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September 19, 2011

Trade
Bipartisan Task Force Calls for “Pro-America” Trade Policy to Bring Home Benefits of Global Commerce

A CFR-sponsored Independent Task Force report encourages the Obama administration and Congress to adopt a "pro-America" trade policy that brings to more Americans the benefits of global engagement.

December 11, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Revitalizing Africa’s Rural Future

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. Dr. Ibrahim Hassane Mayaki, Executive Secretary of New Partnershi…

A woman works in a rice mill in Aliade community in the Gwer local government area of the central state of Benue 05/10/2012.

June 25, 2012

Sub-Saharan Africa
Guest Post: Rural Futures

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. In his post, he discusses the CAADP meeting in Nairobi in early Ma…

A worker picks tea at a plantation in Githunguri, 30 km (18 miles) from Kenya's capital Nairobi, January 6, 2012.

May 29, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
Agriculture, Structural Change and the Urban Imperative in African Development

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. There has been increased discussion of late on repositioning deve…

Street traders covers stalls with umbrellas along abandoned railway line in Nigeria's oil hub city of Port Harcourt December 3, 2012.

May 7, 2013

Sub-Saharan Africa
African Development Revisited

This is a guest post by Owen Cylke. Mr. Cylke is a development professional and a retired senior foreign service officer with USAID. A spate of press articles over the past several months speculate …

An aerial view shows the central business district in Nigeria's commercial capital of Lagos, April 7, 2009.