Category Archives: Development

Beltway Bandits’ and ‘Poverty Barons’: For-Profit International Development Contracting and the Military-Development Assemblage

Posted on June 9, 2015 by

Beltway Bandits’ and ‘Poverty Barons’: For-Profit International Development Contracting and the Military-Development Assemblage Vijay Kumar Nagaraj Article first published online: 21 MAY 2015 © 2015 International Institute of Social Studies Development… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Watchdog Wary of Loosely Defined Program for Afghan Women

Posted on April 2, 2015 by

Watchdog Wary of Loosely Defined Program for Afghan Women By Charles S. Clark 12:55 PM ET An Afghan woman walks to a polling station in Kabul. David Guttenfelder/AP file photo The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Feds canceled Deloitte Palestinian contract on evidence of joint cover-up

Posted on March 27, 2015 by

Feds canceled Deloitte Palestinian contract on evidence of joint cover-up By Sarah Westwood | March 26, 2015 | 2:53 pm “Taking full credit” for the Palestinian farmers’ additional income “would go… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Guns and bread: it’s not unusual to see private security companies in conflict-hit regions–but as deliverers of development?

Posted on March 17, 2015 by

Guns and bread: it’s not unusual to see private security companies in conflict-hit regions–but as deliverers of development? Michael Lewis on the khaki future of international aid Author(s): Michael Lewis Source:New… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Hired Gun Fight: Obama’s aid chief takes on the development-industrial complex

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

Hired Gun Fight Obama’s aid chief takes on the development-industrial complex. BY JOHN NORRIS | JULY 18, 2012 Rajiv Shah, President Barack Obama’s U.S. Agency for International Development administrator, is waging… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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U.S. Senators Introduce Wartime Contracting Legislation that Could Save Taxpayers Billions

Posted on March 2, 2012 by

U.S. Senators Introduce Wartime Contracting Legislation that Could Save Taxpayers Billions 09:37 GMT, March 2, 2012 Senators Claire McCaskill (D-MO) and Jim Webb (D-VA) have introduced the Comprehensive Contingency Contracting Reform… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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