Foreign Affairs committee  In the Philippines right now, Jesus Estanislao, the former finance minister for Cory Aquino, has built a sustainable organization. It's called the Institute for Solidarity in Asia. He has mobilized people through a model cities program using the Harvard balanced scorecard. They'r

Foreign Affairs committee  Keeping in mind the time limits, and thanking you for the question, I'll be telegraphic. In Russia, thanks to support from USAID, we were able to partner with the Russian Chamber of Commerce and the Russian Association called OPORA to establish 16 coalitions at the local level a

Foreign Affairs committee  I'm not quite sure I followed all of your question. In Ghana—since we're using that country as an example—we work with the private sector foundation, which is an umbrella group that brings together the Chamber of Commerce, Chamber of Mines, and other associations. They, in turn,

Foreign Affairs committee  Mr. Eaton may have some ideas as well, but I imagine the thing to do is a demonstration example where you can show the corporations that are invested in a country and where the country itself would like to see this kind of public-private dialogue occur.... For example, Botswana

Foreign Affairs committee  You have to be sure to give them credit. After they put in—

Foreign Affairs committee  I hope I haven't offended you, but I tell the private sector that all the time—

Foreign Affairs committee  —because they tend to forget.

Foreign Affairs committee  Unfortunately, there isn't a lot of American participation either. I hate to have to tell you that, but it is true. The program that my colleague, Mr. Eaton, described, where a mining company got together with CIDA, is one that the United States has as well. It's called the Globa

Foreign Affairs committee  It is a huge job and a huge undertaking. One of the things that could be done, if Canada were interested in providing the support and working with the Government of South Sudan, is to take a look at the program they've put in place in Ghana for the oil industry. They've created

Foreign Affairs committee  Sure. I'm convinced that's true. Another dimension of sustainability is what you do with the resources. If you just use them for distribution and you just hand them out to the population, as they do, for example, in so many countries in the Middle East, you end up with nothing b

Foreign Affairs committee  Thank you very much. I really appreciate the invitation to be here. I'm thrilled that your committee is holding these hearings and looking into the subject, as you might expect. It's our life blood, so we're thrilled that you're doing this. By way of background, I should mention