The quiet violence of empire : how USAID waged counterinsurgency in Afghanistan / by Attewell, Wesley, 1986-

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The role of science, technology, innovation, and partnerships in the future of USAID /

Table of Contents: “…Summary -- Introduction: New horizons for science, technology, innovation, and partnerships in development -- Global context for STI+P in development -- U.S. government STI Policies and strategies -- USAID program cycle and STI P: planning -- USAID program cycle and STI+P: project design and implementation -- USAID program cycle and STI+P: monitoring and evaluation -- Strategic opportunities for STI+P -- Integrating STI+P into USAID operations -- Conclusions and recommendations -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Appendix A: Organizational chart for USAID -- Appendix B: Committee member biographies -- Appendix C: Committee meeting agendas -- Appendix D: Speakers and presenters.…”
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The dust of Kandahar : a diplomat among warriors in Afghanistan by Addleton, Jonathan S. (Jonathan Stuart), 1957-

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The Merida Initiative : U.S. counterdrug and anticrime assistance for Mexico

Table of Contents: “…Agency for International Development, USAID Mission Director to Mexico, before the Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs /…”
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Improving democracy assistance : building knowledge through evaluations and research.

Table of Contents: “…Democracy Assistance and USAID -- U.S. Democracy Assistance -- Democratic Development and Democracy Assistance: What Do We Know? …”
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Development, security, and aid : geopolitics and geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development by Essex, Jamey, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…"One-half of 1%": geopolitics, geoeconomics, and USAID -- "In the world for keeps": from the Marshall Plan to the Vietnam War -- Geoeconomics ascendant: development, interdependence, and neoliberalization -- Two decades of neoliberalization: from the Cold war to the War on Terror -- Development in reverse: crisis, austerity, and the future of USAID.…”
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Development, security, and aid : geopolitics and geoeconomics at the U.S. Agency for International Development by Essex, Jamey, 1977-

Table of Contents: “…"One-half of 1%": geopolitics, geoeconomics, and USAID -- "In the world for keeps": from the Marshall Plan to the Vietnam War -- Geoeconomics ascendant: development, interdependence, and neoliberalization -- Two decades of neoliberalization: from the Cold war to the War on Terror -- Development in reverse: crisis, austerity, and the future of USAID.…”
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The fundamental role of science and technology in international development : an imperative for the U.S. Agency for International Development

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Improving quality of care in low- and middle-income countries : workshop summary by Buckley, Gillian J.

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Carrots, sticks, and ethnic conflict : rethinking development assistance

Table of Contents: “…Esman -- The World Bank and displacement : the challenge of heterogeneity / Daniel R. Gibson -- USAID and ethnic conflict : an epiphany? / Heather S. …”
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One nation under contract : the outsourcing of American power and the future of foreign policy by Stanger, Allison

Table of Contents: “…The new world -- The United States of market values -- State power in a privatized world -- The end of statesmanship -- The privatization of defense -- The slow death of USAID -- Laissez-faire homeland security -- A postindustrial foreign policy.…”
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One nation under contract : the outsourcing of American power and the future of foreign policy by Stanger, Allison

Table of Contents: “…The new world -- The United States of market values -- State power in a privatized world -- The end of statesmanship -- The privatization of defense -- The slow death of USAID -- Laissez-faire homeland security -- A postindustrial foreign policy.…”
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Improving quality of care in low- and middle-income countries : workshop summary by Buckley, Gillian J.

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Manual de seguimiento y evaluación de los recursos humanos para la salud : con aplicaciones especiales para los países de ingresos bajos y medianos

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Killing with kindness : Haiti, international aid, and NGOs by Schuller, Mark, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…: relationships from "above" -- Tectonic shifts and the political tsunami: USAID and the disaster of Haiti -- Conclusion: Killing with kindness -- Afterword: Some policy solutions.…”
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Killing with kindness : Haiti, international aid, and NGOs by Schuller, Mark, 1973-

Table of Contents: “…: relationships from "above" -- Tectonic shifts and the political tsunami: USAID and the disaster of Haiti -- Conclusion: Killing with kindness -- Afterword: Some policy solutions.…”
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Celebrating reform 2007 : doing business case studies.

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Governing the poor : exercises of poverty reduction, practices of global aid by Ilcan, Suzan, 1960-

Table of Contents: “…-- Making the poor responsible -- Empowering the poor: Oxfam's poverty-reduction initiatives -- Global aid in post-apartheid Namibia -- Mobilizing Katutura : "a place where we will never settle" -- Partnering the poor : USAID's poverty-reduction partnerships -- Spaces of exclusion : securing Soloman Islands.…”
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The Children's Vaccine Initiative : continuing activities : a summary of two workshops held September 12-13 and October 25-26, 1994

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Purdah to Piccadilly : a Muslim Woman's Struggle for Identity. by Bhatty, Zarina

Table of Contents: “…Cover ; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Background; 2 Introducing the Family; 3 Ancestral Homes; 4 School and Burka; 5 Exposure to the Freedom Movement; 6 India to England; 7 Ups and Downs; 8 Experiencing the Communist Regime; 9 Return to India; 10 Destiny Plays a Hand; 11 Awakening to Feminism; 12 Joining USAID; 13 Women's Movement in India; 14 And Life Goes On; Afterword; About the Author.…”
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Purdey se Piccadily tak : Apni Pehchan ke Liye ek Muslim Mahila ka Sangharsh. by Bhatty, Zarina

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Background; 2 Introducing the Family; 3 Ancestral Homes; 4 School and Burka; 5 Exposure to the Freedom Movement; 6 India to England; 7 Ups and Downs; 8 Experiencing the Communist Regime; 9 Return to India; 10 Destiny Plays a Hand; 11 Awakening to Feminism; 12 Joining USAID; 13 Womenâ#x80;#x99;s Movement in India; 14 And Life Goes On; Afterword; About the Author…”
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The Last Prisoner.

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Foreign aid reform

Table of Contents: “…Revisiting the "Why" of Foreign Aid Recent Foreign Aid Reform ; Proposed Levels of Foreign Assistance ; 0.7% of GNI; Increase by 1% of Budget ; Maintain Current Aid Levels ; POLICY OPTIONS ; REFORM OPTIONS ; Refocus Assistance ; Change/Define Role of Defense Department ; Change Use of Multilateral Organizations ; Create a Unified Budget ; Unified Function 150 Budget or Budget Presentation ; Unified National Security Budget ; Restructuring Options ; Elevate USAID to Cabinet-Level Department ; Merge USAID into State Department ; Create Aid Agency with Increased Jurisdiction.…”
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Guatemalan journey by Benz, Stephen Connely, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Guatemala City -- Arrival -- The Capital for Tourists -- Walking around Town -- Rainy Season in the Slums -- The City Dump -- Along the Railroad Tracks -- A GAM Rally -- Maquilas -- El Churrasco -- Ladino Attitudes -- Soccer in Guatemala -- Street Children -- Buying a Scooter -- Bureaucracy Revisited -- The Post Office -- Fijase -- Religion -- Restaurants -- USAID -- The Gringo Presence -- Part Two. Roads and Texts -- Antigua -- Lake Atitldn -- Chichicastenango -- Utatldn -- The Ixil Triangle -- The Biotopo del Quetzal -- The Road to El Estor -- The Oriente -- The Last Road -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Guatemalan journey by Benz, Stephen Connely, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…Guatemala City -- Arrival -- The Capital for Tourists -- Walking around Town -- Rainy Season in the Slums -- The City Dump -- Along the Railroad Tracks -- A GAM Rally -- Maquilas -- El Churrasco -- Ladino Attitudes -- Soccer in Guatemala -- Street Children -- Buying a Scooter -- Bureaucracy Revisited -- The Post Office -- Fijase -- Religion -- Restaurants -- USAID -- The Gringo Presence -- Part Two. Roads and Texts -- Antigua -- Lake Atitldn -- Chichicastenango -- Utatldn -- The Ixil Triangle -- The Biotopo del Quetzal -- The Road to El Estor -- The Oriente -- The Last Road -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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Donors, technical assistance and public administration in Kosovo by Venner, Mary

Table of Contents: “…Supervised independence (February 2008 to September 2012)Notes; 2 The actors; The United Nations; The UN Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK); UN performance; The UN Office of Civil Affairs (Pillar II); Pillar II performance; Relations between the UN and other international actors; The European Union; The Europeanisation objective of EU assistance; Europeanisation in Kosovo; The EU in UNMIK (Pillar IV); EU development assistance: EAR and ECLO; EAR performance; The United States; National interest and US assistance; USAID and PFM; USAID performance; US relations with other actors.…”
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Estimated mean per capita energy requirements for planning emergency food aid rations

Table of Contents: “…3 Summary and RecommendationsReferences -- Appendix USAID's Request to the Committee -- MEMORANDUM FROM SAMUEL G. …”
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CNN specials. CNN town hall. Russia's invasion of Ukraine, one year later

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Bootstrapping democracy : transforming local governance and civil society in Brazil by Baiocchi, Gianpaolo, 1971-, Heller, Patrick, Silva, Marcelo Kunrath

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The U.S. Army stability operations field manual

Table of Contents: “…Appendix A: Interagency, Intergovernmental, and Nongovernmental Organizations in Stability Operations Appendix B: Interagency Management System -- Appendix C: USAID Principles for Reconstruction and Development -- Appendix D: Interagency Conflict Assessment Overview -- Appendix E: Humanitarian Response Principles -- Appendix F: Provincial Reconstruction Teams -- Appendix G: Summary of Changes -- Source Notes -- Glossary -- References -- Index…”
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Food aid and the developing world : four African case studies by Stevens, Christopher, 1948-

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The role of the state and individual in sustainable land management

Table of Contents: “…-- Managing informal settlements in Botswana -- The contribution of foreign assistance to the development of land markets and the strengthening of property rights : the case of USAID -- Comparative evaluation of purchase and subdivision processes in Denmark, England and Wales, and Belarus -- The role of land consolidation and land readjustment in modern society -- Land tenure reform in Scotland.…”
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From development to dictatorship : Bolivia and the alliance for progress in the Kennedy era by Field, Thomas C., Jr

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Privatizing pensions : the transnational campaign for social security reform by Orenstein, Mitchell A. (Mitchell Alexander)

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From development to dictatorship : Bolivia and the alliance for progress in the Kennedy era by Field, Thomas C., Jr

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Transforming higher education in afghanistan : success admidst ongoing struggles. by Hayward, Fred

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Introduction to Rwandan law by Kamatali, Jean-Marie

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Jack of all trades : an American advisor's war in Vietnam, 1969-70 by Beckett, Ronald L.

Table of Contents: “…Going to Saigon; PART FIVE-THE BATTLE FOR HEARTS AND MINDS; 23. Pacification ; 24. USAID; 25. Chicken Man; 26. Miracle Rice; 27. This Little Piggy Went to Market; 28. …”
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We will rise : Michelle Obama's mission to educate girls around the world

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Gender, National Security and Counter-terrorism : human rights perspectives

Table of Contents: “…Missing indicators, disappearing gender: measuring USAID's programming to counter violent extremism: Margaret L. …”
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