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Contractor can't account for $9.8 million in project to aid Iraqi farmers

By Laurel Adams

IG questions almost $10 million in questionable costs billed by Iraqi farm contractor

$1 billion for anti-narco programs, and no central database to track it

By Laurel Adams

State Department doesn't have a central tracking mechanism for its $1 billion counter-narcotics programs

The struggle to police foreign subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan

By Nick Schwellenbach and Lagan Sebert

To win hearts and minds in Afghanistan and Iraq, military experts want U.S. companies to contract with local firms for a variety of tasks li
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U.S. food aid must boost nutrition for long-term recipients, adopt sturdier packaging

By Laurel Adams

U.S. food aid must boost nutrition for long-term recipients, adopt sturdier packaging

Policing the world

By Caitlin Ginley and Laurel Adams

U.S. spending on overseas police training has jumped nearly 2,000 percent in the past two decades

State and USAID struggle with contractors, putting billions at risk

By Laurel Adams

Obama’s budget request for State Department and USAID included an 8 percent increase over last year, up to $55.7 billion, but the GAO has fo
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Widespread fraud in Ivory Coast HIV/AIDS prevention programs

By Laurel Adams

A review of HIV/AIDS prevention programs in Ivory Coast finds that millions of dollars in aid was blatantly misused by non-governmental orga

Only quarter of Pakistan aid money went directly to programs

By Laurel Adams

In an effort to bring stability to the underdeveloped and vulnerable tribal areas of Pakistan, the U.S. government launched an ambitious $30

USAID, Pentagon struggle to make water projects in Afghanistan sustainable

By Laurel Adams

As U.S. troops draw down forces in Afghanistan over the next 18 to 24 months, what will happen to the water projects the U.S. spent millions

Justice program in Mexico plagued by problems, report says

By Jeremy Borden

A U.S. Agency for International Development program aimed at helping Mexico improve its justice system has been plagued by the mismanagement

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