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document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/18/mark-your-calendars-week-of-may-21-2012/" title="Mark Your Calendars — Week of May 21, 2012"><strong>Mark Your Calendars — Week of May 21, 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 additional MFAN [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; May 18 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/15/mfan-co-chairs-new-op-ed-more-sunlight-on-us-foreign-assistance/" title="MFAN Co-Chairs New Op-ed: More Sunlight on US Foreign Assistance"><strong>MFAN Co-Chairs New Op-ed: More Sunlight on US Foreign Assistance</strong><br />');
document.write('\"Increased transparency, particularly on the part of the Obama administration, will go a long way toward ensuring that we come out of this budget round with the resources and momentum it will take to capitalize on progress toward development outcomes and reform.”<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">MFAN News</span> &bull; May 15 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/11/mark-your-calendars-week-of-may-14-2012/" title="Mark Your Calendars — Week of May 14, 2012"><strong>Mark Your Calendars — Week of May 14, 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. On Wednesday, MFAN will be hosting a panel [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; May 11 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/10/5898/" title="EVENT: A Bipartisan Approach to Reorienting the International Affairs Budget"><strong>EVENT: A Bipartisan Approach to Reorienting the International Affairs Budget</strong><br />');
document.write('The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network invites you to the launch of a new report from the Center for American Progress and the Center for Global Development: Engagement Amid Austerity: A Bipartisan Approach to Reorienting the International Affairs Budget Featuring report co-authors: John Norris, Executive Director of the Sustainable Security and Peacebuilding Initiative, Center for American [...]<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">MFAN News</span> &bull; May 10 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/10/oxfam-takes-on-implementation-and-procurement-reform/" title="Oxfam Takes on Implementation and Procurement Reform"><strong>Oxfam Takes on Implementation and Procurement Reform</strong><br />');
document.write('USAID’s effort to reduce its reliance on contractors and invest more directly in local government and civil society is referred to as implementation and procurement reform (IPR) and it is part of the broader USAID Forward agenda. Specifically, the agency plans to spend 30 percent of its funds through local actors by 2015 (up from 11 percent in 2011).<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; May 10 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/03/how-is-ustr-implementing-the-presidents-global-development-policy/" title="How is USTR Implementing the President’s Global Development Policy?"><strong>How is USTR Implementing the President’s Global Development Policy?</strong><br />');
document.write('These initiatives and commitment on the part of USTR are both substantial and vital.  But they leave unanswered two other vital questions:  does USTR—or any of the government development agencies—fully appreciate the dominant role that must be assigned to the private sector if trade and investment is to grow in the least developed countries?  And do they understand that policies of developing countries are very often the major impediment to such growth—regulatory, tax, tariff, procurement and the unsanctioned but often choking prevalence of corruption?<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; May 3 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/03/mark-your-calendars-week-of-may-7-2012/" title="Mark Your Calendars  —  Week of May 7, 2012"><strong>Mark Your Calendars  —  Week of May 7, 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; May 2 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/05/02/mfan-principals-weigh-in-on-transparency-with-new-blog-series/" title="MFAN Principals Weigh in on Transparency with New Blog Series"><strong>MFAN Principals Weigh in on Transparency with New Blog Series</strong><br />');
document.write('This week we’re kicking off a new blog series—the first connected to information on our microsite—that takes a critical eye to the specific agency efforts designed to make our foreign assistance more transparent and effective and attempts to assess the pace of progress in key areas of reform.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories">House</span> &bull; May 2 2012</a></li>');
document.write('<li class="list_item"><a href="http://www.modernizeaid.net/2012/04/30/mccs-inaugural-forum-on-global-development/" title="MCC’s Inaugural Forum on Global Development"><strong>MCC’s Inaugural Forum on Global Development</strong><br />');
document.write('On April 25, the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) held its inaugural “Forum on Global Development,” at the George Washington University’s (GWU) Jack Morton Auditorium, featuring an awards presentation that recognized an exemplary partner corporation, partner country, and individual partner. The event also included a brief panel discussion, several short speeches, and video presentations from Gayle Smith, Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director of the National Security Council; Michael Gerson, op-ed columnist for The Washington Post; and Sheila Herrling, MCC’s Vice President for Policy and Evaluation.<br />Posted in <span class="post_categories"></span> &bull; April 30 2012</a></li>');
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