Anna Gawel
Managing Editor at Devex
Managing Editor at @Devex / Previously with The Washington Diplomat and @WTOP. Views expressed here are my own and hopefully somewhat interesting.
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6 days ago |
devex.com | Anna Gawel
The United States is embarking on a review of its previously completed review of USAID programming. Is that bad or good news for those who did (or didn’t) make the cut? Also in today’s edition: The World Bank’s Ajay Banga speaks to reporters — and surreptitiously to U.S. President Donald Trump? The never-ending reviewThis is a preview of NewswireSign up to this newsletter for an inside look at the biggest stories in global development, in your inbox daily. First, we got the announcement on Jan.
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1 week ago |
devex.com | Anna Gawel
During a recent Devex Pro briefing, the bank’s governor, Hodan Osman, talked about the opportunities and challenges of investing in least-developed states. Somalia is working to lift itself out of years of conflict and poverty — and that includes amping up the work of the Somali Development and Reconstruction Bank so that the country can better mobilize private sector investment. As governor of the bank, Hodan Osman is helping to spearhead that effort.
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1 week ago |
devex.com | Anna Gawel
The Republican House representative criticizes the bank, and other multilateral institutions, in part for disproportionately focusing on climate change, though he doesn't advocate for the U.S. to abandon multilateralism. Congressman French Hill doesn’t support pulling the United States out of the multilateral system and said it’s compatible with President Trump’s “America First” ethos. At the same time, multilateral institutions are “way off course,” especially when it comes to climate change.
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1 week ago |
devex.com | Anna Gawel
There’s no way to sugarcoat losing half your resources. And that’s the size of the budget cut that the U.S. State Department — now fused with USAID — faces if the Trump administration gets its way. Also in today’s edition: A budget-slasher replaces a budget-slasher at the State Department. This is a preview of NewswireSign up to this newsletter for an inside look at the biggest stories in global development, in your inbox daily.
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1 week ago |
devex.com | Anna Gawel
The deaths of seven World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza just over a year ago stunned the world. But some WCK staffers say the tragedy was only a matter of time. Also in today’s edition: Peter Marocco is reportedly out at the U.S. State Department. Plus, the Open Society Foundations completes its transformation, but there’s one thing it won’t do. This is a preview of NewswireSign up to this newsletter for an inside look at the biggest stories in global development, in your inbox daily.
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