The debut of USAID’s new acquisition and assistance strategy, a blueprint of its localization agenda, has received tentative praise. But now comes the hard part: Actually doing what it says it’s going to do.
Also in today’s edition: CEOs talk about the financial realities of localization, while one chief executive says the debate is being blown out of proportion.
We’ve been writing a lot about USAID’s new acquisition and assistance master plan not just because we like the easy-to-remember acronym — A&A — but because the strategy is so consequential to how America’s premier aid agency spends the bulk of its billions. That means anyone hoping for a grant or contract needs to be well-versed in A&A.