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The State Department’s Public-Private Matchmaker

By David Francis on 10 March 2009

The U.S. Department of State does many things. One of its latest roles is perhaps a bit unexpected – that of a matchmaker. Private organizations “can begin to view the United States government as a partner rather than a contracting vehicle,” one official said.

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David Francis
David is a Washington-based journalist and former Devex fellow who now spearheads Devex's "Obama's Foreign Aid Reform" blog. He has written for the Christian Science Monitor, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, SportsIllustrated.com, San Francisco Chronicle, Foreign Policy magazine and the Washington Monthly. David holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Chicago and is working to finish his graduate degree at Georgetown University.

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