. For more information about each event and to RSVP, click on the links below. If your organization is hosting an event next week and you don’t see yourself on the list, please email info@modernizeaid.net. See below for a list of MFAN Partner [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; January 12 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/01/12/interaction-releases-paper-exploring-country-ownership/" title="InterAction Releases Paper Exploring Country Ownership"><strong>InterAction Releases Paper Exploring Country Ownership</strong><br />');
document.write('On December 15th, MFAN Partner InterAction released a paper titled “Country Ownership: Moving from Rhetoric to Action,” which aims to address the wide range of explanations and varying methods of promotion that have led to the issue’s unorganized discussions and approaches.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; January 12 2012</a></li>');
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