Document Author:  USAID USAID 2012 Annual Letter March 9, 2012

Two years ago, President Barack Obama and Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton both called for elevating development within America’s foreign policy. Many people in the development community assumed their call to elevate development was about recognizing the importance of the work USAID and others have done for decades. But the President and Secretary’s call for elevating development was not a show of gratitude. It was not a reward. It was a challenge. It meant we would have to move past old debates and embrace new opportunities.

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