Steve Peacock's U.S. Trade & Aid Monitortag:typepad.com,2003:weblog-941612053140989572011-07-11T15:30:39-04:00Original reporting on little-known U.S. government funded foreign aid projects, so-called "drug war" initiatives, and overseas business subsidies.TypePadUSAID Dumping $50 Million into Central Asia Trade & Reform Projecttag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00d834515b9569e2014e89c22f07970d2011-07-11T15:30:39-04:002011-07-11T15:30:39-04:00$50 million in contracts recently were awarded to four vendors under an initiative that seeks to promote economic growth in Central Asia, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) revealed today.Steve Peacock