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Presentation by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, at the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of AAAS Fellows

sgruber — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:30:51 +0000

Presentation by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, at the Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of AAAS Fellows

Friday, May 3, 2013

It is a great honor to participate in the fortieth anniversary of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) policy fellowship program. I’d like to begin by thanking Alan Leshner, Cynthia Robinson, and their colleagues in the diplomacy security and development program for partnering with USAID, and to Alex Dehgan for his superb leadership in the science and technology arena at USAID. And I’ll extend a particularly warm welcome to all of our current and former USAID AAAS fellows, who have enriched our Agency.

Presentation by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, to the Workshop on Metrics for Agricultural Transformation

sgruber — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:55:08 +0000

Presentation by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, to the Workshop on Metrics for Agricultural Transformation

Friday, April 19, 2013

We are here today to reaffirm our interest and commitment to following up on the outcomes of the Copenhagen Consultation in 2012 to provide ourselves with a new tool in our work in promoting sustainable economic growth around the world. This is essential if we are to fulfill the vision we all share for the future. Indeed, two months ago, President Barack Obama pledged in his State of the Union address that the United States will join with our allies to eradicate extreme poverty in the next two decades. He said that this will be achieved by connecting more people to the global economy and empowering women; by giving our young and brightest minds new opportunities to serve; by helping communities to feed, power and educate themselves; by saving the world’s children from preventable deaths; and by realizing the promise of an AIDS-free generation.

Remarks by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, at Peacebuilding 2013: Pacem in Terris at 50

sgruber — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:36:13 +0000

Remarks by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, at Peacebuilding 2013: Pacem in Terris at 50

Friday, April 12, 2013

I must admit that it’s daunting to speak before religious scholars, and organizations such as Catholic Relief Services, St. Egidio, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, the U.S. Institute of Peace, and Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies. I feel like the man who was asked to speak about Whale Anatomy, and as he looks into the audience, he sees Jonah.

The task is made less daunting by the recognition that Pope John’s 23rd encyclical is accessible throughout five decades. In the 1960’s, it’s accessible during nuclear disarmament and an end to the arms race, as well as decolonization and an end to the caste system dividing nations. It can be applied to the 1970’s, as we witnessed gender equality and women’s empowerment on the rise, and an end to racial and ethnic prejudice and discrimination. We can look to it as we committed to treatises on the inter-connection of global human rights and peace in the 1980’s. And in the 1990’s, it’s useful at the need to ensure that growing science and technology is pursued not as a goal of its own but as a means toward the betterment of mankind. More recently, perhaps not surprising given my position as USAID’s Deputy Administrator, it is a strong endorsement of foreign assistance as a means of building peaceful, stable societies. It may sound self-serving since my agency’s budget is going to the Hill tomorrow, but paragraph 88 reminds us:

USAID Launches New Environment Initiative to Improve Bangladesh's Resilience to Climate Change

sgruber — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 21:05:48 +0000

USAID Launches New Environment Initiative to Improve Bangladesh's Resilience to Climate Change

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Today, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg and Bangladesh’s Minister of Environment and Forests Dr. Hasan Mahmud jointly announced the launch of the new USAID Climate-Resilient Ecosystems and Livelihoods (CREL) program. U.S. Ambassador to Bangladesh, Dan Mozena and USAID Bangladesh Mission Director, Richard Greene also attended the launch.

Remarks by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, at the Stakeholder Day of the 4th Meeting of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Indonesia

sgruber — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:11:08 +0000

Remarks by Donald Steinberg, Deputy Administrator, at the Stakeholder Day of the 4th Meeting of the High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda, Indonesia

Monday, March 25, 2013

It's a great honor to moderate this panel on the Framework and Priorities for the Post-2015 Development Agenda. I wanted to take a few moments at the start to introduce the panel and the panelists. We will be looking back over changes since the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) were established, looking forward to the post-2015 goals, and even looking inward as we consider how we as governments, international organizations, civil society, and private companies can play our full and proper roles in this exercise.