Hearing:
Examining U.S. Foreign Assistance to Address the Root Causes of Instability and Conflict in Africa
Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Global Human Rights (Committee on Foreign Affairs)
Tuesday, November 15, 2022 (10:00 AM)
2200 RHOB
Washington, D.C.
This hearing will assess how United States development agencies can use foreign aid to address and mitigate the root causes of conflict in Africa. Witnesses will discuss how foreign assistance can alleviate the conditions that increase the risk of coups and armed conflict, such as economic crises, food insecurity, climate change-induced extreme weather events, corruption and ineffective governance, and ethnic and religious-based societal divisions. Witness should describe how U.S. development assistance is and can be designed to address the consequences of conflict – death, population displacement, loss of work and income, gender-based violence, hunger as a weapon of war, and political unrest – that can themselves lead to instability that prologues violent disputes.
Witnesses
Mr. Robert Jenkins
Assistant to the Administrator, USAID Bureau of Conflict Prevention and Stabilization
- Witness Statement
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11/10/2022 at 09:00 PM
- Witness Biography
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11/08/2022 at 02:44 PM
Ms. Alicia Phillips Mandaville
Vice President for Policy and Evaluation, Millennium Challenge Corporation
- Witness Statement
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11/10/2022 at 09:00 PM
- Witness Biography
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11/07/2022 at 02:12 PM
Mr. Andrew Herscowitz
Chief Development Officer, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
- Witness Statement
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11/10/2022 at 09:00 PM
- Witness Biography
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Mr. Travis Adkins
President and CEO, U.S. African Development Foundation
- Witness Statement
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11/14/2022 at 11:57 AM
- Witness Biography
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11/10/2022 at 09:00 PM
First Published:
November 4, 2022 at 12:38 PM
Last Updated:
November 14, 2022 at 11:58 AM