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COLUMNIST: YOSSEF BEN-MEIR, DR.

Former Peace Corps Volunteer Mark Apel (second from left) returning to Morocco as a USAID Farmer-to-Farmer Volunteer, advising on agriculture development in the province where he previously served (Photo by Rachid Montassir, 2020).

Peace Corps: The Third Rail of U.S. Global Development Assistance

Apr 21, 2025 | Feature Article

Whereas there has been broad consensus that the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) is in need of ...

Jan 21, 2025 | Feature Article

Most of our world is experiencing a time of public discontent that now necessitates accomplishing a better and different ...

Dec 24, 2024 | Feature Article

On the 12th of December 2024, I set out with four colleagues of the High Atlas Foundation (HAF) to meet with members of ...

Oct 31, 2024 | Feature Article

It is worth considering, in light of humanity rsquo;s profound struggle against the world rsquo;s climate and matters of ...

Sep 9, 2024 | Feature Article

A talk by Yossef Ben-Meir, President of the High Atlas Foundation in Morocco, at the Integrated Management of ...

Aug 6, 2024 | Feature Article

The six consecutive years of

Jul 22, 2024 | Feature Article

For many organizations and agencies around the world, the matter of scaling local successes of development remains a see ...

Dec 24, 2023 | Feature Article

This article presents the interesting consistency among Biblical Egypt rsquo;s actions (described in the Midrash) to ...

Oct 28, 2023 | Feature Article

Congregations across the world recall this week when Biblical Abraham was told to ldquo;go for yourself rdquo; by Almig ...

Oct 12, 2023 | Feature Article

As Morocco rebuilds in the aftermath of a horrifying earthquake that struck High Atlas Mountain ranges last month, this ...

Jun 5, 2023 | Feature Article

Twenty-nine years ago, I was a Peace Corps Volunteer living in a mountainous High Atlas village called Amsouzerte, near ...

Jan 10, 2023 | Feature Article

Local communities sharing and preserving their cultural heritage builds decentralized public administrations and sustain ...

Mar 15, 2022 | Feature Article

What we know Renewable energy (RE) sources power transformational outcomes for community development proje ...

Yossef Ben-Meir, Dr.
Yossef Ben-Meir, Dr.

Dr. Yossef Ben-Meir is a sociologist and President of the High Atlas Foundation based in Marrakech, Morocco.

Does 2025 Budget inspire hope?

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