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Colby Pacheco

Colby Pacheco is a program officer in the democracy, governance and media division at IREX. Since 2013 he has managed the implementation of the USAID-funded Civil Society and Media Leadership program in Liberia, U.S. Department of State- funded Syrian Youth for Tolerance program and the Syrian Dialogue on the Future. He also worked on the Kazakhstan-based BOTA Foundation.

Latest Articles

Ebola response and recovery
Ebola response and recovery
Rethinking the Ebola response: How Liberians helped themselves
5 Oct 2015
Liberians drove Ebola recovery in their own communities while the global response lagged behind, according to this guest column by Colby Pacheco, program officer in the democracy, governance and media division at IREX.
Corruption and Transparency
Corruption and Transparency
Reversing the impact of corruption: How stolen assets can help the poor
2 Apr 2015
With so much attention paid to preventing corruption, the issue of what to do with stolen money once it is recovered often goes overlooked. IREX's Swathi Balasubramanian and Colby Pacheco share how funds can be used to help those who often suffer most due to corruption in this guest column.
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