Zoe H. Robbin

Foreign Aid Was Supposed To Help Nations In Need. It Has Instead Enriched Western Contractors

USAID and the U.S. private sector have grown together since the agency’s founding, integrating a profit motive in much of USAID’s programming that sustains its longevity. USAID’s reliance on Western contractors has cemented the private sector’s control over development, rendering it almost indistinguishable from the government agency that it serves.