In a recent blog post, Pakistani economist Anjum Altaf lambasted our recent report on the US development approach to Pakistan, “More Money, More Problems,” for not being sufficiently skeptical of the US development program, especially the US aid program, in Pakistan. Dr. Altaf criticized our 2011 report too. You can review last year’s discussion here.
Last week, I asked whether a long-term U.S. development strategy in Pakistan could survive the especially stormy episode in the security relationship whipped up since the killing of Osama bin Laden. This week brought signs that, sadly, point to no.
The Millennium Challenge Corporation faces a complicated quandary in the case of Bolivia. Bolivia was deemed eligible for MCC funding in FY04, 05 and 06, passing the indicators test all three years, and submitted a $600 million compact proposal on December 1, 2005. But that was before Evo Morales' left-wing government was elected into office. and began taking decisions like nationalizing the hydrocarbons industry.