USAID Administrator to Give Landmark Speech on Economic Growth and Global Poverty...

USAID Administrator to Give Landmark Speech on Economic Growth and Global
Poverty Reduction

U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Henrietta Fore
will deliver the Keynote Address at the inaugural Millennium Campus Network
conference, part of the Global Poverty Initiative hosted by Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. Fore will discuss USAID's Economic Growth strategy.

The Millennium Campus Network is (MCN) is an organization of university
student groups committed to promoting sustainable international development.
Member organizations of the MCN are actively engaged in projects to eradicate
extreme poverty in the spirit of the UN Millennium Development Goals. The
organization was created to enhance the nature of poverty-alleviating
initiatives by facilitating the sharing of resources among university groups,
providing funding for student-led projects, and establishing a network for
student leaders across the country.

USAID supports the Millennium Development Goals. The USAID Economic Growth
Strategy recognizes that rapid, sustained and broad-based economic growth is
essential to enable countries to reduce poverty.

WHO:
Henrietta H. Fore, USAID Administrator and Director of U.S. Foreign Assistance

WHERE:
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Kresge Auditorium
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139

WHEN:
Friday, April 18th
10:00 a.m. doors close
OPEN PRESS

For more information about USAID and its Economic Development programs, visit
www.usaid.gov.

The American people, through the U.S. Agency for International Development,
have provided economic and humanitarian assistance worldwide for nearly 50
years.

CONTACT: USAID Press Office: +1-202-712-4320, or Public Information:
+1-202-712-4810

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SOURCE U.S. Agency for International Development