Rwanda’s Ministry of Agriculture has announced that it will host a two-day high-level stakeholder meeting to discuss post-compact implementation of its CAADP Compact in Kigali. 

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Washington, D.C. -- Today the United States Senate unanimously confirmed President Barack Obama’s nomination of Daniel W. Yohannes as the new Chief Executive Officer of the U.S. Government’s Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). As CEO, Mr. Yohannes will undertake MCC's mission to reduce poverty through economic growth.
 

Preference programs provide unilateral market access to developing countries and are seen as central to U.S. trade and development policy, as well as an important foreign policy tool.  Over the years, Congress has maintained active oversight of these programs, repeatedly revising and expanding them to better meet the goal of spurring economic growth and development. 

A new report from the World Bank and African partners, Africa's Infrastructure: A Time for Transformation, highlights the findings of a 24-country study and urges increased investment in four critical areas: energy, transport, water, and information and communications technology.