Today, I am thrilled to announce that early next year, the Green Guarantee Company – the first privately guaranteed company devoted to green bonds and loans in developing countries – will officially launch. Because providing investment grade guarantees vastly increases the number of investors that can support these projects, the U.S. government’s $10 million in seed funding […]
Over the past year, the ten companies that responded to our PREPARE Call to Action have made really important progress on their commitments. Microsoft, for example, opened its AI for Good Lab in Kenya, where they are training African climate scientists. MasterCard has built a digital platform connecting millions of smallholder farmers to advisory services
This question of getting sufficient food, medicine, water, fuel, winterization supplies, nutrients – not just food, but actual nutrition – is an absolute top tier priority for President Biden. I want to underscore, there’s not one conversation that President Biden has had in recent weeks with Prime Minister Netanyahu that has not centered on getting
This year, World AIDS Day is a call to “Remember and Commit.” Today, we do remember. We remember the horrors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.This year, World AIDS Day is a call to “Remember and Commit.” Today, we do remember. We remember the horrors of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Read More USAID.gov Dated Content
It’s absolutely critical and that is why we are seeking, with our international partners, to take full advantage of this pause, but also to make sure that the flow of trucks and supplies continues. That this is not – that this becomes a new normal where we now have 240 trucks a day going in.It’s
On July 19, the day after Russia made the unconscionable decision to pull out of the Black Sea Grain initiative, I spoke with a group of farmers at the Port of Odesa. Some told me how their fields had been riddled with landmines that the Russian military deployed to prevent the farming of arable Ukrainian
At USAID, we have recognized that our strategy for preventing child and maternal deaths has to change because of what we’ve experienced in the pandemic. We’ve had a primary focus on access to goods and services across our global strategy to keep driving towards the SDGs.At USAID, we have recognized that our strategy for preventing
Let me start by thanking the PMNCH Secretariat – Executive Director Helga Fogstad and her team – for their dedicated efforts in supporting the Partnership’s joint advocacy for the survival, health, and well-being of women, children, and adolescents everywhere.Let me start by thanking the PMNCH Secretariat – Executive Director Helga Fogstad and her team –
Thanks also to Christina for the great leadership from the White House, from the Office of Science and Technology Policy – also the Office of Management and Budget. These evidence forums are incredibly important. I hope many of us can find the bandwidth to take in as much of what there is out there to
So, this is a really important day getting to swear-in Dean Karlan as USAID’s new Chief Economist. From his earliest days, according to his mother, Dean demonstrated two traits critical for any development economist – an obsession with numbers, and a kind heart.So, this is a really important day getting to swear-in Dean Karlan as
