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Coffee, Commerce, and Communities: Small Scale Agricultural Development in East Africa

Presented by :
The Program on America and the Global Economy (PAGE)
and The Africa Program of the Woodrow Wilson Center

Excerpts from the US Global Leadership Coalition's FY 11 Budget

Thanks to our partners at the US Global Leadership Coalition and AIARD, below are excerpts from the US Global Leadership Coalition's FY 11 budget
update that are of special interest to us. If you want a full budget report
go to usglc.org.

African leaders approve new agency to replace NEPAD Secretariat

14th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union approves the integration of the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) into the structures and processes of the African Union including the establishment of the NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency (NPCA)
 

Partnership Board Vice Chair Abdoulaye Diop named WFP Country Director to Malawi

We are delighted to share the news that Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop, Vice Chair of the Partnership's Board of Directors, has been named World Food Programme Representative and Country Director to Malawi. He will take up his new post in Lilongwe in mid-February.

Former Partnership Board Member Ann Tutwiler appointed USDA's Coordinator for the Global Food Security Initiative

We are very pleased to announce that former Partnership Board member Ann Tutwiler has been named USDA’s Coordinator for the Global Food Security Initiative. She will serve in this position out of the Office of Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack.
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