任期終了間近（世界が心待ちにしている？）のアメリカ ブッシュ大統領が10月21日に「新しい時代を持続させる」というテーマでホワイトハウス・サミットを開催するそうです。

White House Summit on International Development: Sustaining the New Era

プログラムを見ると

１．国のオーナーシップ（Country Ownership）

２．グッド・ガバナンス（Good Governance）

３．結果重視のプログラムと説明義務（Results-based Programs & Accountability）

４．成長（Growth）

と、とても1日限りの会議で真面目に結果を出そうと考えているとは思えないテーマばかり。

自国発の金融危機で世界中に迷惑をかけている中、名ばかりと批判を受けようが受けまいが関係なしに実績づくりに最後まで奔走する執念。いや、自国の金融システムが大変な状況の中、それでも国際開発全体のことを考えているのかもしれません。

日本の首相にはないしぶとさです。ある意味、政治家としてそれぐらいの執念で仕事をすべし、と見習うべきかもしれません。

President Bush to Deliver Keynote Speech at White House Summit on International Development: Sustaining the New Era

The President will deliver the keynote speech at the White House Summit on International Development: Sustaining the New Era, which will be held on October 21st in the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center. Secretary Rice will also give opening remarks.

This Summit, being coordinated in conjunction with USAID, the Office of the Global AIDS Coordinator at the Department of State (OGAC), the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), will bring together a wide range of country beneficiaries, faith-based organizations, and other stakeholders in the international development community, including public, private, and nongovernmental leaders from the United States and the developing world.

Given the slowdown in the global economy, and the impact of the financial crisis around the world, it is even more important that we and our partners continue to pursue our shared development agenda: to lift people from poverty, fight disease, and increase educational opportunities.

This Summit will focus on the Administration's core principles in transforming international development: country ownership, good governance, results-based programs and accountability, and the importance of economic growth.