New and Improved Government in a Box™
The Captain is doesn’t think much of the New and Improved Government in a Box™.
Occupational hazards
In my opinion, the pictures were insensitive and it saddens me quite a bit that the young woman doesn’t understand why people are so angry at her. To me, the comments to the article are the really scary part.
Apres le deluge
Ahmed Rashid argues that Pakistan’s natural disaster could lead to a major governance and security crisis.
USAID’s self-inflicted wounds
MA in Democracy and Governance student Elizabeth Cutler has a very insightful post on the constellation of forces within the USG that seek to undermine the work of USAID and their reasons for doing so at Budget Insight. She left out an important part of the problem: she blames everyone in the USG except USAID. Part of the agency’s problem is that it does a terrible job of justifying its own existence. USAID does not operate as a single agency, but is more like an umbrella organization for lots of different development projects (health, education, environment, democracy/governance, etc.). USAID has been unable to frame why it exists, so others have chosen to do so – to the detriment of USAID.
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