Modernizing Foreign Assistance Network
The Barer Institute has joined
MFAN,
a reform coalition composed of international development and foreign policy
practitioners, policy advocates and experts, concerned citizens and private
sector organizations. MFAN's goal is to help build a safer, more prosperous
world by strengthening the United States' ability to alleviate extreme poverty,
create opportunities for growth, and secure human dignity in developing
countries.
The Barer Institute signed a
letter to President Obama
on committing to global development and elevating it as a pillar of U.S. foreign
policy. Representatives of the Barer Institute traveled to Washington DC
recently to participate in MFAN's review of the
Presidential Study Directive on
Global Development
and the State Department's
Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review,
and provided the Barer study, "A New Model for U.S. Foreign Assistance," and
suggested provisions for the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 currently being
revised in both the House and Senate.