| ID | 122103 |
| Title Proper | Money pit |
| Other Title Information | the monstrous failure of US aid to Afghanistan |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Brinkley, Joel |
| Publication | 2013. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | More than half of Afghanistan's population is under twenty-five, which shouldn't be surprising since the average life span there is forty-nine. But the United States Agency for International Development looked at this group and decided it needed help because, it said, these young people are "disenfranchised, unskilled, uneducated, neglected-and most susceptible to joining the insurgency." So the agency chartered a three-year, $50 million program intended to train members of this generation to become productive members of Afghan society. Two years into it, the agency's inspector general had a look at the work thus far and found "little evidence that the project has made progress toward" its goals. |
| `In' analytical Note | World Affairs US Vol. 175, No.5; Jan-Feb 2013: p.13-23 |
| Journal Source | World Affairs US Vol. 175, No.5; Jan-Feb 2013: p.13-23 |
| Key Words | Afghanistan ; United States ; Afghan Society ; US Aid ; Human Security ; Transportation ; Electricity ; World Bank |