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Recent Site Articles
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USAID Book Club: The Alchemy of Air
by Blog Administrator on 5th October 2012This book reminds us of the serendipity of scientific inquiry. It’s about the invention of fixed nitrogen fertilizer, a single invention that dramatically improved food production and helped support the massive population growth that took place over the last 70 years.
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Engaging with Arab Americans on Syria
by USAID Middle East Bureau on 5th October 2012On Friday, September 28, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah traveled to the Arab American National Museum in Michigan to meet with a group of Arab American leaders and tour the museum.
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Pounds of Prevention – Focus on Malawi
by Kasey Channell Africa Division Director - Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance on 5th October 2012“Pounds of Prevention” is a series of short articles that illustrate how disaster risk reduction works and why it is
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Results, Results, Results
by Guest Blog 1,000 Days on 5th October 2012Last week at the High-Level Meeting on Scaling Up Nutrition in New York City, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon commended the progress being made by the 30 countries that have committed to putting nutrition at the heart of their approach to development.
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Rainbow Hash Browns
by Martha Schneider on 4th October 2012This week, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah submitted his family recipe for rainbow hash browns to the ONE Campaign's Digital Sweet Potato Cookbook.
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Social Good: Igniting Passion and Innovation for a Better World
by Anjana Padmanabhan, Public Affairs Advisor, Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator on 3rd October 2012Just days before the U.N. Assembly, New York and the Twitterverse were buzzing with another important global conversation sparked by the third annual Social Good Summit.
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USAID Book Club: The Alchemy of Air