Jun 4 2011
Writing about the relationship between USAID and Pakistan on the agency's "Impact blog", J. Alexander Their, assistant to the administrator and director of the USAID Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs, states, "Our shared priorities in energy, economic growth, stabilization, health, and education are directed to addressing both short and long-term challenges."
"USAID works vigorously to ensure that its investments are effective, sustainable, and accountable. We don't spend for the sake of spending, and have delayed or cancelled programs when necessary," he concludes (6/1).
 This article was reprinted from kaiserhealthnews.org with permission from the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Kaiser Health News, an editorially independent news service, is a program of the Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonpartisan health care policy research organization unaffiliated with Kaiser Permanente.
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