WASHINGTON — For the U.S. government, investments in global development require a range of tough choices. How to spend scarce foreign assistance dollars — and with whom — is one of the toughest.
Procurement can be a thorny issue inside an industry built on partnership and cooperation. Questions about who should receive government funding, and what form that funding should take, still tend to pit different constituencies within the U.S. development community against each other.
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Michael Igoe@AlterIgoe
Michael Igoe is a Senior Reporter with Devex, based in Washington, D.C. He covers U.S. foreign aid, global health, climate change, and development finance. Prior to joining Devex, Michael researched water management and climate change adaptation in post-Soviet Central Asia, where he also wrote for EurasiaNet. Michael earned his bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College, where he majored in Russian, and his master’s degree from the University of Montana, where he studied international conservation and development.