USAID administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the Cornerstone Partners, including Dr. Michael Merson of Duke
Photo credit: USAID
On April 3rd, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Dr. Rajiv Shah announced a new program to help lead the effort to end extreme poverty by 2030. The U.S. Global Development Lab will develop solutions to global problems using science and technology. The initiative brings together 31 Cornerstone Partners, including Walmart, DuPont, Coca-Cola, GlaxoSmithKline, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Duke University.
TIME writes, "Those partners are developing products that marry cost-effective strategies with science and technology, often creating simple strategies to tackle problems ranging from hunger to disease to literacy in the process. A group of Stanford University graduates are shopping a low-cost, environmentally friendly home lighting product that set out to reach 22 million people in Africa who currently rely on kerosene lamps to light their homes at night. USAID partners at Berkeley created a mobile application that can detect water borne diseases using an iPhone camera and parts built from a 3-D printer. And by working together, USAID hopes the solutions will reach a higher number of people at a faster pace.
'We see this as a transformation in how you do development,” said Lona Stoll of USAID. “By tapping into things that really make America what it is, which is our entrepreneurial spirit, our scientific expertise, and our real commitment to help people, you have a real ability to accelerate our impact.'"
TIME writes, "Those partners are developing products that marry cost-effective strategies with science and technology, often creating simple strategies to tackle problems ranging from hunger to disease to literacy in the process. A group of Stanford University graduates are shopping a low-cost, environmentally friendly home lighting product that set out to reach 22 million people in Africa who currently rely on kerosene lamps to light their homes at night. USAID partners at Berkeley created a mobile application that can detect water borne diseases using an iPhone camera and parts built from a 3-D printer. And by working together, USAID hopes the solutions will reach a higher number of people at a faster pace.
'We see this as a transformation in how you do development,” said Lona Stoll of USAID. “By tapping into things that really make America what it is, which is our entrepreneurial spirit, our scientific expertise, and our real commitment to help people, you have a real ability to accelerate our impact.'"
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