The U.S. Agency for International Development’s process for delivering the much-hyped, multibillion-dollar series of Next Generation global health supply chain contracts has been unusually slow, even for a government agency. USAID has been reluctant to comment on the process, so our team talked to former staff and others who provided some insight on what could be holding things up.
Also in today’s edition: We bring you on-the-ground reporting from the annual World Water Week gathering in Stockholm, and discuss how women in rural India are banding together to fight the impacts of climate change in their communities.
My colleagues David Ainsworth and Omar Mohammed were among the many scratching their heads when USAID announced in May that it had awarded the first of nine contracts known as the NextGen Global Health Supply Chain to Deloitte. The contract came two years after originally intended with no clear explanation as to why it was delayed.
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Stephanie Beasley@Steph_Beasley
Stephanie Beasley is a Senior Reporter at Devex, where she covers global philanthropy with a focus on regulations and policy. She is an alumna of the UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism and Oberlin College and has a background in Latin American studies. She previously covered transportation security at POLITICO.
