Shah Who? (Foreign Policy Magazine)

Foreign Policy Magazine cited CGD president Nancy Birdsall as a former candidate for USAID Administrator.

From the article:

"Over the course of the year, many prominent names were bandied about for the position. Paul Farmer, the visionary leader of Partners in Health, which provides medical services in poor countries, reportedly couldn't get past vetting. George Rupp, the president of the International Rescue Committee, and Nancy Birdsall, the founding president of the Center for Global Development, also allegedly were front-runners who did not pass muster in a process Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called "frustrating beyond words."

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