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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Catholic Relief Services shutting down programs and laying off staff.

https://www.ncronline.org/news/exclusive-catholic-relief-services-lays-staff-cuts-programs-after-usaid-shakeup?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR29YnvTmwIbdDJ1GnW_UZJRVMSGfLgcdQRcFFLjHK2eXKvK-nA1_SI1lRc_aem_2xEm_kI3fOOt-hdMbf4JPQ[/quote]

This raises an interesting question:  how much of these aid dollars result in material benefits to marginalized people and how much is to pay for staffing and other costs?[/quote]

From the link:

CRS reaches more than 200 million people in 121 countries on five continents, according to its website

Among the programs and services provided by CRS: water and sanitation, education, agriculture, health, microfinancing, climate change resilience, as well as justice and peace-building programs in addition to emergency and disaster assistance.

CRS had 7,000 employees worldwide as of 2018 when it marked its 75th anniversary.[/quote]

USAID math is always fuzzy and made up when you really dig in to what is going on. [/quote]

Then why didn’t Congress hold hearings and investigate the agency, as they have authority to do? Why only now is USAID suddenly a target?[/quote]

They do hold hearings, and issue reports, and have IG inspections. These things drag months and months and years and nothing fundamentally changes. It's almost like everyone is in on the game or simply does not care enough. Some of the claims of success that these programs make are highly dubious and USAID has had some really, truly wasteful whoppers out there.

One fundamental problem with USAID is that all of its claims to service U.S. interests and too nebulous and hard to measure. They're been getting away with making these claims for decades.[/quote]

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