1. USAID's Disclosure of Local Partner Info Raises Troubling Questions
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, reconstruction, chemonics, dai, aid)

... Beltway (DC, Maryland, Virginia). The largest of these beltway contractors is Chemonics International, which has received $173.7 million from USAID since the earthquake. The company came under criticism ...

2. Is the US Overstating What it's Done for Shelter?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, usaid, shelter, chemonics, iom, chf international)

The White House issued a press release yesterday detailing the US government's response to the earthquake in Haiti. The release included this: USAID has provided 160,000 plastic sheets and 24,500 family ...

3. Is USAID Mainly Serving U.S. Interests?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, usaid, agriculture, food aid)

An op-ed in Bloomberg Businessweek yesterday lays out the case for USAID reform, highlighting the case of contractors in Haiti (and citing this blog) as an example. The piece, by Charles Kenny of the Center ...

4. Private Prison Company Gets Haiti Contract, Cont.
(Matching tags: contractors, geo group, guantanamo)

Last week we wrote about the GEO Group, recipient of a $260,589 contract for "guard services." The description of the contract says "Extend period of performance and add fund for Haiti surge." Although ...

5. How Many Beltway Contractors Does it Take to do a Feasibility Study?
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, transparency, accountability)

... contract with MWH Americas is, however, commendable in one way.  It is the only USAID contract in Haiti for which there is information on subcontractors, thanks to the fact that MWH actually reported their ...

6. Haiti by the Numbers, Three Years Later
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, shelter, ocha, imf, garment factories, idps, cholera, housing)

En français Number of people killed in the earthquake in 2010: over 217,300 Number of people killed by cholera epidemic caused by U.N. troops since October 19, 2010: over 7,912 [i] Number of ...

7. Who is Really Leading Reconstruction Efforts in Haiti?
(Matching tags: aid distribution, contractors, accountability)

After decades of bypassing the Haitian government in the provision of aid, after the 2010 earthquake there was an acknowledgement by international NGOs and donors that this time had to be different. The ...

8. The Development-Industrial Complex in Haiti
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, chemonics)

... same time as the amount of money under its discretion has rapidly increased. Over this time, USAID has stepped up its reliance on for-profit contractors to fill the void. The result, as Hillary Clinton stated ...

9. Inspector General Finds Lack of Oversight of Chemonics…Again
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, chemonics, inspector general)

... reported in December 2010: And an audit this fall by USAID's Inspector General found that more than 70 percent of the funds given to the two largest U.S. contractors for a cash for work project in Haiti ...

10. USAID Says More than 9% of Funds Going to Local Groups. Really?
(Matching tags: contractors, usaid, accountability)

This past weekend, USAID Administrator Rajiv Shah said that by 2015 the goal is to have 30 percent of aid funds going to local groups. This is in line with the goals put forth in the USAID Forward reform ...