Michael Igoe

Reporting on the politics of global development @devex.

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[Coefficient Giving @coeff_giving]

Our CEO @albrgr joined @AlterIgoe on @Devex's Theory of Change podcast to discuss where philanthropic effort can have the biggest impact, and why structural gaps in markets and governments leave so many important problems chronically underfunded.

[Alexander Berger @albrgr]

Thanks @AlterIgoe for having me on @Devex's new Theory of Change podcast.

We talked about how we pick problems at @coeff_giving, why Strep A stands out as a unique opportunity, and the challenge of making big bets across long time horizons: https://t.co/eKmYxtX0gD

[Richard Gowan @RichardGowan1]

Fraud is bad, but I think $60 million is cheap for the funniest @UN story ever told (now told even better by @columlynch).

[columlynch @columlynch]

Exclusive: The UN's $60 million fiasco: a cautionary tale of the pitfalls of impact investing. The rise & fall of an ex senior UN official who once managed $billions 4 the UN. Today he spends his time teaching chess to fellow prison inmates.
https://t.co/uWZ3fBkl73

[Leah Libresco Sargeant @LeahLibresco]

Congress appropriated money for lifesaving AIDS treatment.

State hasn't sent that money to the CDC to be spent.

https://t.co/KEadonoeQ0

[Devex @devex]

The U.S. State Department is launching a new Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response, asserting it can deliver "faster" and "more targeted" international relief than USAID. https://t.co/EEsMN4mN71

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

More internal details on the @StateDept's new Bureau of Disaster and Humanitarian Response: https://t.co/rKImf4XDR1

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

Bloomberg confirms last month's @devex scoop: https://t.co/vLYhnOIWaN

[Eric Martin @EMPosts]

The Trump administration is reorganizing foreign aid at a fraction of its former size after dismantling USAID, a move critics say has cost millions of lives.

State says it’s ending programs on climate and social issues and focusing on life-saving work.

https://t.co/CykG9sv9yC

[PassBlue @pass_blue]

In his last letter as @UNRWA boss, Lazzarini to the UN General Assembly, he warns of the agency's possible collapse #Gaza
https://t.co/1VO083CFxL

[Brian Schatz @brianschatz]

I am not going to vote for a supplemental funding request for this war. It is already catastrophic.

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

“People talk about ‘sustainable development.’ What about just ‘actual development,” says @RepFrenchHill at @devex impact house

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

There’s a line out the door to find out why the 80-year old @UN hasn’t had a woman secretary general yet (and what it might take to get there) #UNGA80

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

Stay tuned! #UNGA80

[Liz Schrayer @LizSchrayer]

Worth the read. Thanks @AlterIgoe

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

Missed this yesterday. The leadership team at the Peace Corps have all just stepped down to "to pave the way for a new leadership team to step in." https://t.co/f6yJS0LLgx

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

Oh

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

Hearing that Trump is about to double down on the constitutional crisis. A President cannot eliminate an appropriated federal agency by executive order. That’s what a despot - who wants to steal the taxpayers money to enrich his billionaire cabal - does.

Watch USAID tonight.

[Sara Jerving @sarajerving]

In a Saturday memo, USAID staffers were given more details on the "complete halt" in foreign assistance and told "every program will be thoroughly scrutinized.” https://t.co/KQxSzMVmuU

[Devex @devex]

JOIN US TODAY at 12 p.m. ET for a rapid-response briefing on the new US directive that freezes foreign aid spending & halts work on existing USAID grants & contracts.

✍️Register now: https://t.co/8AGv5vjOMm

📹Can’t attend live? Register anyway & we’ll send you a recording.

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

New: US lawmakers urge Secretary of State Marco Rubio to unfreeze aid https://t.co/zVCPJyw1ns @Devex

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

Here is my piece about Huber and her efforts to make this happen: https://t.co/gXaTByq19M

[Michael Igoe @AlterIgoe]

BREAKING: The U.S. government has rejoined the Geneva Consensus Declaration, and international coalition rejecting international abortion rights, according to Valerie Huber, the architect of the effort during Trump's 1st term: https://t.co/VSfbOyfD7o