Making Aid Work in Pakistan
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[CFR senior fellow Isobel] Coleman also points out that aid delivery needs to be reformed, which will require better partnerships with local communities. Currently, as [USAID official Charles] North points out, USAID is required to maintain high standards of financial accountability that make it difficult for it to work with local NGOs. "So often we need to work through international organizations that provide that kind of accounting for their resources," he says. But experts say this system of using contractors results in high overhead costs and large amounts of money being channeled back to donor countries. Coleman recommends that the U.S. Congress ease up on some of the accounting requirements. "It has to over time be able to get comfortable with losing money," she says.
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[CFR senior fellow Isobel] Coleman also points out that aid delivery needs to be reformed, which will require better partnerships with local communities. Currently, as [USAID official Charles] North points out, USAID is required to maintain high standards of financial accountability that make it difficult for it to work with local NGOs. "So often we need to work through international organizations that provide that kind of accounting for their resources," he says. But experts say this system of using contractors results in high overhead costs and large amounts of money being channeled back to donor countries. Coleman recommends that the U.S. Congress ease up on some of the accounting requirements. "It has to over time be able to get comfortable with losing money," she says.
