USAID is changing the way it tries to do good in the world
The goal for the agency is to put itself out of business
Rajiv Shah, a former head of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), took his team out for drinks to celebrate their hard work in the immediate aftermath of the Haiti earthquake in 2010. Mr Shah footed the bill himself. Funding at USAID didn’t stretch that far. But in a cordoned-off area of the bar he spotted a USAID contractor hosting a similar celebration. They were enjoying food and drinks—on the government’s dime.
This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “The effort to transform the aid business”
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