Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid

By International Development Agency

Book Id: WPLBN0000698676
Format Type: PDF eBook
File Size: 341,821 KB.
Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid
Author:	International Development Agency
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Language:	English
Subject:	United Nations., United Nations. Centre for Economic and Social Information, AID project impact evaluation report
Collections:	United Nations Library International Aid and Funding Collection
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Publisher:	United Nations Library International Aid and Funding


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Description
Excerpt: William S. Reese, ACVFA Chair, welcomed the ACVFA members, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) staff, and the meeting participants. Mr. Reese presented a brief overview of the day's agenda, which included updates on two Presidential Initiatives, the Millennium Challenge: Account and the Emergency Plan for HIV/AIDS Relief. He noted the timely discussions of post-conflict reconstruction in Iraq and Afghanistan, and reminded the audience that post-conflict reconstruction was a priority of USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios well before the Afghanistan and Iraq conflicts. The meeting agenda and list of participants are Annexes 1 and 2, respectively.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents Welcome and Introduction: William S. Reese, ACVFA Chair ....................................................1 Percy Amendment Anniversary Session ......................................................................................1 Opening Remarks: Julia Taft, Assistant Administrator and Director, United Nations .................1 Development Program, Bureau for Crisis Prevention and Recovery Panel Discussion: ............................................................................................................................3 Gender Integration in Development Programming: Successes and Challenges Moderator: William S. Reese, ACVFA Chair ? Alfredo Sfeir-Younis, Senior Advisor, Office of the Managing Director, ................................3 World Bank Group ? Emmy Simmons, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for Economic Growth, ..............................5 Agriculture and Trade, USAID ? Phil Evans, Senior Social Development Advisor, UK Mission to the UN and Chair, ..............7 Network for Gender Equality, Development Assistance Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development ? Ann Claxton, Director, International Program Development, World Vision/U.S. ...................8 Keynote Address ..........................................................................................................................10 Andrew S. Natsios, Administrator, U.S. Agency for International Development Questions and Answers ................................................................................................................12 Iraq Reconstruction: Progress to Date...................................................................................13 Ross Wherry, Senior Reconstruction Advisor, Economic Governance Team Leader, USAID Questions and Answers ................................................................................................................14 Panel Discussion: ..........................................................................................................................16 Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Strategies for Improving Our Work in Post-Conflict Environments Moderator: George Folsom, ACVFA Member ? Ray Salvatore Jennings, Senior Fellow, U.S. Institute of Peace .............................................16