Title: Contracting for Development : The Role of For-Profit Contractors in U.S. Foreign Development Assistance
Publisher: Praeger
Publication Date: 2000
Language: English
ISBN 10: 027596633X
ISBN 13: 9780275966331
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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Development assistance, long seen as a giveaway to developing countries, is, according to Berr�os' assessment, actually a giveaway to large for-profit U.S. contractors. Berr�os shows that a small but influential number of contractors continue to be awarded most of the contracts, both in value and number, despite their average or substandard performance.

Berr�os documents the commercial considerations that drive U.S. development assistance. The increasing delivery of development aid in the form of contracts has led contractors to increase their weight and influence on USAID's programs. As Berr�os contends, the reasons for giving aid often have little to do with helping other countries, because, instead, it ends up mainly helping U.S. firms.

Little is known about contracting for development. The contracting process is often neither open nor competitive. Despite the talk of restructuring, USAID continues to award contracts that are unfavorable to the agency. Berr�os documents the practices of private sector contracting, how they compete for USAID contracts, how they fit into the stated aims and needs of the agency, and what their performance evaluations say upon completion of contracts. Berr�os also provides a sweeping review of U.S. development assistance policies, the trend toward privatization, the rhetoric about reinventing government, and the issue of past performance. A controversial assessment, this will be of interest to scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with U.S. developmental strategies.

About the Author

RUB�N BERR�OS has been working as a researcher and educator in development for nearly two decades. He has published numerous journal articles and book chapters on development issues. He currently teaches economics at the Duquesne University School of Business

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