Though Southeast Asia doesn't top the president's agenda, his proposed foreign aid cuts and isolationism could have lasting negative effects on Cambodia's environment.
And a four-figure temperature control device for $220,000.
Maybe not, says the World Bank's former head number cruncher.
Most countries are giving less and less every year to a program designed to eliminate global poverty by 2015.
Burma's gradual return to international good grace is probably more a case of homegrown changes than a result of economic sanctions, argues one influential analyst.
Travel writer Paul Theroux on why his latest book, "The Lower River", looks at the damage done by nongovernmental organizations in Africa.
The new book "A Promise in Haiti" focuses on three families and puts meat on the bones of a nation most of the world sees as just a carcass.
A pairing of U.S. foreign aid and the National Science Foundation should deliver vital technological and scientific access to the world at no additional cost to U.S. taxpayers.
To create goodwill, USAID proposes using American money overseas for religious structures. But will that upset our foundation of church-state separation?
Technology, such as the humble cell phone, may knock down some of the impediments that tarnish the name of foreign aid.
There are international development programs that actually do help the world's poorest people. Dean Karlan can show you the proof.
The quake in Haiti and floods in Pakistan highlight that the multimillion-dollar emergency seed aid industry is in need of a makeover.
Researchers investigate whether that dollar of foreign aid just frees up money for the recipient to spend elsewhere.
