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Insights from Administrator Shah

Haiti

A woman catches a bucket in a line for rubble removal in the hilly Ravine Pintade neighborhood in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Feb. 16

The Most Resilient People on Earth: Haiti Still Standing After Trio of Disasters

Most Americans know that Haitians are poor and recovery is progressing slowly, but the full story is much more complicated. It's one of old struggles, new challenges, U.S. commitment and hope.

A Haitian woman rests on the rubble of a destroyed building at a market in Port-au-Prince following a massive 7.0-magnitude quak

Faced with Destruction, Earthquake Responders Address Immediate Suffering

John Atis, the regional director for USAID's Watershed Initiative for National Natural Environmental Resources (WINNER) program

Mangoes and Tees: the Next Phase of Haitian Recovery?

The man on the left explains how to use mobile money in Haiti's Pandiassou community as part of a USAID grant to Mercy Corps.

Mobile Banking: Will It Transform Haiti's Transactions?

The International Office for Migration distributes aid on Feb. 18, 2010, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. More than a million people we

2010—The Year in Review

Voices from the Field

Schoolchildren concentrate at Ecole Marie Dominique Mazzarello in Port-au-Prince.

With a Roof Over Their Heads…

Your Voice: Dèyè Mòn Gen Mòn

Women in Development

Why women? This should not be a question. Of course, women—especially since we make up 50 percent of the world's population!

U.S. Rep. Laura Richardson (D-Calif.), center left, visits a SmartGirl Club and interacts with beneficiaries in a Karaoke parlor

Accelerating the Global Health Initiative: Cambodia's HIV/AIDS Efforts Put Women in the Driver's Seat

Yeshi Alem, left, educates her village about the perils of making girls marry young. She is seen here with one of the women she

Combating Early Marriage from the Ground Up

Interview with Donald Steinberg

Two community educators prepare for a training session on the safe age of marriage. Twenty men and 20 women were selected from a

Yemeni Communities Unite Against Child Marriage

Mozambique Scientists Out to Prove Women Can Set a New Course for Agriculture in Their Country and Beyond

Roselette Dupervil, a heavy machinery operator, talks to a colleague from her seat inside an excavator Feb. 14 as she clears rub

The Superwomen Rebuilding Haiti

The patio to Kelly's Retreat opens to several blocks of gardens.

Giving Women More Credit

U.S. Moves to Fulfill U.N. Resolution on Women, Peace, and Security

Extras - February/March 2011

Ugandan fish farmers harvest carp from an aquaculture pond.

Carp Comeback Is Nod to Uganda's Revamped Aquaculture Industry

Research increases carp numbers and addresses food security in East Africa

Guineans line up in Conakry to vote in the June 27 elections.

Guinea Holds First Democratic Election