Official Development Assistance

Misguided charity: the bane of global health

“…The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the largest bilateral health financier funded by taxpayers, persists in channelling money into a business model that seems designed to develop US-based contractors instead of enabling development in LMICs. Its ranking is abysmal in the Quality of Development Assistance, which measures and compares financiers on indicators most relevant to development effectiveness and quality 26. According to its Office of Inspector General, USAID’s award oversight is insufficient to hold those contractors accountable for achieving results: ‘Regardless of award outcomes, USAID paid implementers essentially the full award amount for underperforming awards’ 27…”

“…Its ranking is abysmal in the Quality of Development Assistance, which measures and compares financiers on indicators most relevant to development effectiveness and quality. 26 According to its Office of Inspector General, USAID’s award oversight is insufficient to hold those contractors accountable for achieving results: ‘Regardless of award outcomes, USAID paid implementers essentially the full award amount for underperforming awards’. 27…”