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Former British Prime Minister David Cameron appeared before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He talked about foreign aid to developing countries, also known as “fragile states.” In his…

The Center for Strategic and International Studies hosted a discussion about U.S. investments in the economies of developing countries. Speakers included the Egyptian-American Enterprise Fund Chair…

First lady Michelle Obama spoke about her Let Girls Learn initiative, a Peace Corps, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and State Department partnership to help adolescent girls…

Amy Chua talked about her book World on Fire: How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability, published by Doubleday. In the book, Ms. Chua explains why she…

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Rajiv Shah talked about the U.S. response to the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa. Congress was being asked to appropriate…

Jacqueline Novogratz, founder and chief executive officer of Acumen, talked about the work of her company and how entrepreneurial approaches could help to address global poverty. She said that poverty needs to be…

World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim briefed reporters and responded to questions at the beginning of the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group annual meeting at the IMF Building in…

International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Christine Lagarde briefed reporters and responded to questions before the International Monetary Fund-World Bank Group annual meeting at…

Panelists talked about the social, political, and cultural challenges of combating the Ebola outbreak in Western Africa. Topics included the health care infrastructure, quarantine and containment, and the…

Panelists talked about some of the most significant global health challenges during the upcoming decade. They also discussed the agenda to address those issues and the future of health advances. The…

Panelists talked about federal government efforts to combat corruption of public officials abroad and foster foreign citizen opposition to bribery and other forms of public malfeasance. Topics included the…

Hugh Sinclair, who has worked for several microfinance organizations, argues that the microfinance craze that followed the success of the Grameen Bank has done far less to alleviate poverty…

Christian Parenti reported on several countries where environmental change is fueling violence and war. He responded to questions from members of the audience at Politics and Prose…

In his book Nicholas Shaxson takes a critical look at offshore tax havens which cost the U.S. $100 billion in lost tax revenue each year and claims that Britain and the United States are the world’s…

Professor Andrew Rotter talked about how the senses influenced human interactions during the imperial period of the 19th and 20th centuries. “Empires of the Senses: How Seeing, Hearing, Smelling,…

Eliza Griswold talked about her book The Tenth Parallel: Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam. She responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. She…

Cherie Blair and others spoke to reporters and answered questions about a new program to distribute mobile phones to women in developing countries.

Roger Thurow and Scott Kilman talked about their book Enough: Why the World’s Poorest Starve in an Age of Plenty (PublicAffairs, 2009) in conversation with former Ambassador Carolyn Curiel.…

Books for International Goodwill has donated over four million books since being founded in 1994. The Rotary International organization uses an all-volunteer workforce to collect, sort, and…

Vali Nasr, senior advisor to Richard Holbrooke, special envoy for Afghanistan and Pakistan, talked about his latest book which looks at the growth of the Muslim middle class in the Middle East.…