
Statement from InterAction President & CEO Samuel A. Worthington on the nomination of Dr. Rajiv Shah to head the U.S. Agency for International Development. (UPDATE: Dr. Shah's Testimony now available.)
UPDATE: U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee will hold hearings on Dr. Shah's nomination at 10:00am on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 in Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 419.
UPDATE 2: Dr. Shah's testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee is now available [1].
“InterAction congratulates Dr. Rajiv Shah on his nomination to lead the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). His nomination is definitely a step in the right direction. The alliance of 187 InterAction member organizations looks forward to working with him on the historic opportunities and challenges facing the U.S. on the humanitarian and global development fronts.
The challenges are many, but USAID administrator-nominee Shah has a historic opportunity to shape the way U.S. foreign assistance is done for at least the next 50 years. Rep. Howard Berman (D-CA) and other congressional leaders are looking to the new administrator to help guide discussions around climate change, food security, a rewrite of the outdated 1961 Foreign Assistance Act and countless other issues.”
- Samuel A. Worthington
Links:
[1] http://www.interaction.org/document/testimony-dr-rajiv-shah
[2] http://www.interaction.org/document/historic-challenges-and-opportunities-face-usaid-nominee
[3] http://www.interaction.org/foreign-assistance-briefing-book
[4] http://www.interaction.org/sites/default/files/1/LETTERS/Memo_to_the_President-Historic_Opportunity.pdf
[5] http://www.interaction.org/organization/interaction