USAID Director Keeps an Eye on Long-Term Recovery
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For Andrew S. Natsios, every day is a crisis. As the official in charge of U.S. assistance to the entire world, Natsios daily faces the challenges of how to rebuild war-ravaged Afghanistan, organize reconstruction in Iraq despite a deadly insurgency, provide famine relief for Sudan and...
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The head of the International Monetary Fund on Tuesday predicted a "continued smooth ride" for the global economy, but cautioned there are signs of potential trouble ahead after several years of brisk growth.
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Robust U.S. economic growth will likely continue into 2005, but authorities should cut the budget deficit to reduce the risk to growth, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said.
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The president of the World Bank says his staff is in the Caribbean to assess the damage caused there by Hurricane Ivan, and to ensure that the international financial community provides swift and coordinated relief.
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London - As US forces massed to invade Iraq last year, the director of Care International operations in Baghdad said she was determined to stay.
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Secretary of State Colin L. Powell, completing his tour of tsunami-ravaged countries Friday with a brief visit to this island nation where more than 30,000 were killed, said the Bush administration was committed to long-term assistance and was prepared to boost its $350 million contribution in aid if additional relief proved necessary.
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Hundreds of Americans remain missing two days after devastating tsunamis struck Asia, but the State Department says a large number have been located and are safe. Responding to the disaster, the U.S. Agency for International Development added &#36;20 million to the already promised &#36;15 million.
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Blog: A U.N. official charged with battling the spread of AIDS thinks that some developed countries fail to recognize the impact of a disease that's more than 25 years old.
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The United States will play a leading role in the international relief operation after the Asian tsunami disaster, the White House vowed Monday.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 11 -- The United States should give the United Nations until the end of the year to reform and then consider cutting back on paying its dues if the changes fall short, the U.S. ambassador to the world body said Monday.
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JOHANNESBURG, Feb. 19 -- Five years after President Bush vowed to "turn the tide against AIDS" in Africa, he is traveling across a continent where the government's $15 billion investment has extended the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and eased the sense of certain doom once experienced...
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The U.N. drug control watchdog is hindering efforts to fight the global AIDS pandemic and the agency should be independently reviewed, human rights groups and a former U.N. AIDS envoy said on Tuesday.
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His week-long visit will focus on humanitarian improvements.
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Speaking before about 500 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development and representatives of more than two dozen private aid organizations, the president said the United States has a "duty" to help the tsunami's victims "get back on their feet."
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Although the U.S. Department of Homeland Security will spend $850 million for technology development this year, the man leading that effort is worried there won't be enough qualified talent in the U.S. to put it into use in the years ahead.
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OUAGADOUGOU  - Robust U.S. economic growth will likely continue into 2005, but authorities should cut the budget deficit to reduce the risk to growth, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato said.
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Indonesia's foreign minister, Hasan Wirayuda, said that proposed international debt relief for his disaster-hit country was welcome but stressed that such measures should take into account Jakarta's long-term struggle with social reforms as well.