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Is PfG a BFD?

October 20, 2011

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Connie Veillette

One outcome of the President’s Policy Directive on Global Development, which was released a little over one year ago, is the Partnership for Growth model.  It has been described as a framework for engagement designed to promote economic growth through a number of mechanisms, rather than an exclusive reliance on assistance.

Little has been revealed about PfG so far.  The 2012 budget identifies four countries participating in the effort – Ghana, Tanzania, the Philippines, and El Salvador.  And we have this press release where the model is described as representing “a departure from business-as-usual for both the United States and El Salvador.”  Additionally, “PFG is not a new initiative focused on improving a single sector, but rather a comprehensive proposal aimed at accelerating and sustaining broad-based economic growth in a selected group of countries.”

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Elevating Development – Rhetoric, Reality, and Recommendations

October 11, 2011

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Connie Veillette

Last month, I released a new analysis on the Future of Aid Reform.  In it, I sought to judge to what extent the administration’s 2012 budget request reflected a strong commitment to the principles outlined in the PPD and QDDR, and to prognosticate on the congressional response.

On one major principle – elevating development – I argued that the administration had not scored well based on a number of indicators.  In brief I argued that 1) a national security budget is more rhetoric than reality; 2) development is losing ground relative to security; 3) requested amounts for key development accounts have stagnated; and 4) USAID has not been put fully in charge of development.

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