On October 31st, MFAN co-hosted with the Center for Global Development a discussion on foreign aid effectiveness, tied to the release of our white paper, Building on a Legacy of Progress: Opportunities to Reform U.S. Foreign Assistance.
The event featured former USAID Administrators Mark Green and Gayle Smith as keynote speakers. In their keynote remarks, Green and Smith spoke about the vital role development programs play for U.S. national interests and the opportunities ahead to build on the successes of these programs.
Following the keynote speakers, MFAN member, Paul Weisenfeld, Executive Vice President RTI International and Chairman, Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid (ACVFA), moderated a panel discussion featuring fellow MFAN members Rob Mosbacher, former President & CEO, OPIC, Susan Reichle, former USAID Counselor, along with Beth Tritter, former VP for Policy and Evaluation, MCC, and Former Director of the COVID-19 Response Team.
It was a timely and insightful discussion of the opportunities to make foreign assistance even more impactful – at a time when the needs for development and humanitarian programs are great.
Watch the event here: Building on a Legacy of Progress: Opportunities to Advance US Foreign Aid Effectiveness | Center for Global Development
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Read the paper here: [VJ]FY25_MFAN-PresidentialTrans-FF
The Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network (MFAN) is a bipartisan reform coalition composed of international development and foreign policy practitioners, policy advocates, and experts from the U.S. and Global South. MFAN works to strengthen the effectiveness of U.S. development and humanitarian aid in order to build more resilient societies, promote democratic approaches to development, improve the lives and opportunities of the most vulnerable populations, and maximize the sustainable impact of U.S. taxpayer dollars.
