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International Development in Practice Complex Worlds of Foreign Aid

International Development in Practice Complex Worlds of Foreign Aid. Steve Reifenberg University of Notre Dame March 5, 2013. Complex Worlds of Foreign Aid Perceptions about aid History of aid – two stories. American Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Aid November 30, 2010 .

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International Development in Practice Complex Worlds of Foreign Aid

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  1. International Development in PracticeComplex Worlds of Foreign Aid Steve Reifenberg University of Notre Dame March 5, 2013

  2. Complex Worlds of Foreign Aid • Perceptions about aid • History of aid – two stories

  3. American Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Aid November 30, 2010 Q44. Just based on what you know, please tell me your hunch about what percentage of the federal budget goes to foreign aid. Worldpublicopinion.org

  4. American Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Aid November 30, 2010 Q44. Just based on what you know, please tell me your hunch about what percentage of the federal budget goes to foreign aid. Mean.................................................27% Median...............................................25% Worldpublicopinion.org

  5. American Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Aid November 30, 2010 Q45. What do you think would be an appropriate percentage of the federal budget to go to foreign aid, if any? Mean.......................................................13% Median....................................................10% Worldpublicopinion.org

  6. American Public Opinion on U.S. Foreign Aid November 30, 2010 • What percentage is foreign aid of the U.S. federal budget? • About 0.2% • U.S. Budget office

  7. Promoting Peace Through Education • Stones into Schools, by Greg Mortenson Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

  8. Theory of Change -- Investment in Girls Education Village girls attend the opening of the Pushghar Village Girls School, Afghanistan.DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released. Some rights reserved.

  9. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released. Some rights reserved. Theory of Change • Investment in Girls Education • Impact on income -- one additional • year of primary school provides a 10 to 20% income bump • One additional year of secondary school a 15 to 25% increase on lifetime wages • Correlates perfectly with lower, more sustainable population growth. • “If you teach a boy you educate an individual; but if you teach a girl you educate a community.”

  10. Bringing about Change…. Central Asia Institute Greg Mortensen explains the locations of future village schools to Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. DoD photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley/Released. Some rights reserved. • Not to saturate a region launching hundreds of projects. • Rather, plan a handful of schools in the hardest places… “last place first.” • Empower the communities in these areas to sustain those projects • Step back in the hope that government and other NGOS will move toward these points, building bridges.

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