tag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-94161205314098957 2013-07-31T15:22:00-04:00 Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies. TypePad tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019b00e88736970c 2013-07-31T15:22:00-04:00 2013-07-31T15:22:00-04:00

President Obama’s multi-billion-dollar “Power Africa” initiative aims to double citizen access to electricity and other power sources across Sub-Saharan Africa. But it plays down the creation of a new public-private bureaucracy needed to overcome the pervasive corruption and incompetence of African governments and power utilities.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e201901e81c003970b 2013-07-29T13:39:52-04:00 2013-07-29T13:39:52-04:00

President Obama’s multi-billion-dollar “Power Africa” initiative aims to double citizen access to electricity and other power sources across Sub-Saharan Africa. But it plays down the creation of a new public-private bureaucracy needed to overcome the pervasive corruption and incompetence of African governments and power utilities.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20192abde1850970d 2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00 2013-07-04T08:58:37-04:00

President Obama wants to ensure all American adults obtain at least a year of college or career training while regaining America’s role as “world leader in college completion,” the U.S. Department of Education recently touted. The Obama administration then launched a new program to bring about such developments – in Egypt.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2019101cbe8f5970c 2013-05-04T18:49:13-04:00 2013-05-04T18:49:13-04:00

The extrication of U.S. Special Forces injured in African military ventures soon will provide contractors with an additional revenue stream, now that the Obama administration plans to keep such vendors on stand-by, 24/7, for cross-continent airborne mobilization.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2016763909ce0970b 2012-03-08T12:19:22-05:00 2012-03-08T12:19:22-05:00

The 140 staff members of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Mozambique are getting a boost of professional motivation to perform their jobs with greater creativity -- and the agency is hiring outside help to accomplish that task.

Steve Peacock tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e20167615c6bcc970b 2012-01-30T20:41:57-05:00 2012-01-31T05:15:17-05:00

Having recognized that successful early reading education programs contribute to future student success both in and out of the classroom, the Obama Administration intends to execute a new program to build upon those successes. And it intends to carry out that task in the African nation of Mozambique.

Steve Peacock