After years of neglecting the links between farming, insecurity and poverty, last week G8 leaders committed to shifting development policy away from food aid toward food production in the world’s poorest countries. They seek to address the negative fallout from declining foreign direct investment, exports, and remittance flows and the rising fragility in these states. [...]

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Senior transatlantic fellow David J. Kramer appeared as a guest on France 24. Kramer analyzes President Obama’s recent visit to Russia and what the discussions mean for the future of US-Russian relations.

To see the complete interview please visit this link: David J. Kramer on France 24.

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On July 6-7, as part of GMF’s on-going disemmination of the Transatlantic Taskforce on Development, I had the privilege of engaging with over 100 business and policy leaders from Africa at the Commonwealth Business Council’s G8 Africa Business Forum in London. In my remarks to the group, I urged G8 leaders and their counterparts in other nations to refocus on energizing the private sector in Africa to become the primary source of economic growth and poverty alleviation for the continent. Nonetheless, it is likely that G8 leaders will once again fall short on fulfilling promises on development for the poor.

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