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ProPublica Examines USAID Efforts To Fund, Train Local Organizations In Pakistan
"As the United States prepares to drastically increase civilian aid in Pakistan, [USAID,] the agency in charge has asked for help training the local organizations that will spend that aid money, saying those organizations 'do not meet the minimum standards for managing' U.S. government funds," ProPublica reports in a story that examines the challenges associated with channeling aid money for Pakistan away from American contractors and NGOs to Pakistani organizations.
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