Elizabeth (Liz) Hume is the Senior Director for Programs and Strategy at the Alliance for Peacebuilding. She has over 20 years’ experience in senior leadership positions overseeing sizable and complex peacebuilding programs in conflict affected countries in Asia, Eastern Europe and Africa. From 1997-2001, Liz was seconded by the U.S. Department of State to the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Bosnia and Herzegovina and in Kosovo as the Chief Legal Counsel and Head of the Election Commission Secretariats. In these positions, she was responsible for developing the legal framework and policies in support of the implementation of the Dayton Peace Accords and U.N. Resolution 1244. https://www.newsdeeply.com/peacebuilding/contributor/elizabeth-liz-hume/rss en Funding Peace Tue, 10 Jul 2018 12:08:00 +0000 Elizabeth (Liz) Hume https://www.newsdeeply.com/peacebuilding/community/2018/07/10/threatening-to-cut-aid-to-central-america-wont-decrease-immigration https://www.newsdeeply.com/peacebuilding/community/2018/07/10/threatening-to-cut-aid-to-central-america-wont-decrease-immigration By threatening to cut aid to Central America, the United States may inadvertently increase the drivers of conflict in this region and consequently see an uptick in the flow of migrants, writes Liz Hume of the Alliance for Peacebuilding.