Another recent article on the current U.N. meetings, the U.S.’s role in them, how poverty and health and aid are being discussed, and how much the U.S. gives to poverty-focused development aid around the world compard to other donor nations. From the LA Times – “The Foreign Aid Gap.”
Secondly, here is a recent White House Press briefing with the Deputy National Security advisor Shirzad on President
Bush’s committments being shared at the U.N. If you’re interested in more detail onthe Doha round, how the U.S. may view the upcoming WTO negotiations in Hong Kong, what commitment to foreign aid the U.S. is talking about making, and how ag subsidies and the farm bill may relate to all this, these questions and answers provide some brief information.