- Date:
- 14 January 2009
- Author(s):
- Christopher Broughton (Relief, Stabilization, and Development
Directorate) - Classification Level:
- Unclassified
- Citation:
- National Security Council. Executive Office of the President. Smart Development. Christopher Broughton. Transition 6502.
- Related Links:
- International Affairs & Policy Positions
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Transition Memo
Transition 6502 – Smart Development
Memo attachments
| Item | Details |
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Chronology for Smart Development |
Date: 14 January 2009 Author(s): National Security Council Description: Chronology outlining major developments in Bush’s smart development approach, including major speeches, funding achievements, and laws. Tabs corresponding to major developments noted. |
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President Proposes $5 Billion Plan to Help Developing Nations (March 14, 2002) |
Date: 14 March 2022 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush says that addressing poverty and underdevelopment is critical in GWOT. Bush says that these problems can be countered with strong institutions and markets. Bush announces additional funding of Millennium Challenge Accountant announces goal to double the size of poorest economies in ten years. |
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President Outlines U.S. Plan to Help World's Poor (March 22, 2002) |
Date: 22 March 2002 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush points to results-based reform, free markets, democracy, and openness as key to fighting international poverty. Bush states new funding will go to economic freedom, good governance, technology growth, etc. Bush champions ongoing Doha talks as an important tool in accomplishing this goal. |
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President Promotes Compassionate Conservatism (April 30, 2002) |
Date: 30 April 2002 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush highlights signs of economic recovery in U.S, stating that tax cuts and low tariffs will help. Bush celebrates the liberation of Afghanistan and describes need to win the GWOT.Bush outlines the American value of toleration and states both governments and individuals have role to play. Bush defines what compassionate conservatism means at home and abroad as well as the value of compassionate conservatism. |
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Mrs. Bush's Remarks at Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development Forum (May 14, 2002) |
Date: 14 May 2002 Author(s): Laura Bush (speech) Description: Mrs. Bush highlights the commonality of parenthood among all humans. Bush transitions to speaking of virtues of No Child Left Behind/parental education/teacher recruitment, international education aid, and the role of education in giving one a future, focusing heavily on Afghanistan. |
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Fact Sheet: G-8 Africa Action Plan (June 27, 2002) |
Date: 27 June 2002 Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary Description: Fact sheet discusses G-8’s Africa Action Plan.Action Plan aims to expand African economies, combat disease, secure World Bank grants, and negotiate armed conflict cessations. Sheet also summarizes U.S. commitment to Africa—sustaining economic growth/free markets, fighting HIV/AIDS, and other measures. |
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President Addresses African Growth and Opportunity Act Forum (January 15, 2003) |
Date: 15 January 2003 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush extends thanks,celebrates extension of African Growth and Opportunity Act, announces extended African funding efforts, underscores importance of world trade in fighting poverty, and announces more funding for African education. |
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Message to the Congress of the United States (February 5, 2003) |
Date: 5 February 2003 Author(s): George W. Bush Description: Bush announces introduction of legislation creating the Millennium Challenge Account. Bush states the goal of the Account—to improve conditions through targeted investment focused on results, accountability, and innovative strategies. Bush announces the Millennium Challenge Corporation as leading the Millennium Challenge Account. |
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President Bush Concludes Week-Long Trip to Africa (July 12, 2003) |
Date: 12 July 2003 Author(s): George W. Bush Description: Bush summarizes his recent trip to Africa. Bush states America’s commitment to ending African conflicts in Sudan, the Congo, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast. Bush celebrates $15 billion funding proposal to fight AIDS and his efforts in promoting African free trade. Bush announces funding for African educators. |
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Remarks by the President at Ceremony Celebrating Countries Selected for the Millennium Challenge Account (May 10, 2004) |
Date: 10 May 2004 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush extends thanks and explains the significance of the Millennium Challenge Account and free markets to counter poverty. Bush explains criteria and celebrates those selected for Account. Bush encourages other nations to follow the example of those selected. |
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President Bush Signs African Growth and Opportunity Act (July 13, 2004) |
Date: 13 July 2004 Author(s): George W. Bush (statement) Description: Bush decries situation in Sudan, explains benefits of African Growth and Opportunity Act, highlights Trade Representative Bob Zoellick’s efforts in Africa, and underscores importance of free markets in Africa. |
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President Thanks USAID Employees and NGO Presidents (January 10, 2005) |
Date: 10 January 2005 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush applauds role of NGOs and USAID in compassionate response to disaster and asks for more donations. Bush lauds USAID, NGO, and the U.S. military’s impact in disaster response, describing U.S. government funding assistance for NGOs.Bush explains importance of USAID in state capacity, opportunity, economic growth. |
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President Discusses G-8 Summit, Progress in Africa (June 30, 2005) |
Date: 30 June 2005 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush extends thanks and announces that African development will be a topic of discussion at upcoming G-8 meeting. Bush declares that Africa is on the precipice of huge growth and that the West has major opportunity to help, promising funding increase. Bush points to Millennium Challenge Corporation as effective aid vehicle. Bush highlights environmental efforts, debt relief, trade expansion, conflict resolution, education, and disease relief as areas for the West to help with. |
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Fact Sheet: Africa Education Initiative (June 30, 2005) |
Date: 30 June 2005 Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary Description: Fact sheet summarizes key points of Africa Education Initiative.These points include funding, training targets, school supplies targets, scholarship targets, improved access, and vocational training availability increases. |
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President Addresses United Nations High-Level Plenary Meeting (September 14, 2005) |
Date: 14 September 2005 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush states need for international compassion in the face of globalization, natural disasters, and terrorism. Bush highlights international counterproliferation and counterterrorism efforts as well as African Development progress. Bush calls for more free trade, poverty reduction, increased aid,and debt relief. Bush describes global stakes in Iraq’s success and calls for UN support. |
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President Outlines Pandemic Influenza Preparations and Response (November 1, 2005) |
Date: 1 November 2005 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush lauds efforts of the National Institute of Health in fighting influenza/SARS. Bush announces goals of detecting disease outbreaks, stockpiling vaccines/medicine, and speeding vaccine production. Bush then outlines what U.S. is doing to meet these objectives and asks for emergency funding from Congress to prepare in advance. |
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Fact Sheet: United States Leadership on Avian Influenza (November 19, 2005) |
Date: 19 November 2005 Author(s): George W. Bush Description: Fact sheet summarizes Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation meeting in Busan, Korea, focusing on the avian flu. Fact sheet states leaders agreed to open pandemic information sharing, rapid and collective response, joint planning, and protocol for continuity of services collaboration. Fact sheet then summarizes U.S. progress/leadership in addressing pandemic conditions. |
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Foreign Assistance Framework (May 15, 2006) |
Date: 15 May 2006 (Updated 10 July 2007) Author(s): Millennium Challenge Corporation Description: Document outlines comprehensive framework for foreign assistance, including humanitarian assistance, good governance, economic growth, security/counterterrorism, and end goals. |
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President Attends Initiative for Global Development's 2006 National Summit (June 15, 2006) |
Date: 15 June 2006 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Speech outlines harms of poverty and declares poverty reduction a key U.S. objective. Bush highlights examples of poverty reduction, particularly South Korea.Bush highlights existing efforts, including the African Growth and Opportunity Act as well as the Doha WTO round of talks. Bush celebrates democracy promotion, free markets, and the fight against HIV/AIDS. Bush defends results-based funding and calls for citizens to demand good governance. Bush celebrates generosity of American citizens and corporations. |
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President and Mrs. Bush Attend White House Conference on Global Literacy (September 18, 2006) |
Date: 18 September 2006 Author(s): Laura Bush, George W. Bush (speech) Description: Mrs. Bush recounts a recent conference. Pres. Bush underscores the importance of literacy in securing the opportunity. Bush points out literacy efforts in Africa and Afghanistan. Bush points out the role of literacy in providing opportunity and fighting poverty. |
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Fact Sheet: Encouraging International Cooperation to Change Lives, Build Free Societies Through Literacy (September 18, 2006) |
Date: 18 September 2006 Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary Description: Fact sheet summarizes George and Laura Bush’s efforts to organize international literacy efforts. Fact sheet outlines the White House’s focus on intergenerational learning, literacy for healthcare, and literacy for economic self-sufficiency. Fact sheet outlines international commitments to fighting illiteracy. |
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Growth Agenda for the World Bank and Other Development Banks (November 28, 2006) |
Date: 28 November 2006 Author(s): Unknown Description: The document details the Administrations views on development banks including the World Bank. It gathers proposals by the president to increase the efficiency of these organizations and how the United States will contribute. |
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President Bush Discusses United States International Development Agenda (May 31, 2007) |
Date: 31 May 2007 Author(s): Laura Bush, George W. Bush (speech) Description: Mrs. Bush highlights efforts in fighting HIV/AIDS and promoting education. President Bush highlights G-8 and American pledges/efforts to helping Africa, progress in Millennium Challenge Account, African Education Initiative, women’s opportunities, HIV/AIDS, and the President’s Malaria Initiative. Bush announces his intent to fight climate change through an international framework and highlights his administration’s efforts against climate change. |
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Fact Sheet: Commitment to International Development |
Date: 31 May 2007 Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary Description: Fact sheet summarizes the Administration's commitment to international development and education. It details concrete efforts of the United States to encourage development abroad. |
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Fact Sheet: Today's Education Announcement (September 24,2007) |
Date: 24 September 2007 Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary Description: The fact sheet summarizes the First Lady’s announcement of supporting developing-country education support as well as her announcement of the new USAID director. The fact sheet then summarizes the importance of expanding educational opportunities to impoverished children. |
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President and Mrs. Bush Discuss Africa Policy, Trip to Africa (February 14, 2008) |
Date: 14 February 2008 Author(s): Laura Bush, George W. Bush (speech) Description: Laura Bush extends thanks and shares stories ofher Africa trip/and her experiences with HIV/AIDS survivors. President Bush commemorates Congressman Tom Lantos, states that new growth opportunities are coming in Africa, and underscores importance of committing to African development. Bush discusses aiding poverty reduction, economic investment, free markets, food production, and healthcare infrastructure. Bush highlights Sudan and Rwanda, standing firm against tyranny,and reviving failed societies. |
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President Bush Discusses Food Aid (May 1, 2008) |
Date: 1 May 2008 Author(s): George W. Bush Description: Bush celebrates previous food aid funding and asks for more funding for aid. Bush calls for removal of trade barriers and agricultural export tariff removals. Bush highlights efforts at home to help the poor. |
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Mrs. Bush's Remarks to the World Food Program Executive Board (June 12, 2008) |
Date: 12 June 2008 Author(s): Laura Bush Description: Mrs. Bush celebrates the U.S.’s relationship with World Food Bank and reiterates call for more food aid funding. Bush projects increased U.S. funding for food relief over the next few years, as well as describes initiatives to purchase food for aid directly from U.S. farmers. Bush states the benefits of assistance in Afghanistan, after Hurricane Katrina, and Burma. |
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President Bush Discusses 2008 G-8 Summit (July 2, 2008) |
Date: 2 July 2008 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: Bush calls for antiretroviral treatment support and G-8 accountability for delivering on pledges. Bush announces U.S. budgetary requests for economic aid and climate change reduction technologies as well as intent to cooperate with emissions reduction goals. Questions cover Afghanistan, oil prices/dollar value, emissions agreements, Iran tensions, and Israeli action against Iran. |
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G-8 Declaration on Development and Africa (July 8, 2008) |
Date: 8 July 2008 Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary Description: Document reaffirms commitment to Millennium Development Goals. This support includes increased funding,support for health infrastructure, fighting infectious diseases, support for state-building,provision of water and sanitation aid,combating of energy poverty, and support for the African Union, among other measures. |
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President Bush Attends White House Summit on International Development (October 21, 2008) |
Date: 21 October 2008 Author(s): George W. Bush (speech) Description: President Bush extends congratulations and thanks. Bush states that America must not turn away from the world in the midst of the 2008 economic crisis. Bush highlights efforts to support African development through variety of channels and then calls for long-term solution to helping prevent global hunger. Bush highlights virtues of free market solution, discusses PEPFAR successes, and underscores need for state-building/points out U.S. support. |
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Fact Sheet: Transforming Internal Development (October 21, 2008) |
Date: 21 October 2008 Author(s): The White House, Office of the Press Secretary Description: Document summarizes Bush administration’s advances in international development. Document points out importance of not turning inward in economic crisis, supporting true partnership, and working towards sustainability, among other goals. Document states that the Millennium Challenge Account embodies these principles and states that Americans should take pride in the goal, as well as that Congress should continue to support it. |