NOTRE DAME, Indiana, Dec. 5 -- The University of Notre Dame issued the following news:

(Photo by Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame)

The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded $75 million to a consortium of leading global institutions, including the Pulte Institute for Global Development at the University of Notre Dame's Keough School of Global Affairs, to enhance the effectiveness of poverty alleviation programs through research.