One year ago CSIS convened the Executive Council on Development―a bipartisan group of leaders from government, business, nongovernmental organizations, and philanthropy―to explore how the U.S. government and private sector can work together to support the economic success of developing countries. In their final report, “Our Shared A Vision for Global Prosperity,” the Council provides a targeted set of recommendations for the U.S. government and private sector, calling for a greater reliance on business, trade, and investment tools to achieve better development outcome.
Thomas Andrew Daschle is a former U.S. Senator from South Dakota and Senate Majority Leader. He is a member of the Democratic Party. He is currently a Special Policy Advisor at the law firm Alston & Bird, visiting professor at the Georgetown Public Policy Institute at Georgetown University, a Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Center for American Progress, and a Richard von Weizsäcker Distinguished Visitor at the American Academy in Berlin, Germany.