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The Politics of US Foreign Assistance: A Field-Level Perspective
Panel Discussion Featuring New Data From Haiti, Liberia and Bangladesh Thursday, November 5, 2:00 to 3:30 PM Room 2200, Rayburn House Office Building, Capitol Hill

Save the Children will host a panel
discussion of experts examining the foreign aid trends of three very
different countries. What is and what is not working in each country, as
well as how these field experiences can inform the foreign aid reform
debate in Washington.
Moderator: Ambassador Michael Klosson, Associate Vice President & Chief
Policy Officer, Save the Children; Formerly U.S. Ambassador to Cyprus and
Foreign Service officer with 27 years of experience in Europe and East
Asia.
Panelists: Polly Byers, Formerly Senior Coordinator, Department of State
Office of the Director of Foreign Assistance; and previously Senior
Interagency Policy Advisor, United States Agency for International
Development Bureau for Program and Policy Coordination.
Alice Burt, Research Consultant, Save the Children UK; formerly Program
Officer, Save the Children Sudan and Tanzania programs; Completing a PhD at
Cambridge University examining the links between the Global War on Terror,
child poverty, and U.S. foreign assistance.
For more information or to RSVP, please contact
AidEffectiveness@SaveChildren.org
http://www.savethechildren.org/aid-effectiveness
Save the Children is the leading independent organization creating lasting
change for children in need in the United States and around the world. Save
the Children USA is a member of the International Save the Children
Alliance, a global network of 28 independent Save the Children
organizations working to ensure the well-being and protection of children
in more than 110 countries. For more information, visit
www.savethechildren.org.
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