Corrected development history of the United States
What if US development happened in line with approaches today? Here would be some landmarks along the way to success: July 4, 1776
"We hold these time-bound Development Goals to be self-evident"
1789
Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper ratified by the 13 states
1789-1861
Development takes off based on micro-credit to women to produce handicrafts
January 1, 1863
Lincoln issues Proclamation on Mainstreaming Non-Coercive Labor Practices
1865
US Civil War ended by international humanitarian campaign #LEE1865: rebel warlord to face the International Criminal Court.
1865-1877
Postwar Reconstruction led by Toms Shoes’ Buy One, Give One program for barefoot Southerners
1877-1941
Maxwell House and Folgers receive Fair Trade certification
1945-1963
Donor programs focus on reintegration of former child soldiers into the labor force
August 28, 1963
Martin Luther King Jr. gives “I have a framework” speech
1963-2013
China's American Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) opens its market to I LUV NY T shirts