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  The future of US aid

  The future of US aid

  Opinion: The Development Credit Authority needs to stay in USAID

  26 Feb 2018

  The White House has unveiled plans to transform the Overseas Private Investment Corporation into a new United States development finance institution. But in an effort to "reduce redundancy," the administration has proposed stripping the U.S. Agency for International Development of one of its most valuable tools: the Development Credit Authority. Former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios and former USAID Assistant Administrator Eric Postel explain.

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  #Fin4Dev

  #Fin4Dev

  Domestic resources are finally at the forefront of development

  13 Aug 2015

  After years on the fringes of conferences and conversations about development finance, domestic resource mobilization is finally taking center stage. That should be exciting news, writes USAID Associate Administrator Eric Postel in this guest contribution.

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  Contributor: Eric G. Postel

  Contributor: Eric G. Postel

  Financing the future: Why domestic revenue mobilization belongs on the post-2015 agenda

  15 Apr 2014

  Global tax collection has improved since the MDGs were adopted in 2000, but many developing countries still struggle to meet domestic expenditure needs. How can we move forward? A guest commentary from USAID’s Eric G. Postel for this week’s high-level meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation in Mexico City.

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  Land Matters for food security

  Land Matters for food security

  Why strong land rights advance food security

  4 Sep 2013

  Development practitioners can play a role in strengthening land rights and food security, write Eric Postel and Tjada McKenna of the U.S. Agency for International Development in this guest opinion.

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