Tag: Economics & Development
Trauma in Togo
by Mark Wentling In April 1991, while I was serving in Lomé, Togo as the USAID Representative for Togo and Benin, protests in Lomé against the dictatorial regime of President Eyadéma reached the boiling point. One night, President Eyadéma’s barbaric … Continued
The Russian Job: The Forgotten Story of How America Saved the Soviet Union from Ruin
by Douglas Smith
Reviewed by Renee M. Earle
How U.S.-Soviet Scientific and Technical Exchanges Helped End the Cold War
by Olga Krasnyak
A Free Trade Agreement Could Benefit the U.S.-Brazil Trade Relationship
by Peter Sufrin
Reporting on the Spread of HIV in China
by David Cowhig Chinese physician Dr. Wang Shuping predicted the HIV epidemic among Henan peasant blood sellers and eventually raised the alarm all the way to Beijing when local and provincial authorities ignored the rapid spread of HIV among the … Continued
The Anarchy
The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire
reviewed by Jon P. Dorschner
Special Focus on the Legacy of the Peace Corps in the Foreign Service
Although State does not track former PCVs in the department, an average of 5% of new Foreign Service Officers in the last four entering classes reported Peace Corps experience and more than 60 former volunteers have served as U.S. ambassadors.
How I Invented the Peace Corps (Sort Of)
by Gerald Kamens One morning in March 1959, a top secret policy paper appeared on my boss’s desk at Dwight Eisenhower’s Bureau of the Budget—later reborn as the Office of Management and Budget. Its subject: How to counter the Soviet … Continued
U.S. Ambassadors who Served in the Peace Corps
Editor’s note: This is an unofficial list compiled by John Coyne. Please send any additions or corrections to editor@americandiplomacy.org.
Pioneering an International Urban Development Program
A Frontline Snapshot of USAID History
by Eric Chetwynd, Jr.
The Marshall Plan: Seventy Years Since the Start of a Great Diplomatic Effort
by Thomas E. McNamara
Foreign Service Accounts from the Oral History Archives (ADST.ORG)
Foreign Service Accounts from the Oral History Archives (ADST.ORG) In this issue, we offer two more ADST segments focusing on U.S. international development stories, one on the Marshall Plan and another from USAID officer Carol Peasley. -The Economic Cooperation Act, … Continued
A Retrospective in Humility Lessons for Young Development Professionals
by Elizabeth Knight My professional path has been a winding one, with turns that have taken me places I never imagined. Looking back on over a decade in international development, there is much I have learned and even more that … Continued