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Administrator Samantha Power Speaks at USAID's Democracy Delivers Event on the Sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly

Today, I am announcing a new commitment to action for philanthropic and private sector leaders to join in these kinds of efforts. And I want really, in particular, to thank Darren [Walker] and Raj [Shah] for being anchor partners and helping to guide this effort. I'm thrilled to kick off this commitment to action by announcing here that USAID will invest over $35 million in additional resources to help the partner countries that are gathered here today to drive economic growth, build more effective and transparent governance, and improve basic services for people. We will draw in private sector partners, as we have with m-mama and the Vodafone Foundation.

Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman’s Keynote at Trade and Investment Roundtable

When local actors, entrepreneurs, and small agribusiness owners have a voice in policy making, they are more likely to grow and succeed and reinvest earnings that benefit the community. But despite demonstrating the most potential for growth, the voices of women, youth, and rural enterprises, in particular, are too often overlooked.

Administrator Samantha Power at the Civil Society Forum at the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit

The truth is we need civil society – as government actors and as government champions of reform, we actually can't know how the policies that we implement, or that you all legislate, are being lived in the real world. We actually – we may have the best of intentions – we just actually don't know often, exactly how those are being felt, and where the slippage occurs – because things don't always work in the real world the way that they are intended.

Administrator Samantha Power Good Nature Agro Visit Lusaka, Zambia

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Good morning everyone, and thank you, Sunday, for that introduction.

Administrator Samantha Power Meets With Zambia’s Cabinet Ministers

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Let me just say how thrilled I am to be here on behalf of President Biden in Zambia. Let me express my thanks to Cheryl, of course, who’s our chargé here at the mission, but also longtime USAID mission director.

Administrator Samantha Power Meets With President Hakainde Hichilema

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: I want to thank President Hichilema and his team for his gracious hospitality in welcoming me and my delegation to Zambia, and to the State House.

Administrator Samantha Power Participates In A Media Roundtable Lusaka, Zambia

ADMINISTRATOR POWER: Great. Thank you all so much for being here today and also for the work that you're doing every day, which is such critical work in any democracy. Since I've come here, I've been asked a number of times, why Zambia? Why now?

Deputy Administrator Isobel Coleman At The Feed The Future Roundtable Discussion

Thank you all so much. We see all of you as part of the solution. That is the basis of Feed the Future. We started this event with the Minister from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, who painted a vision of what we can achieve together in partnership. The DRC is cultivating only 9 percent of their land, but has natural rainfall and the potential to become a breadbasket.

Global Food Security and COVID-19

Testimony of Dr. Atul Gawande, Assistant Administrator for Global Health, before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on State and Foreign Operations

Global Food Security Crisis

Written Statement of Administrator Samantha Power before the Committee on Foreign Relations