Over recent weeks, Devex has looked into the United States Agency for International Development’s local spending — following up on from a landmark commitment by Administrator Samatha Power to commit 25% of all funding to local actors.
Last week’s article looked at the proportion of USAID assistance awards going to local organizations. This week Devex has carried out a similar analysis on acquisition funding.
Based on data from USASpending, the agency disbursed over $6 billion through contracts in the fiscal year 2020. We found that just $147 million, or 2.4%, went to local organizations based in lower-, middle-, and upper-middle-income countries.