Improving Lives, Enhancing Stability and Bolstering Peace

May 27, 2008

Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Department Robert M. Kimmitt, remarks at the Palestine Investment Conference, May 21, 2008:

"We all know that there are some unique challenges to doing business in the Palestinian Territories. This is where close cooperation between government and industry can make a real difference. The United States already has a robust bilateral economic and development assistance program in the Palestinian Territories, and this program will continue to grow. … However, our mid- to long-term goal is to catalyze private investment flows, which are the lifeblood of broad-based, sustainable growth. … By building a vibrant economy led by the private sector in the Palestinian Territories, we will help improve the lives of the Palestinian people, enhance stability, and bolster prospects for lasting peace. There is no higher calling or more important goal for our common efforts.”

In-Depth Coverage

Original Commentaries

12/02/11: Discussion With Tunisia’s Rachid Ghannouchi —
12/02/11: Debating Military Action Against Iran —
12/02/11: Terms Of Disengagement —

Setting the Record Straight

Determined to Reach a Common Objective

“We knew at the outset that the task would be difficult. We acknowledged that publicly and privately. We knew this would be a road with many bumps— and there have been many bumps—and that continues to this day. But we are not deterred. We are, to the contrary, determined more than ever to proceed to realize the common objective, which we all share, of a Middle East that is at peace with security and prosperity for the people of Israel, for Palestinians, and for all the people in the region. We will continue our efforts in that regard, undeterred and undaunted by the difficulties, the complexities or the bumps in the road.”—George Mitchell, special envoy for Middle East peace, remarks with Prime Minister Netanyahu, September 29, 2010

Middle East Analysis

Don’t Panic. Yet —Issandr El Amrani (The Arabist)
The Islamists vs. The Markets: Egypt’s Election Analyzed —Haroon Moghul (Religion Dispatches)
What the Libya Intervention Achieved —Marc Lynch (Foreign Policy)

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May 17, 2011, 12:00pm – 1:15pm

From Afghanistan and Iraq to Pakistan, Somalia, and South Sudan, the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, is engaged daily in trying to help some of the most troubled nations on the planet make a lasting transition to stability, open markets, and democracy. Few areas of the agency’s work are more challenging or more controversial.

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