Did you know…
… that together, InterAction members and U.S. corporations manage an estimated $19.4 billion in international development program funds? Together, we represent more than half of the total U.S. private investment in developing countries.*

A recent survey of InterAction member CEOs, presidents and executive directors revealed:

A new USAID program allows companies of all sizes including large corporations, to send professionals abroad to local governments and groups in developing nations. Sam Worthington is quoted in a MSNBC article saying that a partnership of government, corporations and non-profits is essential for achieving the Millennium Dvelopment Goals.

The G8 is committed to aid effectiveness in the areas of global health and food security. Food security is central in the G8's development concerns as the countries focus on financial aid as well as research. The G8 has also mobilized over 40 percent of the $60 billion that was pledged towards global health in 2007.

InterAction member EDC's one year progress report after the January 12, 2010, earthquake in Haiti.

Thank you Corinne for that wonderful introduction and thank you Karen Mulhauser, and to your entire team at the UN Association of the National Capital Area for hosting this important event. 

Andy Rice leaves all of us an important legacy. His commitment to the role youth play in development and efforts to shape the U.S. development community remain with us today.  

 InterAction suggests that the Administration consider the MDGs as a key issue to the U.S. foreign policy and urges President Obama to take the lead in supporting the MDGs.

Congresswoman Barbara Lee introduces a CR in support of the MDGs.

The June 2010 issue of Monday Developments Magazine

A progress report on the MDGs and U.S. national strategy on development since publication of InterAction’s 2008 Foreign Assistance Briefing Book.

Report on public dialogue hosted by InterAction and the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) on country-led development and partnerships in fighting global poverty

This policy brief is part of a larger series in InterAction’s 2009 Foreign Assistance Briefing Book.