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ACVFA Foreign Assistance Reform Recommendations
The ACVFA Joint Subcommittees under the auspices of the full Committee, held a listening session on October 20, 2008 regarding possible future reforms to US foreign assistance. The following link is a summation of the discussion (pdf,75kb).
On November 25, 2008, the Subcommittees issued the following paper:
Beginning with its February 2007 public meeting, the ACVFA issued a series of recommendations on economic growth, governing justly and democratically, humanitarian assistance, investing in people, and implementation mechanisms. You may review their papers via the following links:
A final summation of their findings as well as the five papers was issued in February 2008:
Reviewing the Foreign Assistance Framework, February 2008 (pdf, 300kb)
ACVFA Subcommittee Members
(Unless otherwise indicated, subcommittee members are appointed Members of the ACVFA)
Public Outreach: (click on link to see bio)
ACVFA Report on Public Outreach: Why the Story That U.S. Foreign Assistance Is Working Must be Told (pdf, 447kb)
Economic Growth:
- Chair: Spencer King
- Ritu Sharma Fox (Women Thrive Worldwide)
- Ted Weihe
- Robert Litan
- Nancy Zucker Boswell (Transparency International USA)
- Bill Reese
Governing Justly and Democratically:
- Chair: John Sullivan
- Michael Allen (National Endowment for Democracy)
- Doug Bereuter
- Lorne Craner
- Aaron Williams (Research Triangle Institute)
Implementation Mechanisms:
- Chair: Ted Weihe
- Sam Worthington (InterAction)
- Ken Wollack (National Democratic Institute)
- George Ward (World Vision)
Humanitarian Assistance:
- Chair: John Galbraith
- Jim Bishop (InterAction)
- Judith Hermanson (CHF International)
- Nancy Aossey (International Medical Corps)
- Dean Triantafilou (International Orthodox Christian Charities)
- Nancy Lindborg (Mercy Corps)
Investing in People:
- Chair: Steve Moseley
- Elise Smith (Winrock)
- Michael Nyenhuis (MAP International)
- Ted Weihe
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