The Afghan Report that Could Have Saved the US Billions (Fiscal Times)

From the article:

“The fact that these funds will need to be administered in a very different security environment gives a lot of folks pause in terms of how successful USAID can be with these projects,” said Casey Dunning, a senior policy analyst at the Center for Global Development.

...

With almost $100 billion spent on U.S. reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan, USAID can certainly point to success stories, such as increasing the life expectancy rate and lowering maternal mortalities, according to Dunning. “It was kind of these incredible movements on social aspects in such a short amount of time, and that’s because USAID poured a ton of money into the health sector.”

Read the article here