Tracking aid dollars.

(From Canberra Times)

T HE WAR on terror has brought renewed focus on nation- building and is becoming a part of the West's efforts to deny terrorists sanctuary in failed and dysfunctional nation-states. But exactly what value for money are we getting from channelling foreign aid dollars through foreign aid non-governmental organisations for this nation-building? A timely warning comes from Afghanistan, where the Government has just announced an audit of the humanitarian aid sector that is aimed at weeding out corruption and the misuse of international aid money. The investigation was announced the day after the resignation of planning minister Dr Ramazan Bashardoost, …