Check out this report.
"Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if a USAID mission wants to purchase goods or services locally, it
must request a waiver of the law on a case-by-case basis."
Typical US dastardlyness.
source: cgdev.org
Friday, 22 May 2009
Tied up
One of those things that I hear about all the time but rarely see actual numbers for is tied aid. This is a policy that forces aid recipients to spend their new found money on donor-country goods and services. For USAID tied aid is the law!
Check out this report.
"Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if a USAID mission wants to purchase goods or services locally, it
must request a waiver of the law on a case-by-case basis."
Typical US dastardlyness.
source: cgdev.org
Check out this report.
"Under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, if a USAID mission wants to purchase goods or services locally, it
must request a waiver of the law on a case-by-case basis."
Typical US dastardlyness.
source: cgdev.org
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