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USAID Is Reforming Its Procurement Policies without Visible Input from Its Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid

2/3/11

I blogged recently on USAID’s ongoing procurement reform here. But it seems to be designing and instituting this reform without input from its own formally constituted advisory committee composed of representatives of the industry that will be affected.

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USAID Enables Results-Based Programming by Reforming (Ho Hum) Procurement Processes

12/9/10

Mead Over

The eyes of even the most passionate foreign aid advocate are likely to glaze if you raise the subject of “procurement reform.” But in the just-released transcript of remarks made November 12 to an audience of USAID contractors, Maura O'Neill, Chief Innovation Officer to USAID Administrator Shah, and Ari Alexander, a member of USAID’s procurement reform team, admit that USAID procurement practices have been so dysfunctional as to have caused “great difficulty” for in-country local partners. According to Mr. Alexander:

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What PEPFAR May Mean for the Future of U.S. Development Assistance

7/8/10

Casey Dunning

CGD colleague Mead Over recently posted a blog on the implications of PEPFAR for U.S. foreign assistance. Citing a recent article by Princeton Lyman and Stephen Wittels on the unintended consequences of PEPFAR assistance, Over notes:

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USAID Is Reforming Its Procurement Policies without Visible Input from Its Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid

USAID Enables Results-Based Programming by Reforming (Ho Hum) Procurement Processes

What PEPFAR May Mean for the Future of U.S. Development Assistance

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