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    Why Is 35% Of Development Aid Being Routed Back To The U.S.?

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    Image of LatoyaPeterson LatoyaPeterson
    08/21/09

    In reply to Why Is 35% Of Development Aid Being Routed Back To The U.S.?
    Okay, okay, I know we're all throwing stank eye because it's Cato.

    But that's not the first time I've heard that figure, not by a long shot. And by some estimates, the percentage ranges in the 50%-60% depending on what counts as aid and development.

    I can pull some facts and figures, and I will try to remember where I read the investigative article where I first heard the figure. The article (if, by a long shot, someone else read it) discussed the issues on the ground in Pakistan by exploring a woman's attempts to start a soap business to employ the women of the local area. At almost every step of the way, she encountered aid groups and consultants, but no one ever actually provided her with assistance. It was maddening. But it's also been a while since I've read it, so I am really going to dig deep into the files.

    In addition, Tricia DeGennaro also mentioned the chaos and distribution loops. In a previous conversation, she also mentioned a similar figure.

    At any rate, I'll go grab some of the stats and send them in when I send in Angie's answers.
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    08/21/09

    @LatoyaPeterson: Thanks for the extra effort, Latoya.

    It's a serious problem to dedicate these dollars to aid and then waste them. I am not naive--waste and corruption are part of human existence. But let's start with a clearer understanding of what's going on so that we can fix it.

    Even though Malou is from Cato, perhaps there are some grains of truth that we could use.
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    08/21/09

    In reply to Why Is 35% Of Development Aid Being Routed Back To The U.S.?
    The whole aid game is why I ended up not going into the international development field, despite that being my undergrad major. I got too disillusioned and confused by the fact that every sort of economic (and military) intervention had unintended consequences that often fostered more dependency and conflict. I am more of a liberal than a realist, but I do oppose meddling on a grand scale for this reason.
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    08/21/09

    @Grim Reaper of the Forest: I am truly saddened to read that the realities overwhelmed your intentions. (Maybe the August heat has made me melancholy?)

    The Lone Scout grows grey, but if not for obligations I have accumulated over the years, I think I would pack up today and volunteer to do project management in trouble spots. Your experience with reality shows that perhaps I would be foolish to do so (even if I could).

    So much trouble in the world. And then obstacles are raised for those who want to help.
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    08/21/09

    In reply to Why Is 35% Of Development Aid Being Routed Back To The U.S.?
    Ms. Innocent indicates that she has "seen figures pointing to 35-40% of development aid being redirected back to Washington with consultancy fees." Latoya, can you add an appendix to this article stating when and where this has happened in Afghanistan? I think some sunshine would help clear up this kind of corruption, which makes me hopping mad. Also, did she mean that 35%-40% of all development aid is paid out to consultants? Or is that an example of the worst case she has seen only in Afghanistan? If that's the extreme end of a range, what's the actual percentage of the total dollars of U.S. development aid that goes to consultants? And who are these consultants? Are they adding value at a better price than it would cost for the government to set up and perform the tasks itself? Or is the money going to limos and lunches?
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    08/21/09

    @The Lone Scout: Seriously - giant grain of salt.
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    08/21/09

    @Hiroine Protagonist: What do you mean? It sounds like you think I am questioning the data that was presented. Sure, I have fun sometimes in Gawker posts like anyone else, but I am deadly serious here.

    A lot of corruption involving U.S. dollars has gone on in Iraq and in Afghanistan, to the detriment of U.S. citizens, warfighters, and the people who could benefit from genuine help. I would hang anyone who has wasted a damned nickel. Are you suggesting this is a dare? I am just asking for sunshine.

    Latoya produced a substantial, lengthy, thought-provoking post, and it shouldn't get lost on a hot Friday afternoon in August.
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    Image of MockMyWorld MockMyWorld
    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt have a charity? Its name and contact information are the only pieces of information related to their lives that WEREN'T obtruded upon my brain against my will.


    Deflecting press attention from urselves to ur causes, Brange: ur doin it rong. Cud that b becuz u sekritly dont WANT to deflect it?


    Just a theory.

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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    I don't think gay is an insult if the person is actually gay, while nigger is a totally inappropriate way to refer to a black person and fag is pretty bad, I think gay is a totally acceptable way to explain that "he prefers the company of men" lest we all start talking like southern grandmothers.
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    03/11/09

    @theringer: I wish we all talked like southern grandmothers.
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    Image of MerryLilly MerryLilly
    03/11/09

    @theringer: I think he's mostly referring to those cases when people use "gay" to describe certain things .. as in "OMG that's soooo gay!". To be honest, I don't like it being used in this way either.
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    03/11/09

    @theringer: I think I would rather say "he prefers the company of men". While tidying my shawl and clutching my pearls.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Am I the only woman in North America who finds Family Guy un-ironically misogynist to a truly hateful, unwatchable degree?


    *sits back, anticipates flames*

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    Image of Scoithniamh Scoithniamh
    03/11/09

    @Yes_Tim_Gunn: I despise Family Guy. Really, truly despise it. Many of my friends watched it in college, but I've managed to avoid it since then. A few weeks ago, I caught a few minutes that made my blood boil. They did some skit about Stewie finding a book at the library titled "Horton Hears Domestic Violence In The Next Apartment And Doesn't Call 911", which showed a man beating his wife while Horton overhears the whole thing while reading a book in his apartment and casually saying, "I'm sure there's two sides to this".


    Fuck. That.

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    03/11/09

    @Scoithniamh: Yeah, they make rape jokes frequently. And not in the, "let's make a joke that is actually funny but that also implies that rape is not cool fun sexytime" way. In the "rape is basically rough sex." kind of way.


    Also, it's not funny.


    It kills me, really, that Oz is one of the voices for that show.

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    03/11/09

    @Cimorene: yeah. it makes me sad too.
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    Image of Scoithniamh Scoithniamh
    03/11/09

    @Cimorene: I had forgotten that! Ugh, Oz, why you gotta break my heart?
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    03/11/09

    @Yes_Tim_Gunn: I used to find it amusing, but now I think they do the shock-value stuff too much.
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    Image of mariamariamaria mariamariamaria
    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    ATTENTION RECIPIENTS OF THE SF FOOD BANK MICHAEL PHELPS WHEATIES/CORN FLAKES: Put that shit on eBay!
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Nice phrasing on the Peaches Geldof bit, which begs the question, are you trying to skeeve me out?
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Oh Parent's Television Council, I love when you complain about TV shows. Helps me decide what to watch.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    HIS NAME IS NOT BRADY, IT'S MOYNAHAN!!!!! His full name is John Edward Thomas Moynahan. NO BRADY!
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    03/11/09

    @apocalypse-nowish: And that's not yelling, just emphasis.
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    03/11/09

    @apocalypse-nowish: Oh, but I think yelling is in order.
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    Image of Scoithniamh Scoithniamh
    03/11/09

    @apocalypse-nowish: @Yes_Tim_Gunn: Agreed. This isn't the first time a media source has incorrectly listed the child's last name as Brady. It isn't. Sorry if it blows your mind, MSM, but the kid's named after his mother.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Man, it's sad when Ashton Kutcher has to show us the way.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Gross, Jez, don't link Perez Hilton. He is terrible in a million ways.
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    03/11/09

    @Julianna Alma Corby: I agreez.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Fucking toe rings.


    Pictures really are worth a thousand words, because here I could have written a huge rant about the douchiness of Zach Braff, but instead, I can just show people that picture.

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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    No voice trouble for Tony Soprano! I am dying to see him in that play.
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    03/11/09

    In reply to Zach Braff's Altered State; Rihanna's Team Feuding With Chris Brown & Co.
    Bridge must be the chillest woman on Earth because I would have had a few choice words for Giselle followed by 'the hell you're playing with MY baby.'
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    03/11/09

    @battleaxonista: Well, she is his stepmomma now.
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    03/11/09

    @lonewolfer is expecting a call from 1983: Homebreaker Stepmomma. Respect, I would not haz it.
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