"It's all good," rapper M.C. Hammer famously said, and that's
something the U.S. Agency for International Development appears to
believe about the country's reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan.
But watchdogs ranging from the Government Accountability Office to the special inspector general for Afghanistan present a much more critical picture of the agency's efforts, especially when it comes to how it handles its own operations.
USAID frequently protests the findings of the various agencies and officials that monitor its work in Afghanistan - sometimes with great vehemence. But the number of critics and their list of criticisms make USAID's responses seem overly rosy.
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/aid-through-rose-colored-glasses
But watchdogs ranging from the Government Accountability Office to the special inspector general for Afghanistan present a much more critical picture of the agency's efforts, especially when it comes to how it handles its own operations.
USAID frequently protests the findings of the various agencies and officials that monitor its work in Afghanistan - sometimes with great vehemence. But the number of critics and their list of criticisms make USAID's responses seem overly rosy.
http://www.washingtonguardian.com/aid-through-rose-colored-glasses
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