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Ashesi University College: Sarah Murray writes for the Financial Times about Ashesi and its impact in Ghana. Ashesi’s Founder, Patrick Awuah sought a way he could contribute to nation-building...
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Policy News Roundup — February 23, 2010
A girl uses bottle tops to count in a math lesson in Ghana. See girls' education in Ghana article below. US Global Development Policy: Rajiv Shah, the new USAID Administrator, will testify at the...
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Policy News Roundup – March 2, 2010
Apple details labor violations at its suppliers. Refer to article below. Photo courtesy of Apple Inc. Foreign Aid: Don’t miss the hearing on USAID and the FY2011 Budget Request this Wednesday, March...
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Foreign Aid Reform: Bill Clinton and Bill Gates come together in foreign aid request Former president Bill Clinton and Bill Gates called on US lawmakers to boost foreign aid to fight diseases like...
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Policy News Roundup – March 30, 2010
A makeshift camp for earthquake survivors in Port-au-Prince Haiti: United States Will Take a New Approach to Aid in Haiti Secretary Clinton is expected to outline plans for an additional $1 billion...
View ArticlePolicy News Roundup – Will they reform foreign aid before it implodes?
Foreign Aid Reform: In a recent Huffington Post article, Carol Peasley writes about the “what next” of foreign aid reform, beyond giving development a stronger voice in the larger policy discussions....
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What do the Zambian economy and a volcano eruption in the Democratic Republic...
What do the Zambian economy and a volcano eruption in the Democratic Republic of Congo have in common? Apparently nothing. However at Global Washington there is a regular combination of cultures and...
View ArticleReforming Aid: Transforming the World
The importance of effective foreign assistance in the wake of the severe crisis in the Horn of Africa and a concern over the impact of the proposed foreign aid cuts, were the two underlying themes of...
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Focus on Land in Africa
GlobalWA member, Landesa, fully refreshed a new resource on land and natural resource rights in Africa: Focus on Land in Africa (FOLA). FOLA is an educational resource for development practitioners and...
View ArticleGreen Economy Initiatives Tackle Climate Change in Africa
At the 2013 UN Climate Change Conference in November in Warsaw, Poland, Africa was urged to move toward sustainable development to adapt to climate change by exploring green economy initiatives. The...
View ArticleElectrification of Health Facilities Critical to Patient Care
Nine out of ten people living in rural regions of Africa do not have access to modern energy, according to the UN Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform. Out of 1.3 billion people who do not have...
View ArticleNo Rest for the Migrant: Despite Contributions to Global Economy, Immigrants...
Immigrant populations around the world continue to grow. Statistics show that over 180,000 Africans immigrate to the UK annually, about eight percent of Italy’s population is foreign-born (with the...
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Mission Africa’s Ndudi Chuku Inspires at Executive Director Roundtable
Global Washington recently hosted its monthly Executive Director Roundtable featuring Ndudi Ikoro Chuku, Executive Director of Mission Africa. The organization aims to empower children and families in...
View ArticleGroup Takes Free Medicare to Abia Community
A U.S.-based non-governmental organization known as Mission Africa has extended its activities to Item, a community in Bende Local Council of Abia State, where it offered the indigenes a one-day free...
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Targeting Success In The Post-2015 Development Agenda
Arguably, there is no other continent on the planet that has more at stake in the post-2015 development agenda discussions than Africa. Africa is largely seen as having made the least progress toward...
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Demographics of Youth in Sub-Saharan Africa
July 11 was World Population Day and no region of the world is feeling the impact of demographic change like sub-Saharan Africa. More than half of the growth predicted by 2050 is expected in this...
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Turning Oil into Food: Sustainable Development in Ghana
When Ghana discovered oil in 2007, it was hoped that the resource would help transform the country’s economy. Ghana was once known as the Gold Coast, so it’s quite familiar with the risk of the...
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Patrick Sikana Joins VillageReach as Vice President
PRESS RELEASE (VillageReach) October 17, 2018 – In October, Patrick Sikana joined VillageReach as vice president. Patrick Sikana, VP VillageReach In this Africa-based role, Sikana is responsible for...
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Vaccines Touch Down Across Africa: Now the Work Begins
By Emily Bancroft, President, VillageReach I never thought I’d be so excited by pictures of boxes being unloaded from airplanes. When I saw the photos come streaming across social media this week, I...
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Please Don’t Complain About the Rain
Millions in Horn of Africa are in dire need of innovative water solutions By Cathy Herholdt, World Concern Senior Communications Director Dead livestock in Somalia. Photo: World Concern. Here in...
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