More than 15 million children have been orphaned by AIDS. Fewer than one in ten of these children receive any external support. It is time to make children a priority in the fight against HIV and AIDS. Governments should direct at least 10% of their HIV and AIDS funding to support AIDS orphans and vulnerable children. The United States has passed legislation promising 10% for orphans and vulnerable children. But the promises and legislation are unfulfilled as they meander through government bu
We spend $23.5bn on foreign assistance, much of which is mismanaged and corrupted, and not ending up in the hands of those to whom it's intended (i.e. the poor!). The next president needs to make a concerted effort to reform our broken foreign assistance programs. We should use PROVEN models of assistance that will provide for wealth accumulation for the poor from the bottom up -- things like development of microfinance, conditional cash transfer programs, and child development accounts.
