The World

New head at USAID, new efforts in international development

Rajiv Shah, the new administrator for USAID, will begin with a mandate to fix an agency that has received a lot of criticism in the past few years. We’re joined by New York Times’ Nicholas Kristof to talk implications for American efforts overseas.

Global Politics

Later today, the government agency tasked with international development gets a new boss. Rajiv Shah, the new administrator for USAID, will begin with a mandate to fix an agency that has received a lot of criticism in the past few years. Yesterday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gave a speech at the Center for Global Development in which she described a new vision for the nation’s international development efforts. We’re joined by New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof to talk about what this means for American efforts overseas.