not we need to revisit the concept of u.s. enterprise funds. u.s. enterprise funds were launched in early 1990s by george h.w. bush. u.s. government dollars funded investments in developing countries. it was an idea that was ahead of its time. and there were several dozen of these enterprise funds that were launched. many of them were very successful. some that had some hiccups. but most were broadly very successful, but you would ask yourself, why hasn t there is any number of different countries where you would say we ought to be applying this. thankfully, in the obama administration, there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this tool, and i think it s a very valid and useful tool for our tool kit in the united states. and so we have examples from tunisia and egypt that we re going to talk about, as well. so we re going to talk a little bit about the history of what are these things, how they come about, what can we learn from the past. how
american enterprise fund bowman cutter. they support economic development and generating financial returns. this is nearly two hours. okay. let s get started. i m dan runde. we re going to have a conversation about whether or not we need to revisit the concept of u.s. enterprise funds. u.s. enterprise funds were launched in the early 1990s by george h.b. bush, were country focussed where u.s. government dollars funded investments in developing countries. it was an idea that was ahead of its time. and there were several dozen of these enterprise funds that were launched. many of them were very successful. some that had some hiccups. but most were broadly very successful. but you would ask yourself, well, why hasn t there is any number of different countries where you would say we ought to be applying this. thankfully, in the obama administration, there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this tool. and i think it s a very valid and useful too
okay. let s get started. i m dan runde. we re going to have a conversation about whether or not we need to revisit the concept of u.s. enterprise funds. u.s. enterprise funds were launched in the early 1990s by george h.b. bush, were country focussed where u.s. government dollars funded investments in developing countries. it was an idea that was ahead of its time. and there were several dozen of these enterprise funds that were launched. many of them were very successful. some that had some hiccups. but most were broadly very successful. but you would ask yourself, well, why hasn t there is any number of different countries where you would say we ought to be applying this. thankfully, in the obama administration, there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this tool. and i think it s a very valid and useful tool for our tool kit in the united states. and so we have examples from tunisia and egypt that we re going to talk about as well. we re
international development. from the center for strategic and international studies, this is two hours. okay. let s get started. i daniel runde. i hold the chariot csis people can have a conversation about whether not we need to revisit the concept of use enterprise funds. use enterprise funds were launched in the early 1990s by george h. w. bush. the countries focus were u.s. governmentnt dollars funded investment in developing countries. it was an idea that was ahead of its time, and there were several dozen of these enterprise funds that were launched. many of them were very successful pick some that had some hiccups but most were broadly very successful but you ask yourself why, there is the number different countries would you say we ought to be applying this. rightfully, in the obama administration there were a number of countries where there was political will to apply this think it s a very valid and useful tool for our toolkit in the united states. so we have exampl
that is what he said. at his inauguration. i trusted most of you in this room when you heard that promise and many americans, and when you heard it it rang hollow. you saw it for what it was, rhetoric that was designed to distract from what we now see are the president s real motives. you were right to be wary of that promise. president trump does not appear to be transferring power to the people. what he seems to be doing is pulling power closer to himself, to his family, to his brand, to his business, and to his buddies. he has broken from all precedent as carmel alluded to a moment ago, by entering office with a sprawling web of his this assets and conflict of interest. all too eager, it seems, to subordinate the office of the presidency to the interests of the trump organization. he has flouted the constitution by receiving numerous emoluments both foreign and domestic and will continue to do so should he not take meaningful steps to relinquish ownership of his many b