The United States' vision and policies for development co-operation

The 2010 Presidential Policy Directive on Global Development elevated development as a core pillar of US international engagement. Through this policy, which overarches all US development strategies and policy guidance, the US has set ambitious development goals aligned with its strategic national objectives of peace, security, global prosperity, universal values and human rights. The recent focus on ending extreme poverty as a global objective for US development co-operation is positive, but has not yet been fully operationalised.